Prioritize your ward's education-Parents urged

A business and Mining Contractor, Mr. E.K. Agyemang has urged parents and guardians to complement government’s efforts in cultivating the attitude of investing in their wards.

This, he said will enable them secure a better future through education.

Mr. E.K. Agyemang however tasked parents to desist from wasting monies and investments on funeral clothing and merry making by prioritizing future welfare of their wards. According to him, investing in the future of their children could complement government’s efforts to get the children out of the streets to reduce the rural urban migration drift among the youth amidst unavailable jobs. Speaking in an interview with the media at a durbar, Mr Agyemang expressed worry over the increasing number of the youth in the streets of the cities, which he said need much attention to be address. He stated that, the youth unemployment is a threat to national security, and for that matter, the need for every stakeholder, corporate bodies, philanthropists and the parents to recognized the urgency to complement government’s efforts to address the challenges. He reiterated that, education being the key to the development of every child to progress in life either formal or informal and urged every parent to recognized the need to invest in their children from the infancy. He maintained that, children are the future generation therefore must be trained to take the leadership mantle from the current crop of leaders, being chiefs, politicians, academia, lawyers, Doctors or Nurses and farmers and for that matter, we cannot afford to fail them as a country especially parents, hence the need to invest in them. He disclosed that most children have made he street their abode today because their parents prefer buying expensive clothes to attend occasions rather than giving their children the necessary logistics to enhance their academic aptitude.