The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress has revealed that it will not participate in this year’s International Youth Day Celebrations.
According to the group, there is absolutely nothing for the youth to celebrate in these times of “excruciating hardship that the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia” government has brought upon the Ghanaian youth through their “bad governance, economic mismanagement, and pervasive” corruption. It indicated that the hardship is so dire that the youth struggles to afford one decent meal a day. This, the youth explained, is further compounded by prices of goods and services which keeps on increasing on the market every second.
“The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress will not participate in the 2022 International Youth Day Celebrations being organized by the National Youth Authority.”
NDC Youth Wing
Contrary to the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government’s “fanciful promises” to create decent jobs for the youth, the NDC youth wing noted that they have rather increased the unemployment situation through the collapse of businesses such as banks and other financial institutions resulting in the laying-off of many of the youth. It explained that many graduates, newly trained nurses, teachers, and other professionals remain home unemployed and wonder where their next meal will come from.
“Those in the informal sector, already struggling to put body and soul together, have been saddled with unbearable taxes to further worsen their precarious living standards.”
NDC Youth Wing
Condition of the youth in the country
Contained in a statement signed by the National Youth Organizer, George Opare Addo, Esq, it indicated that the NPP government has thrown “meritocracy to the dogs” and it is little wonder there are concerns about standards of professionalism in some of the security agencies today.
Additionally, it stated that the economic mismanagement by the government has resulted in extremely bad times for young entrepreneurs who struggle to make ends meet due to “increase in taxes, and nuisance taxes such as the e-levy” which has led to the deliberate collapse of the mobile money businesses affecting the livelihoods of over 300,000 youth.
As a consequence, the youth highlighted that most young people who were into online business have had to fold up due to the introduction of the roundly condemned e-levy.
“We are not oblivious of the fact that young people of our Country today must show proof of their NPP membership or affiliation before they can get any opportunity under this government. For those who do not have any connections in the NPP, they are callously confronted with monetary demands not less than 30,000 cedis to be recruited into various security agencies or other job opportunities.”
NDC Youth Wing
Commenting on NaBCO, the NDC youth wing expressed that the NDC rightly predicted the NaBCO model for job creation is unsustainable. It noted that after putting NaBCO beneficiaries through months of hardship via government’s refusal to pay them their “meagre allowances”, government has finally collapsed the programme and the beneficiaries are now hopeless!
“Ominously, the Akufo Addo/Bawumia government has wickedly failed to pay beneficiaries their monthly stipends for the past nine months.”
NDC Youth Wing
Another disturbing anti-youth project this government is vigorously pursuing, according to the youth, is its inability to pay allowances of national service personnel for many months now. It emphasized that the case of teacher and nursing trainee allowances is not different.
“After bragging of supposedly restoring trainee allowance to enhance its electoral fortunes, government has so far not been able to honour its promise. While government cannot find money to pay these allowances to give respite to young people, President Akufo-Addo finds money to rent luxurious jets at cut-throat prices at the detriment of suffering taxpayers so he can enjoy bathing in the sky.”
NDC Youth Wing
The Youth Wing of the NDC reckoned that the only thing that is worth celebrating is the tenacity, resilience, and the tolerance of youth in the face of “extreme unjustifiable provocation”.
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