Gov’t to create over 10,000 jobs in 3 years
News outlet: The Point Monday, September 17, 2018
In his State of the Nation Address to the National Assembly last week, President Adama Barrow has decried the rise in unemployment in The Gambia and outlined crucial intervention plans by his government to create over 10, 000 jobs over the next three years.
President Adama Barrow laments the fact that the youth make up the largest proportion of the Gambian population. “36.7% of the 1.8 million Gambian population are aged 13-30 years; yet, youth unemployment has risen to 38%,” he said, maintaining that it is cause for concern for his government. The acute frustrations and lack of opportunities for the youth and the results of thousands of youths who undertake risky journeys, often with tragic consequences, in search of greener pastures elsewhere are key challenges his government inherited.... Read more