A Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Fiifi Kwetey, has urged the youth to secure the type of education that will prepare them to become agents of national transformation.
Addressing a jamboree of the Christian Youth Organisation (CYO) of the Catholic Church in the Ho Diocese at Agotime-Kpetoe, Mr Kwetey said there was strong correlation between good education and personal as well as national development.
He said it was, therefore, imperative for the youth to make sacrifices to obtain good education since it would enable them to lay the foundation for a better life in future.
The deputy minister said there would be difficulties but the youth should cultivate the spirit of determination to overcome the difficulties in their efforts to realise their dreams.
He said the youth constituted the necessary human resource for the country to prosper and, therefore, asked them to lead disciplined lives for a better tomorrow and the achievement of real freedom.
In an address, the Minister of Tourism, Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah, advised the youth to eschew vices such as drug abuse, teenage pregnancy and alcoholism because these could adversely affect their future.
She said the call for a youth policy was in the right direction but underscored the need for the youth to use their energies constructively and productively.
The Catholic Bishop of Ho Diocese, Most Reverend Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu, advised the youth against laziness and waiting under trees to drink palm wine.
He said the CYO jamboree should be an occasion to refresh their minds, rekindle their enthusiasm and keep abreast of their rights, privileges and responsibilities.
In a welcoming address, the Diocesan CYO Chairman, Mr John Ahorsu, said the lack of good leadership was the bane to progress in many parishes and that the CYO would be reformed and its activities intensified.
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