Youth: Between obeying the leader & reality facing [Archives:2007/1063/Community]

By: Maged Thabet Al-Kholidy
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In his speech on the 17th of January 2007 in Mukala, the President proclaims youth to keep consciously open-minded for the lies and rumors that are propagandized by some people. He reaffirms his promises regarding the youth affairs like solving the problems of unemployment and poverty, distributing lands for farmers and young people, etc. He also advised youth to join sports clubs instead of chewing Qat, which eats into the backbone of the society.

The president is thankfully appreciated for unforgeting his promises and for his much care about the youth. Undoubtedly, giving-up Qat chewing widens the youth's role in pushing the development-wheel of the country. Obeying the leader is religiously recommended. But all of us should think about the matter, foreseeing all its expected consequences in order to take a rationally suitable final decision.

One may say that the President mentions only joining sports clubs as an alternative of vainly spending time and money in Qat-sessions. It may be because sport is not costly, or maybe because it is good for people's health. According to the latest statistics of Childhood and Youth Strategy, children and young people form about 76% of the country overall population.

One may wonder if the current clubs can receive about three-thirds of the nation! In all the cases, youth must not worry about that because it is the fault of the investors who did not work in the field of sports. As a solution, they would be forced to have business projects with some facilities offered by the authorities like “Taxes””