Story: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Axim
Youth across the country have been urged not to substitute hard-work for easy way of making money at the expense of their lives and the future of this country.
The Western Regional Minister, Mr Paul Evans Aidoo who made these remarks at the annual Kundum Festival at Axim reminded the youth that, “there is no short-cut to success in the life, therefore, if you think that you can substitute success from hard-work for with Sakawa and other vices you have go it wrong.”
The minister said, “Your youthful years are indeed the opportunity you have to prepare yourselves for life’s journey and not for quick money that could lead you into trouble at the end.
He said the youthful age was a golden opportunity in the lives of everyone since that enables an individual to build him for herself for the rest of the journey through this life.
The Regional Minister said if the promises of their youthful age were replaced with their quest to make quick money the future of the country would be in jeopardy.
“We are in the country which is sovereign today because of the ideals and dream of the people who were once like us, young, energetic, enterprising and patriotic,” he said.
Mr Aidoo said it was be wrong to throw overboard hard work and immediate things that would set their teeth on edge in future.
He said the youth constituted the future of this country therefore, it was there important that they were given the needed guidance and attention to enable them take their rightful places and order to secure the sound future of the country.
The minister said the development of the youth was very important to the government and would formulate youth policies for their development.
“I wish to remind the youth that they should not forget that the hold key to the future of this country, your resort to deviant and easy way of making money would only lead you to very unfair future,” he said.
He said those who were fortunate to be in training intuitions should be ensure that they made use of the times at the training institutions.
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