Kitwe District Commissioner Macdonald Mtine has challenged Youths to partner with Government in finding lasting solutions to the Current economic problems being faced by the Country.
Mr Mtine said there was need for the Youths to use the global economic recession to open several doors to other hidden economic opportunities that would move the Zambian economy to greater heights.
The DC said this in Kitwe at the Freedom Park during the commemoration of this years Youth day which fell yesterday under the theme Partnership For National Development.
He said time had come for the Youths to partner with Government in developing the economy of the Country because the economic war currently being faced by the Nation can not be won by Politicians, donors or Government alone.
He added that the job losses being recorded in the various sectors of the economy was not the beginning of the end to good life but rather a challenge which could open several door to other hidden opportunities.
Mr Mtine called on the Youths to use this year’s Youth day theme as a weapon to give direction to help Zambia come out of the current economic temporal set back being experienced.
He appealed to the Youths not to listen to arm chair critics whose hidden agenda was to discredit all programmes being initiated by Government but rather put aside their diverse views to develop the country.
Also speaking earlier at the same function, a representative of the Youths Thelma Zimba said the call for partnership between the Youths and Government on issues of development has been long over due.
Ms Zimba said Youths have found it impossible to partner with Government in developmental issues as they were always sidelined.
She added that half of Zambia’s population were Youths and that it was important that Government realised the importance of giving them a platform on which to contribute to national development.
Kitwe District Youth Day Celebrations Committee Organising Chairman O’Brien Haalubono commended Companies that had contributed generously to the event at a time when most companies had abandoned their social responsibility programmes due to the global economic crisis.
The ceremony which was mostly attended by school pupils and youths from the ruling Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD) and Patriotic Front (PF) was characterised by poems and dances.
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Point taken Mr. Mtine!
while its a good call, i strongly believe that politcians have taken adavantage of the suffering youths by using them in various political agendas to suit their ambitions instead of empowering them!
The fact is that the government would not pair with the youth. They seem to feel like any critic is a threat, That’s is why they are surrounded by bootlickers.
How do you parner with people who dont want to listen? Partnering with Pre independence stone throwers who dont want to reason? Partner with people interested only in enriching themselves? Partner with people getting fatter by the day whilst those seeking partnership are getting thinner every minute? Ba DC, Kambankoni ninangu!
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