Kunene governor Vipuakuje Muharukua aims to tackle youth unemployment in the region by developing a database to easily contact unemployed youth for job opportunities.
Muharukua said this during a meeting held at the Etoshapoort Community Hall at Outjo on Sunday.
“We are fortunately developing a database to capture information of the unemployed in the region. When opportunities come up, we want to be ready to provide jobs,” he said.
He called on unemployed youth in the area to register for the database by providing their identification documents and CVs.
“We have the roadworks between Khorixas and Kamanjab, as announced by honourable Veikko Nekundi, and we want to be ready to give them jobs.
“We aim to streamline opportunities accordingly and provide opportunities straight to the unemployed. We want to make sure opportunities are equitably distributed in the region,” Muharukua said.
He said they are collaborating with the Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations to tackle how both skilled and unskilled youth can be absorbed into the workforce.
“We need to find a way to capacitate the unskilled and skilled youth for opportunities. This exercise is the same as what the Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations is doing; ours is not unique.”
The governor said he will engage with the private sector, particularly in tourism and agriculture, to plan how to absorb unemployed youth into quality, sustainable jobs.
He also assured the attendees that it is not going to be business as usual and that their office is going to fulfil promises made during last year’s election.
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