Youth urged to contribute towards national development

Right Reverend Japheth Yaw Ledo, a former Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Ghana, has advised the youth to be committed and contribute their quota towards the development of the country.

He encouraged them to be peaceful and selfless in their contribution towards the development of the country.

“We must draw lessons from the selfless and peaceful nature of our departed President John Evans Atta Mills,” he said.

Rt Rev. Ledo was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 15th Biennial National Youth Camp Meeting of the Evangelical Presbyterian Students’ Union (EPSU) at Larteh.

The camp meeting, which would also usher in new national executives council members for the 2013/ 2014 administrative year, is under the theme; “Keeping the Faith”.

Rt Rev. Ledo observed that with the current economic recession and fear in the collapse of the financial market, the youth only had to keep faith in God.

He said the practice of immoral acts like arm robbery, gambling, prostitution and “Sakawa,” as a way of satisfying their frustration of the pressure of the economy, was not of the Lord and admonished them to stay away from those practices.

Mr James Ledo, outgoing National President of EPSU, congratulated the President-elect John Dramani Mahama to occupy the highest office of the land.

“Ghana has won and it is our hope that the leadership of our country will take responsibility to promote development at all sectors of the economy to advance the prosperity of Ghana,” he said.

He appealed to the authorities to demonstrate fair and equitable distribution of resources so that the rural-urban migration could be reduced.

Mr Ledo urged the youth to be proud of their country and ensure that they were not used as agents of destruction of the peace they were enjoying now.

He said: “We need to keep faith in Ghana which God has given us and work to ensure that Ghana continues to be a beacon of hope of the emerging democratic system of governance on the continent of Africa”.