Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has voiced serious concerns over the escalating youth unemployment and its potential repercussions on the upcoming elections.
Addressing Parliament on Wednesday, Bagbin highlighted the alarming levels of joblessness and homelessness among the youth, warning that these issues could lead to significant and potentially dangerous outcomes during the elections.
He urged political leaders to take immediate and decisive action to address these pressing challenges, stressing that the public expects substantial progress on these critical issues.
“…the signs and signals of happenings in the country are not that of assurance and hope…I am told that people going to write their names are carrying knives, and guns just to go and write names.”
“What about when we are going to vote and at the end of it all the results are announced? And somebody else has carried the day and not the other.”
“The joblessness, the homelessness and the hopelessness of the youth cannot be taken lightly. We must act together and now to prevent a journey to calamity or to a journey of no return.”
“…The public does not give a dime what goes on in between the starting together and finishing together. With these, it is clear that as representatives of the people we have a significant amount of work ahead of us and I therefore urge all members to patronise the work and ensure that we make progress on these important matters,” he stated.
