By Africa 24 News

The All People’s Congress (APC), MP, who doubles as the Public Relation Officers of APC in Parliament, Hon Unpha G Koroma, has called on the government to repatriate youth to the rural communities across Sierra Leone.

Hon. Unpha Koroma says a lot of the youth have stocked in the cities doing nothing, adding they’ve engaged in drugs addiction.

Hon Koroma made this statement during the ratification of a grant project agreement signed between KfW and the Republic of Sierra Leone, represented by the Ministry of Finance and the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA).

The project is designed to promote a pro-poor growth initiative aimed at ensuring peace and consolidation as it seeks to empower youth in Sierra Leone.

Also, an agreement on financing Sierra Leone’s agriculture market infrastructure project, was finalized by the International Development Association on June 13, 2024.

It focuses on improving infrastructure while bolstering agricultural market access.

He said the agreement if comes to friction will help employ lots of the youth to get jobs.

Hon Koroma revealed that lots of the youth have become bike riders, saying that many are on theft and on other crimes.

However, he said by repatriating the young people from the cities to the rural communities, they would be empowered with skills in agriculture who will work to promote government Feed Salone project.

He said the agreement should not only focus on rice cultivation but should also focus on livestock farming which he said is also part of the government Feed Salone project.

He admonished finance ministry and agriculture ministry to solve the dispute between rice farmers and livestock farmers in the country.

He said one way to doing that is by financing the building of trenches for livestock farmers.

He said with available finances farmers on both ends will be empowered.