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Momodou
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 Posted - 14 Nov 2007 : 18:18:56
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Foroyaa Editorial:
The Youth Are The Future Of This Nation – the Future Generation
Yet their future is bleak under the present order. Thousands leave school every year to join the ranks of the unemployed. Thousands abandon the back breaking toil of farm work, through which they scratch for a living, to migrate to the towns with the hope of a decent living only to join the ranks of the unemployed.
This has forced many of them to undertake the risky journey across the vast oceans for greener pastures in distant lands. No matter what the peril may be they are willing to risk it. The tragic death of dozens of Gambian youths in their risky bid for greener pastures is indeed food for thought. Young lives have gone to naught in a twinkle of the eye while families have lost their loved ones. What a tragedy!
It is of no use blaming the youth for making the journey when the material condition which motivates them to do so has not changed. After all, the youth were encouraged to make the dangerous trip before by the powers that be in the name of fighting British colonial rule.
Such tragedy can be avoided by transforming The Gambia into a liberated, dignified and prosperous country, where millions wasted could be ploughed into the productive sector of the economy to provide employment for the youth and women as well.
The task of transforming the Gambia is a task for all Gambians especially the youth. This is the clarion call of our time. Gambia belongs to us and we cannot run away from the responsibility of transforming it. We cannot wait for outsiders to do it for us. They can only influence the process but cannot bring change here.
Read Foroyaa regularly to become aware and be part of those who will shape the destiny of this nation.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issues
Issue No. 134/2007, 14 - 15 November, 2007
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