The Role of The Ghanaian Youth in Nation building

"Arise Ghana youth for your country;

The nation demands your devotion.

Let us all unite to uphold her,

And make her great and strong.

We are all involved...

In building our motherland;" echoes a popular Ghanaian patriotic song, dedicated to the Ghanaian youth. But, the question is: Has the Ghanaian youth been motivated and inspired enough by this song? I guess, not...

Naturally speaking, the dream of every youth is to grow up in a country and environment that is full of opportunities and avenues to explore and excel or succeed in life. As a youth, I would love to contribute my quota to nation building and development. That is why one must commend the foresight of the framers of our constitution, who saw the need for one year mandatory national service by every tertiary graduate, after school.

The youth finds this great opportunity as an avenue to express themselves and acquire skills or experience for the job market.

However, after such skills and experiences have been gained during the one year national service, the fresh graduate goes to the job market to apply for a job, and it's still required of him to produce evidence of another three years working experience by his would-be employers. I think this is not fair to the poor innocent job seeker.

Another excellent avenue for the Ghanaian youth to explore and make meaningful impact and contribution to the nation's development is the earlier established National Builders' Corp (NABCO) and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), that was envisaged to engage thousands of graduates for a period of time in public establishments to gain knowledge and acquire experiences for a period of time. This is great opportunity for the Ghanaian youth to contribute his/her quota to national development.

Again, the Youth in Entrepreneurship can take advantage of the Youth Entrepreneur Support (YES) Scheme to establish their own small businesses as the case may be.

In conclusion, it shouldn't always be the case of migration to foreign lands for so-called 'greener pasture' as we see today, when opportunies are readily available and abound at home.

My humble appeal to the Ghanaian youth therefore, is to stay focused on their dream for nation-building and development, despite the challenges they may be faced with presently because, there is no place like home.

Catégorie:

Carrière 

Organisation:

Clevenard

Écrit par:

Charles Ollivant Akpome

Emplacement:

Ghana