Saturday December 17, 2016
Kabul (BNA) According to the constitution of Afghanistan, the government is responsible to provide job opportunities to citizens to remove poverty and unemployment.
But, will the government act based on the said issue? And will it solve the current problems? In fact, we all know that today one of the most important challenges in the country is unemployment after security. Currently, the people are stuck in challenges and the parents of the families are mostly concerned over joblessness of their sons and daughters. Unfortunately, most of the university graduates, after receiving their bachelor degrees, start looking for a job, but majority of them don’t succeed in this regard. Based on statistics, unemployment is the main factor behind increasing crimes in the society. Regretfully, we can see there are hundreds of unemployed people who are waiting for someone to take them for work on the avenues, particularly in Kota-e-Sangi, Deh Keepak and other areas of the Kabul city. Most of them even wait until evening, but unfortunately, they go to home with empty hands and hungry stomach. However, billions of dollars have poured into Afghanistan, but unfortunately, the number of unemployed people have not only decreased by increased considerably.
According to the economic experts, the number of unemployed people have increased by 30 percent. The findings suggest, if serious attention is not paid, the number will reach to 40 percent until the end of this year. The leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG), during their electoral campaigns have vowed to do much for economic growth of the country, but nothing tangible done so far. The ministry of economy has taken effective measures to uproot poverty and unemployment, but what the ministry of social affairs have done so far are not satisfactory to people. Besides, lack of job opportunities to elites and university graduates have caused brain drain in the country which is a matter of concern to the government. Therefore, the government should provide job opportunities to youth so they don’t leave the country for abroad and rescue the country from the current challenges.
Liluma Noori
