President Yoweri Museveni has asked leaders to step up their efforts of sensitizing the youth to actively engage in economic production if they are to improve their standards of living.
Museveni said this yesterday during the commemoration of the International Youth Day at Kololo Independence grounds.
The celebrations were held under the theme, ‘Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health’.
President Museveni who made a reference to his own personal journey ‘working while still young’ urged the youth to engage in commercial agriculture, adding that government jobs are so few and can’t employ all of them.
He, however, urged them to engage in the four sectors of the economy including commercial agriculture, industries, services and ICT to help them create wealth for themselves and not wait to beg from the government.
The president noted that the government has been very clear about wealth creation through these sectors.
The president highlighted deliberate programs such as peace and security, immunisation, education for all, skills and vocational training programs, infrastructure as well as wealth creation funds as government efforts aimed at creating a conducive environment to empower the youth.
He appealed to the youth leaders to support the parish model and other government programs to consolidate government efforts of creating wealth and fighting poverty saying that the majority of the people live in villages.
