Youth Must Prove That They Can Lead
The past few months has seen intensified clamor for youth leadership.Depate has been raging in the media and elsewhere about the need for the youth to take over the leadership of the country and participate in shaping its destiny. That there is no need for a generational change in leadership is not in question. There are many who argue that if Africa is to grow then it needs fresh ideas which can mainly come from the youth. However before the youth can stake claim on leadership, they have to tackle a number of challenges. First, the campaign to empower youth politically must shift to rural areas. Despite the fact that a majority of youth live in villages, the campaign to empower and motivate them to play a bigger role in political process has been concentrated in towns. There is urgent need to educate and enlighten rural youth so that they can be weaned off their previous existence in which they were mere pawns in the game of aspiring politicians. NARROW POLITICAL INTERESTS: Second.