As the flagship youth wing of the CPDM, and guarantor of the peace and unity upheld by the party in Ngoketunjia, the YCPDM continues to appeal to youths to give peace a chance .
The effects of the drawback due to the crisis, that has greatly affected the Northwest and Southwest regions are greatly felt in Ndop like elsewhere in the region. Here too, youths were lured to believe a lie which benefited a few unpatriotic persons who instrumentalized and weaponized young people to take to violence. Seven years down the road, there is a cry-out by local authorities of the CPDM for these youths to wake up to reality. They are the future and it is incumbent on them to realize the emptiness of the separatists’ agenda and to embrace growth and development.
According to the Pius Mingo, YCPDM section president for Ndop “this can only be obtained through a sound education system”, he emphasized.
The importance of education, key to the success of every society and the illuminating factor of the youth and the future generation cannot really be overemphasized. Happenings in the North west and Southwest regions in resent years have unfortunately targeted the education sector, frustrating young people who for the most part seek just to empower themselves in a bit to be useful in the future. “We can not afford to raise a generation of illiterates in this era”, Mingo drummed.
The enormity of the damage that school disruption is causing young people is great and the authorities are stepping in to stop it. They are working tooth and nail to rekindle the flame of peace amongst youths, hence an enabling environment for children to study.
Reports say that up till Saturday 9 September, businesses were still grounded in the region and in Ndop. According to Pius Mingo, “Education authorities have expressed hope that the enrollment situation in schools was expected to improve by Monday September 11. This is because by Friday September 8 that marked the fifth day of back to school, the enrollment situation in both in secondary and basic sectors left much to be desired”, he said. All of this is blamed on the lockdowns which they continue to disapprove of.
In his words, the YCPDM section president emphasized that, “these lockdowns are designed to slowdown development and progress. It is an attack on the future of the youths”.
They have been using the social media and other one-on-one contacts to preach the subtle but persistent message of the CPDM to let children go to school.
Hope is that there will be a mark improvement on the number of children going to school this year in Ndop.
Irene AWENEG
