Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has promised to separate Youth and Sports Ministry if elected as president.
This he explained would better serve the interests of Ghana’s youth.
He made the pledge at the unveiling of the NDC’s National Youth Wing Secretariat and Campaign on Friday, March 29, 2024.
According to him, the new ministry will focus on youth status in all sectors of the economy and work towards mainstreaming youth interests across various industries.
The key objective in doing this is to address the current concentration on sports, particularly football, at the expense of other sports and opportunities for youth development, he added.
He also promised to establish a youth development service that will create job opportunities for young people and support his 24-hour economy initiative.
Meanwhile, he has reiterated that the 24-hour economy is designed to stimulate economic growth and create jobs around the clock.
“We are going to separate Youth and Sports because it’s a youth and sports ministry but over the years, what we do is that the concentration is on sports and even on sports, the concentration is on Black Stars at the expense of any other sports. So I’m going to set up a service for Youth development. It will focus primarily on Youth status in all sectors of the economy.”
“It will focus on mainstreaming youth interest in all sectors of the economy. And most of all, we will concentrate on bringing on strategies that will create jobs for young people and this Ministry will support the 24-hour economy.”
Source: rainbowradioonline.com
