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By Christopher Arko,
GNA
Accra, June 17 GNA –
Senior Vice President Joseph Osei-Owusu advised policymakers
Africa to promote good governance and accountability to reap the benefits
economic benefits of the demographic dividend.
According to him,
countries wishing to progress towards medium and long-term development goals
must also pay attention to investments in education, health and economic reforms
and job creation.
Mr. Osei-Owusu did
the declaration at the opening of the 10th incubator of Global Diplomacy Laboratories (GDL)
in Accra.
The conference,
that began on June 16 and ends on January 19, 2019, is based on the theme: "Global Power
Shit: Political and Economic Inclusion for the Next Generation – Collaborating
realize the potential of the demographic dividend ".
The conference,
which was organized under the auspices of the Federal Foreign Office of the
Federal Republic of Germany and African parliamentarians against corruption
(APNAC) brings together participants from Ghana, Benin, Zimbabwe and
Germany.
The goal of the
conference is to study the realization potential of demographics
dividends in Africa, and thereby look at how new formats for
collaboration could help achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
more efficiently.
The specific goal is
experiment with new approaches that can enable states to work
collaboratively to achieve collective goals on the theme of population
dynamic.
Mr. Osei-Owusu also
stated that despite the high level of interest and effort, the poor
governance continued in much of the continent, including the loss of
funds for the beneficiary citizens.
He said the weak
accountability mechanisms and poor coordination of management between
the different levels of government continued to pose a challenge to African countries.
He said the tools
to improve governance at both continental and national levels were
place, and stressed the need for lawmakers and anti-corruption activists to
put in place to ensure the expert dividend.
Mr. Osei-Owusu also
said that for the country to be able to obtain useful dividends from the
demographics, the cycle of poverty and inequality in the system must be broken.
In addition,
issues of essential services such as education, character training, health,
and social protection must be ensured while also addressing the issues of
civic engagement, transition to employment and empowerment of girls and women
women on the continent Afri8can.
He noted that the
Interventions must target children, youth and youth who need
be supported by policies allowing them to participate in the construction of the
future for themselves and their countries.
Mr. Emmanuel Kwasi
Bedzrah, MP for Ho West, said that the
conference would offer participants the opportunity to learn and share
experiments to improve the management of the population on the continent.
He said the meeting
give participants the opportunity to discuss the population in Africa and
how to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Mr Firmin K.
Adjahossou, head of the incubator laboratory in Accra, stressed the need for Africans
its demographic dividend taking into account population growth
as well as the limitation of resources.
He said that it was
important for African governments to put in place good education policies in
in order to have better citizens.
He said all the
the policies articulated at the conference could not be done in isolation but
in partnership with various actors at the local and international levels.
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