USE APPROVED CHANNELS TO ADDRESS GRIEVANCES — ABIO (PAGE 13, APRIL 5, 2010)

THE Northern Regional Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Adam Mohammed Amin Abio, has entreated the youth of the party to adhere to approved channels and structures within the party to get their legitimate demands met.
He also advised them against lawlessness, urging them to be patient with the government since it was putting in place the necessary structures to meet their aspirations.
Mr Amin said this at the handing over ceremony and swearing in of a seven-member executive of the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the NDC at the Nyankpala campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS).
The organiser stressed “taking the law into your own hands is not the best way; it is unfortunate that because we are in power, some of the youth think that one must be rich within a particular period which is not the best.”
“I condemn what is currently going on in the region where some youth are aggrieved and would want to do anything just to get their demands; this is not a healthy sign for the party, the region and the country at large,” Mr Amin emphasised.
The organiser who is also the Regional Co-ordinator of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) enjoined the youth to be keepers and protectors of the NDC government to enable the party to win the 2012 general election.
He announced that the party in the region would establish a regional youth fund to create more job opportunities as well as support the activities of the NDC youth.
Mr Amin further stated that a community radio station for the NDC youth would also be established.
The Deputy National Organiser of the NDC Capt. Joshua Hamidu Akamba (retd), appealed to the youth in the region not to destroy the region through conflicts, adding that most of the conflicts were being orchestrated by some selfish people in Accra.
The incoming President of TEIN, Mr Amidu Awudu, on behalf of his colleagues, pledged to lay a solid foundation to ensure that the NDC won the 2012 general election.
He said measures would also be put in place to diminish the strength of political opponents on campus and improve on the party’s image and communication on campus.
On behalf of the new executive, Mr Awudu promised to ensure that ladies on campus took active part in the activities of TEIN.
The outgoing President of TEIN, Mr Jerry John Amedzro, mentioned lack of funds and logistics on campus as some of the challenges the outgoing executive faced while in office.