NUGS ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

It was On 17 December 1998 that the UN General Assembly based on a recommendation by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth decided that 12 August is declared International Youth Day. This year, the theme for the Celebration   is "Youth Migration: Moving Development forward." 

We as Ghanaian youth in solidarity with the UN also wish to acknowledge the contribution of youth migrants into and out of  our country to the development of mother Ghana. Fortunately, our brothers and sisters who migrate to other countries do remit some of their hard earned resources into our country and are therefore a major contributor to the development of mother Ghana. On the other hand, in as much as some foreign immigrants are contributing their quota to our economic development, others are engaged  in so many illegal activities that militate the development of Mother  Ghana, such activities includes illegal mining which has become a matter of  National Concern and the menace caused by Fulani Herdsmen. 

As part of our solemn observation of this day, we wish to admonish all Ghanaian youth that we are one family, and we need each other now more than ever. Therefore, let us all assume that our mother Ghana is pregnant at the Supreme Court and so if she gives birth to NPP or NDC, we should all in the spirit of solidarity accept our sibling and live together in the peace that generations have guarded with their lives.

Again, we implore the Supreme Court to ensure that JUSTICE is served.

Finally, our advice to the government of this country is that the implementation plan for the National Youth Policy is long overdue and we  wish to see more of the commitment of government in achieving the goals that have been set out by the policy for the development of our country, these are days of peace and so our words are for peace but this is very important to us.

To our colleague youth, the development of mother Ghana depends on our actions today, so let’s come together as one and insist on what is due as peacefully.

Long Live Ghana

Long Live the Youth of Mother Ghana

Long Live Justice and Peace loving Citizens of Ghana

Thank you.

(Signed)                                                                                                                                              

P.D. Orchill

NUGS Rep. to the National Youth Authority Board

(0201114068/0203244855)

Seth Odame-Mensah

International Relations Secretary

(0546133402)

Daniel Blaise Annan

USAG Information and International Relations Secretary (Elect)

(0245514943)