BDP youth wants tendering policy changed

Boatile's led youth is advocating for a radical policy change in government tendering
Boatile's led youth is advocating for a radical policy change in government tendering

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) youth wing has resolved that 15 percent reservation of youth tendering policy by government be enacted into law. The ruling party youth made this decision at the party council that was held at Mosu village over the weekend.

“The policy is not binding unlike when it is a law. Again we want a commission to be set up to look into all youth programmes, on how they can develop the youth.

The commission will help us on whether these programmes are beneficial to the youth or not? Some youth have ideas on how small youth businesses could be turned into bigger companies,” said BDP National Youth Executive Committee chairperson Andy Boatile. He said they had realised that some youth businesses have the capability of growing but the owners need support from the government and Batswana. Boatile said the commission would analyse each programme and make recommendations.

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