Youths Minister Underscores Importance of shaping future youths
By Lloyd Mwale in Kadoma
The minister of Youths Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training, Hon Tino Machakaire has reminded his ministry personnel that their mandate is to transform youth’s lives for a better Zimbabwe in the future.
Officially opening a five-day 2027 Strategic Planning Review Workshop at Kadoma Hotel and Conference Centre, Hon Machakaire who did not mince his word said:
“Colleagues, we’re not gathered here just to plan for another year, we’re gathered here to shape the future of the entire future generation, decision we make in this room must go beyond the conference walls but must reach the young person in Binga searching for employment, a young woman in Chipinge with a business idea and the aspiring entrepreneur in Tsolotsho, our young people are not interested in how many meetings we hold but want to know how our work will change their lives and that’s the challenge before us.
“Our mandate is to transform their lives through the National Development Strategy 2 and National Youth Empowerment Strategy 2026-2030.Our ministry must be known not for number of programmes that we announce but for the number of lives we transform, that’s the standard we expect in every department, our youths cannot afford to wait, our youths are no longer patience, our youths are not patient and we must never confuse being busy with productivity,” said the Youth’s Ministry Boss.
The Youth’s Minister also reminded all participants that the country has more young people looking to ministry for opportunities.
“Approximately 72% of Zimbabwe population is below 35 and this represent our greatest opportunity for economic transformation,yet approximately 2.4million of our youths remain outside education, employment or training and many continue to struggle without employment, limited finance, inadequate skills and the devastating consequences of drugs and substance abuse.And remember behind every statistics is young person with dreams for better future,” said Hon Machakaire.
The five-day workshop drew high-powered delegations from Empowerment Bank Board and management, Zimbabwe Youth Council and Zanu (PF).
The workshop expects to come up with a 2027 Ministry Annual Plan, 2027 Minister and Deputy Minister Performance Contracts,2027 Permanent Secretary’s Performance Contracts and to Review the Ministry’s 2026-2030 Strategic Planning Document
