Government has donated entrepreneurship equipment to four youth groups and warned youths against selling the tools that are meant for improving their livelihood.
Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary (PS) Steven Bwalya says government would like empower young people in communities through the provision of equipment.
Mr. Bwalya says government would soon start monitoring youth projects spearheaded by youth groups because government was losing huge sums of moneys on purchasing such equipment.
He said this in Lusaka today when he handed over tailoring and agricultural tools to four Lusaka based youth groups on behalf of the Ministry of Sport, Youth and Child Development.
The recipients that benefited from the K16 million worthy donation are Chitemalesa Youth Project and Mpemba Youth Group, both of Chongwe district, Mwembeshi Tailoring Youth Group of Kafue district and Youth on-a-Mission Project based in Lusaka’s Ng’ombe Compound.
Mr. Bwalya stated that youths are social and economic human resource that Zambia banks on for the development of the nation.
And speaking earlier, Lusaka Province Acting Youth Development Coordinator, Waana Namakanda, challenged young people not to be used by politicians.
Ms. Namakanda said the ministry was committed to supporting only organised Youth Groups who engage into viable developmental projects.
She cautioned young people against engaging themselves in unproductive activities such as excessive beer drinking, drug abuse and prostitution.
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Why NOT just say “you should NEVER be used by the politicians in OPPOSITION, ….only by those in the RULING party”? After all you’re just after winning more favor from them!
Uupela, talanda sana (the giving heart never talks too much)!
Sounds good especially “Ms. Namakanda said the ministry was committed to supporting only organised Youth Groups who engage into viable developmental projects. She cautioned young people against engaging themselves in unproductive activities such as excessive beer drinking, drug abuse and prostitution“.
I hope this advice will be taken by the youths, but let the ederly people led by example. Such will motivate young ones to follow suit.
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