Former Youth Chairman Objects Ministers Decision Apuk Deng Reech a former chairman of Lakes State Youth Union (LASYU) and a first year student of commonwealth youth program at Makerere University has objected the decision taken by South Sudan Council of Ministers on last Friday to forward the youth policy to South Sudan parliament. 04 October 2013
*By Gabriel Mayom* *RUMBEK, 04 October 2013 (Gurtong) -* Deng said that “this is unacceptable unilateral conclusion by the government of Republic of South Sudan that undermines participation in decision-making according to transition constitution of the republic.” He also added that even though he believed that this is first ideal milestone ever made by the government since independence which aimed at realizing youth full potential, it should not have taken such rush and exclusive manner, youth are known to be at the forefront as essential resources of a country, their contribution towards national goal is seen everywhere, one live example was the unmatched courage youth played during post-war leading to the fruits both sons and daughters of South Sudan are enjoying. He said its better to hold back the youth policy until wider consultation is arrived at. “It is important to recognize that youth development workers like myself and the rest can be key agents in constructing policies, they need to be involved in consultation with other agencies that government wish to work with, which include various non-governmental organizations and institutions, example, church groups, youth unions, both secondary and tertiary learning institutions and other civil societies. Others include industry, and commerce, the police and health, education and training agencies,” he said. He noted that “the purpose of doing so, is to create a policy that is finely tuned to a rapidly changing socio-economic and political situation, clearly, a major issue is the break-up of the traditional moral and cultural order and unclear youth representation in the government, which makes it hard to socialize youth in a way that they can accept.” Also looking at vast diverse cultural background of South Sudanese society, it is hardly predictable on how unified culture can be created to match the needs that can correspond to new generational needs. Many challenges affecting our today’s youth are much attached to society and culture that varies from one place to another. “Some of these challenges includes; age for marriage, inheritances responsibility, equity, HIV/AIDS, rights and freedoms. In order to address these problems, youth policy has to be given enough time for further consultations and not to make it a Juba-centric,” he said. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oq0gGhMtsOT1AaNWu1CnFyWjBQxFAZS4%2BhfxjaHQxpzTQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
