Deputy Ministry of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (Policy,
Parliamentary Affairs, Labour, Employment, Youth and the Disabled), Mr
Antony Peter Mavunde
Dodoma
— The government set to formalise projects of up to four million young
people as it seeks to raise their incomes and reduce the number of
unemployed Tanzanians.
Deputy Ministry of
State in the Prime Minister's Office (Policy, Parliamentary Affairs,
Labour, Employment, Youth and the Disabled), Mr Antony Peter Mavunde,
said in Parliament on Monday that so far, it has reached out to 32,563
youths.
"Under the Skills
Enhancement Project, we have managed to reach out to some 32,563 youths
during the 2018/19 financial year....Overall, we will train four million
young Tanzanians on what it takes to formalise their projects by the
year 2021," he said.
Mr Mavunde was
responding to a question from Ms Fatma Hassan Taufiq (Special Seats -
CCM) who sought to know the government's initiatives in dealing with
rural-urban migration of young Tanzanians in search of greener pastures.
He said the
government, through district councils, was setting aside land for youths
to engage themselves in productive undertakings.
It was also in discussions with a number of local manufacturers so they can start buying raw materials from youths' groups.
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"We have managed to
strike a deal with Sayona factory. Youths are now free to sell their
fruits at Sayona for the latter to process them into juice. We are also
discussing with Bakhressa to see if they can start buying fruits from
Muheza," said Mr Mavunde.
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