Professor Victoria Dzogbefia of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has expressed concern over the escalating tendency among the youth to spend precious time on the streets in the night, instead of staying indoors to study their books.
She said without good education, they could not be gainfully employed to earn appreciable income, compelling them to do menial jobs.
Professor Dzogbefia said this last weekend when she addressed a durbar to mark the Have Abrodi Development celebration in the Hohoe Municipality.
She said it was rather unfortunate that only two girls had been able to access a scholarship scheme set up for girls in the area in the past 10 years and attributed that to poor performance.
She, therefore, appealed to parents to support their children in school, supervise them to conduct themselves and stay away from the streets.
The Volta Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Amenowode, commended the people for upholding the principles of harmony, and that they should release land for the youth to go in to agriculture and also encourage them to grow more trees.
He presented GH¢200 to the community and promised to provide the women’s group with six beehives to boost their income-generating activities.
In a welcome address read on his behalf, the Chief of the town, Togbe Teke Foli IX, said the Abrodis had championed the cause of human and physical development.
He commended them for sustaining the self-help spirit, adding that many other projects initiated over the years had gone on well.
These included procurement of plastic chairs and canopies for hiring, welfare scheme to support bereaved families, increased enrolment of girls in school and the sponsorship of four girls to enter senior high school.
For his part, the Chief of Domefe, Togbe Krakani Apau, called for the revival of all positive traditions that stood the test of time and challenged modern technology, adding that certain powers were inconsistent with foreign technology.
An amount of GH¢2,170 was realised in a fund raising at the function, in aid of the construction of a community centre.
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