By Emmanuel Akayeti
The youth have been urged to gravitate towards education in order to venture into self-employment rather than looking for white-collar jobs, as the indicators show that more self-initiatives would be the norm in 2023.
This was disclosed by Professor David Millar of Millar Institute for Transdisciplinary and Development Studies ( MITDS/MOU) at Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.
”We have been told severally that 2023 is going to be a difficult year and it is true and might lead to some violent explosions that will not be desirable” he added. He indicated that the potential for conflicts will be very high, craving for things that will be there, unemployment will increase, income earnings will diminish due to the prices of commodities, food will suffer from the poor harvest of 2022, and therefore, the year will be tough with or without IMF, “we still will have difficulties”.
It is better to prepare ourselves to face the realities, he posited.
Apart from that, he added that this potential of the insurgence of jihadists from across the borders must be worthy of note though it is less eminent than the internal challenges.
Prof Millar further challenged the youth to enhance their knowledge and skills through education, in order to be able to think outside the box, and at the same time venture into self-employment to be versatile to face looming crises. They should think of establishing business start-ups, whether small or big, that have the potential to grow and provide opportunities for the engagement of other like-minded youth.
Prof Millar stated that self-employment, which is relatively new in the north has to come up quite strongly. In terms of self-employment opportunities, he stated, “A good education is vital in helping one think innovatively, despite the fact that school fees at the higher institutions level are getting higher and higher day by day, that notwithstanding, it is a pre-requisite.”
