ONGWEDIVA – The deputy secretary of the Rally for Democracy and Progress Youth League (RDPYL), Sam Hamunyela says his organization will create vocational training centres in each region if elected into power.
Hamunyela said this whilst addressing members of the RDPYL at the Ondobe community centre in the Ohangwena region last Saturday.
The RDPYL deputy secretary told his audience that the crea- tion of vocational training centres in each region would assist the youth, even in the rural areas, to become jobcreators.
He promised the youth that the RDP will also promote excellence in sports countrywide.
He however appealed to local entrepreneurs, foreign investors, government and all state-owned enterprises to con- sider the youth in the country as their first priority in terms of the creation of employment opportunities.
If the RDP is elected to govern the country after the Presidential and National Assembly elections in November, Hamunyela said the party will also make sure that the country’s citizens are considered for employment before foreign nationals.
This would ensure that un- employment is greatly reduced amongst the Namibian youth, he noted.
The RDPYL deputy secretary also wants to see the government as well as private and public companies give more bursaries and enough loans to the youth to fully cover their tuition fees, textbooks, stationery, accommodation, meals and pocket money.
He believes that students in the country would be courageous to study hard and reach their dreams once the government and private sector properly covered their education and training needs.
“More school hostel accommodation must be build so that we don’t have students renting flats,” Hamunyela suggested, adding that most of the flats being rented by students are located near shebeens that are always making lots of noise.
He then urged the RDP youth to avoid taking the law into their own hands when provoked by their opponents during the current elections campaign drive, but rather to report any kind of intimidation to the Namibian police.
