We may soon witness a youth uprising if unemployment, corruption are not addressed – Nyonkopa Daniels

Nyonkopa Daniels, Executive Director of Peace Watch Ghana, has asked the political class to implement measures to solve the country’s myriad difficulties and avert Kenyan-style uprisings in Ghana.

She bemoaned the high rate of unemployment, hopelessness, and high levels of corruption on the part of the political elite as some of the issues that could trigger the youth to react if they are not addressed.

The peace advocate warned that we should not pretend our youth do not have the capacity to hit the streets like the Kenyan citizens did.

She asserted that if we keep pretending that the youth are incapable of demanding accountability, it would be too late for us.

She discussed the problematic situation of land grabbing and the sale of state assets to political leaders.

“These are serious concerns we have to address as Ghanaians. Take a look at what is happening in some countries where the youth are demanding accountability from their leaders.

"In Ghana today, people are grabbing state lands and assets. We are being so wicked and selling assets to ourselves when we are in office. It is shameless and must stop.”

She made the remarks in response to the comments of Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh that President Akufo-Addo has performed exceptionally well compared to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

To her, the former MP, Energy Minister, and now running mate for the New Patriotic Party, should offer an apology.

In her view, there are serious issues that are of national interest that should interest the running mate.

She then warned, “I have consistently made this point that the day the youth of Ghana will engage in an uprising in this country will be dangerous for all of us.

"I am not a prophetess of doom and am not praying for anything bad to happen to Ghana. That is why some of us always call out our leaders to do the right thing. Our leaders should do the right thing so we don’t get to the point of a youth uprising.

"The youth are disappointed; they are desperate and don’t know what to do. The youth are in a state of hopelessness and are jobless.

"That is why it is important to address these issues to bring our youth back. Some have completed university for years but have no jobs to do. That is why some of them travel abroad for greener pastures.”