Youth, Sport and Child Development Permanent Secretary Teddy Mulonga has disclosed that only K150 million has been pumped into youth projects in Luapula Province.
Mr. Mulonga attributed the low levels of funding to lack of interest by youths in the province to apply for funds.
ZANIS reports that he said his ministry never received any application from Luapula Province for funds from the Youth Empowerment Programme until youths were senstised by the District Commissioners (DC).
Mr. Mulonga told Samfya DC that his ministry has a lot of money for youth empowerment.
He said Government wants to engage the youth in productive ventures hence the need for them to apply for funds.
He has since appealed to the youths to apply for funding from the ministry immediately.
Mr. Mulonga made the appeal when he paid a courtesy call on Samfya DC, Cleophas Chimembe today.
He said Government has allocated K1.7 billion for youth development and K10 billion as Youth Empowerment Funds.
He said youths were facing economic challenges hence Government was doing everything possible to empower and equip them with skills.
The PS further said the empowerment programmes have the potential to uplift the living standards of young people and enable them contribute to national development.
He expressed sadness at the fact that some politicians are taking advantage of unemployment among the youths to use them for violent campaigns for personal benefit.
He was ,however, happy that most youths have refused to be used as tools for violence.
And Samfya DC, Cleophas Chimembe has appealed to the PS to help youths in the district with bursaries to continue with their education.
He said there are many orphaned youths in the area who have dropped out of school because of lack of sponsorship.
[ ZANIS ]
Teddy mulonga bushe what is the deal here. from nowhere you are in the papers daily
DELETED AFTER FIVE COMPLAINTS
wow number #2 olo nikukonda attention uko. u and mushota should get married. you are both attention whores. i wonder if bakazi banu even cares about you if you are this deprived. you have nothing to contribute to the discussion koma nchito nikukambakamba. a wise man once said-‘it’s better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.’
kamushi as i haves said befor! ba wiso! saaatanyoko iwe. u have a black woman i can tell
hence the reason we should move away from the culture of conventional classroom education to targetted practical skills acquisition. in this instance, these youth are taught the art of how to formulate such things as a business plan, how to apply for funding, opening a bank accounts, book keeping etc etc. In this way, you can easily have a business literate youth within a space of 6 months as opposed to running them through the whole 12 years of formal education, 60% of which will be inapplicable to the activities they end up embarking on