KIBAHA: CHAMA Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Parents’ Wing Secretary General, Mr Ally Hapi, has said that equipping youths with essential skills is crucial for maintaining peace and building a modern economy in African countries.
Mr Hapi made the remarks recently at the closing of a ten-day workshop for Youth leaders from six Liberation Movements Parties which are Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), FRELIMO (Mozambique), SWAPO (Namibia), ZANU PF (Zimbabwe), ANC (South Africa) and MPLA (Angola) at the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership School in Kibaha, Coast Region.
“With the increasing advancements in science and technology, it is crucial to create an environment that enables the youth—who make up a large portion of our populations—to be wellequipped with education and knowledge on modern technology and to use it for the development of our countries in all aspects,” he said.
He noted that preparing youths with skills such as self-reliance and effective leadership would prevent a leadership vacuum, which would be detrimental to both ruling parties and the wellbeing of the country.
He added, “At Chama Cha Mapinduzi, we have been at the forefront, advocating for youths to be given opportunities for training and elected to hold various leadership positions, starting at the grassroots level. This approach has proven to be highly beneficial, not only for the party but also for the people of our nation.”
Chinese Embassy Representative in Tanzania, Xu Sujiang- who also represented the International Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (IDCPC) said that the school has become a good centre for providing trainings for various people especially youths.
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“This workshop was well conducted and I was able to see how youths managed to engage well in all sessions and this is very encouraging. We are very hopeful that what we shared- CPC and the six parties will be put into practice without hesitations,” he noted.
School Principal Prof Marcellina Chijoriga said that the workshop focused along other things overall party building and leadership and China- Africa Friendship through the Forum on China- Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
“This workshop was all about setting road map for the future. We had enough time to navigate through the challenges and look for the solutions,” she explained.
She further revealed that the school is planning to have another same workshop which will specifically focus on economic reforms to be held in coming days.
