Following President John Magufuli’s directive given to newly appointed Regional Commissioners to ensure youth countrywide get involved in productive work, new development are emerging indicating that the country is heading in the right direction.
While swearing in the regional commissioners, the president
directed them to ensure that no youth were involved in playing pool in
their respective regions during working hours.
He said it was not desirable to see youth play pool table during working hours while adults were busy working the farms.
The directive seems to be paying off following revelations from
various RCs that they had come up with initiatives to empower the youth.
They said they would soon start taking action against those not following the order once the initiatives became operational.
“We will first create a good working environment where the youth
can work instead of playing game during working hours, and thereafter we
shall discipline whoever is seen playing pool table during working
time,” Dodoma Regional Commissioner Jordan Rugimbana said.
He was speaking in a telephone interview with the Guardian on Sunday regarding implementation of the president’s directive.
The RC said he had decided to involve various stakeholders
including industry owners, religious leaders, security organs and other
development stakeholders so that they come up with a good approach on
how to tackle the exercise.
“Only those who will ignore the order to get involved in various productive initiatives will be arrested,” he said.
As for Singida region, RC Mathew Mtigumwe said the region had
already put behind bars eight youth for going against the president’s
order not to play pool table during work hours.
“Before implementation of the president’s directive, we made a
public announcement to all residents to stop playing pool during work
hours” he said.
According to Morogoro RC Steven Kebwe, the exercise started through education to youth.
He said they were looking at agriculture as a sector that would
employ the majority youth because the region had vast arable land
suitable for farming.
“We have come up with a strategy to convince youth to get involved in agricultural activities,” he said.
He added, “We also encourage them to form various production
groups. These will help them to easily access loans from various
stakeholders”.
Kigoma Regional Commissioner Emmanuel Maganga told the Guardian
that they would soon issue an order that the game should start at 4pm on
workdays and at 12noon on holidays.
He explained that most youth in Kigoma region were bodaboda taxi
operators, hence they plan to use funds provided by former president
Kikwete to empower youth.
“I have ordered security organs to take legal action against those who go against the order,” he said.
Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner Said Meck Sadick told the
Guardian that he embarked on its implementation by discussing it other
authorities and by setting priorities for the region.
“Am holding discussions with my fellow leaders in order to see how we can help the youth before taking action,” the RC noted.
SOURCE:
THE GUARDIAN
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