Former Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana Madam Sophia Akuffo has said that the condition of the Ghanaian youth currently keeps her awake at night.
She says that she does not see hope in the eyes of young people.
Whenever there seems to be a little hope, then it is about them getting a visa or admission to study abroad.
Asked what keeps her awake at night while speaking in an interview with TV3’s Alfred Ocansey in an exclusive interview, Madam Sophia Akuffo said “Maybe because I am not an economist I don’t stay awake because of the details of the economy but many times what keeps me awake is what is going to happen to the young people.
“For how long are we going to be in this situation or circumstance where you don’t really see much hope in the eyes of young people? When you get talking to them they don’t sound too hopeful.
“When they are sounding hopeful, it is about getting a visa of one type or the other or getting a university admission outside. Most often their eyes and hope are external and not in Ghana which I think is extremely sad.”
she further called for an enabling environment created in Ghana to make it easier for young ones to start their own businesses.
“There should be an enabling environment, access to credit by stars up helps. Those are the things that make me sad because somebody with PhD should actually be seeing themselves as employing people who will be employing other people. If it takes money to do that then there should be access to that money without being necessarily identifiable that you are from here or from there,” she said.
Source: 3news.com
