The Vice-President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has reiterated his call on African governments to share experiences on how to tackle youth unemployment which has the potential of causing mass social unrest and agitation on the continent.<\/p>\n
According to him, the question of youth unemployment which was getting worse with each year remains a challenge for African governments in the midst of so-called economic achievements.<\/p>\n
The Vice-President made these remarks when an Ethiopian delegation led by its Finance Minister, Mr. Sufian Ahmed called on him at his hotel in Abidjan yesterday.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ahmed is among the contestants vying for the position of the President of the African Development Bank which is also holding its Golden Jubilee celebrations in the Cote d Ivoire capital.<\/p>\n
The Vice-President told the delegation that the fragile economies of African countries which most often than are exposed to shocks on the global economic environment results in the dwindling receipts from export commodities thereby making it increasingly difficult to deal resolutely with youth unemployment.<\/p>\n
Mr. Amissah-Arthur pointed out that African governments were bound by duty to\u00a0offer the youth more hope for the future by finding the most appropriate ways in transforming\u00a0their talents to benefit themselves and the economy of their respective countries.<\/p>\n
For his part, Mr. Ahmed traced the historical bond between Ghana and Ethiopia to the days of Ghana’s First President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Emperor Haile Selassie.<\/p>\n
He commended Ghana’s role in the liberation struggle of Africa and the strides to deepen democracy and good governance on the continent.<\/p>\n
The Ethiopian Minister shared the sentiments of Mr. Amissah-Arthur on the issue of youth employment adding that the question if not properly dealt with could cause social, unrest on the continent.<\/p>\n
This, he said, could roll back the modest gains of economic development and the social improvement in the lives of the people which many governments have chalked on the continent.<\/p>\n
He prayed Ghana to use its influence to leverage other countries especially in the West African sub-region to endorse him as the next President of the African Development Bank.<\/p>\n
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Source: Office of the Vice President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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