19 June 2008
Addis Abeba — Ministry of Youth and Sports said on Wednesday it secured employment opportunity to over 800,000 youth in the country under the newly introduced youth package policy.
Ministry of youth and Sports, Aster Mammo told a press conference held in her office that her Ministry office in collaboration with federal and regional states, have successfully given awareness on the policy of the package for over 5.6 million youth, university students, and executive bodies ranging from Kebele administration to federal level.
Aster said the package was being implemented in five regional states and two city administrations adding that a new packaging system for pastoralist areas was being designed and would go to implementation by the next one or two years.
Having said government was poised to address unemployment problems in the country, she underscored that many youth have been provided job opportunities at various construction sites that are underway in the regional towns including Addis Ababa.
According to the minister, the youth package mainly emphasizes on curbing unemployment, expansion of social service centers and facilitating and mobilizing public forum for youth.
Speaking on her ministry office's achievement on mobilization and facilitation of youth forum, Aster noted that over 12,000 youth have been able to discuss with the Prime Minister face to face and via ICT technology during the reported period.
She added that over 4,000 discussion forum have been taken place through out the country with in the same period She also highlighted the major success the ministry accomplished in the last 10 years.
The All Ethiopian Plays, a 200 million birr project of sport academy, the 16th African Athletics Champion Ethiopia recently hosted were sited among success stories by the ministry during the reported period.
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