Unemployment is rising. Jobs fall. The attractiveness of education rises but the government has refused to lift the cap on the number of jobs to create.With a financial capability to create at least 1 million over his 28 years in power, only 25 000 jobs position were politically created. Biya`s administration has failed to secure young people future.
Young people today in Cameroon who are unemployed are on the edge to go out on the street, with the inevitable effect of disruption, troubles, uprising and possible riots.
Young people who had the least to do with causing economic and financial instabilities are now paying the highest price.
Biya`s regime protected the army generals and their close relatives and those who steal from the government and many of them, especially ex-government ministers diverted cfa tens of billions while writing off the young. It has abandoned a generation of potential hard working young people.
The supply of young people graduated from state owned universities and private has grown while demand for them in the jobs market has totally collapsed under Biya`s previous governments.
The real risk today in Cameroon is that if the government cannot show any ability to deliver and youngsters who think or could imagine they had no opportunities, then they will have no option than to react very angrily and take over the streets to express their anger against the government.
The next government or whosoever will be elected in October Cameroon next president will need new policies targeting young people and also they must reduce the cap on university fees so young people are or will be in education rather than on the streets without a purpose.
No comments:
Post a Comment