Whats in it for the creatives?
Friday, September 06, 2024 | 120 Views |
President with artists PIC: BWGOV
Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC)
The UDC is of the view that a youthful population is potentially a great social and economic dividend for a country where innovations, creativity and critical analysis of ideas and adoption of technologies are critical to enhance productivity and competitiveness. However, it says despite these advantages associated with a youthful population in the country, several challenges face this segment of the population but the ruling party has proved incapable of dealing with these challenges.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...