THE GAMBIA: Youths Urged To Partake In National Development Efforts
Today reported on 3 November that the acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Alieu Jammeh, has called upon the youth population to play significant roles in the socio-economic development of their societies, noting that, as they constitute a majority of the society, they thus serve as links between the past and the future. Mr. Jammeh made this call at the celebration of the African Youth Day and International Year of Youth which was organized by the National Youth Council, with support from the UNFPA. According to Mr. Jammeh, it is a realization of the potentials of youths that would make all parents, individuals and organizations, public, private, formal, informal organizations sectors to invest in them for sustainable and meaningful development of the country. Read: Today