Local pols may use youth jobs program for early campaigning
Written by Jesus F. Llanto
Monday, 22 June 2009
Citizens urged to monitor LGUs that will implement $6-million program funded by Spain.
National government officials on Monday urged citizens and civil society groups to keep an eye on local government officials who may take advantage of a foreign-funded vocational training program for the youth to boost their popularity among the voters for next year’s elections.
The Spanish government is providing US$6 million to train young people in four provinces, namely Masbate in the Bicol Region, Antique in Western Visayas, Agusan del Sur in Caraga, and Maguindanao in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
The project funded by Spain’s Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F) targets 10,000 men and women, aged 15 to 24 years, in these provinces where there is high incidence of poverty, out-migration, low enrolment rates, and huge number of out-of-school youth.
