Republican president Rupiah Banda has been urged to have a proper plan to deal with the problem of unemployment among the youth in the country.
In the message to mark this year’s youth day, which falls today, Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes SACCORD Executive Director Lee Habasonda says government should not use the youth day to politicize issues but find solutions to problems affecting the youth.
He says a large number of young people have remained unemployed and wallowing in poverty, while government has continued to ignore their plight.
Mr. Habasonda tells QFM that it is rather disappointing that the political parties have continued to use the youths to push their dirty agendas through violence.
He adds that the republican president should work up and address the challenges facing the young people in the country.
He says president Banda should learn from first republican president Dr. Kenneth Kaunda who had plans for the youths in the country.
Mr Habasonda says had Dr. Kaunda not had plans for the young people, the country would have been where it is today.
QFM
