Government is commended for its innovative youth policies

Some Kumasi residents congratulated the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for organizing the first National Cadet Parade as part of the celebrations of the Republic Day

. Some citizens saluted the National Cadet Corps Parade on Flag Square as part of the day's events.

They said that the initiative coupled with the choice of an appropriate theme, "United Youth, a tool for getting Ghana out of the way," signaled the government's confidence in young people's potential as unifying force in the construction of a dynamic economy

Mr. Kofi Brefo, a 23 year old barber. to Adum, said "we young people are also very proud that this time we have also been recognized to take an important part in the event which in the early years only celebrated the elderly for His position was taken over by Nana Dwaben Serwaa, an occasional 22-year-old clothing saleswoman, who said that young people are tomorrow's leaders and that it's important for them to be steeped in the ######################################################################### 39, spirit of patriotism, in order to feel obliged to serve mother Ghana and not to travel out to seek greener pastures.

Ken Bafo and Ariella Ohene, both students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), also thanked the government for the Nation Builders Corp. (NABCO), claiming that it is a positive step to ensure a unique solution to the persistent problem of graduate unemployment in the

"We also complete our courses not to join the unemployed graduates' badociation but to find a job," Ariella adds.

Mrs. Afia Saah, a 42-year-old plantain seller at Kumasi Central Market, said that she had been able to take care of her two children to complete the university through the sale of was praise for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

"God bless Nana, God bless Nana and give her a long life, she said, I know her NABCO will give jobs to my two graduates." the Republic included a parade of the National Cadet Company of 8,000 students from schools in the ten regions of Accra

aimed inter alia at mobilizing a more united youth that would project Ghana's vision beyond active participation in the sectors of agriculture, education and the industrialization of the economy