He said the preceding factor of youth unemployment was due to lack of demographic repositioning of youths.
He made these remarks recently during an interview with The Point in Janjangbureh, Central River Region (CRR).
"The main factor is demography that led to so many young people being involved in crime," he remarked.
He further stated that crime rate is surging exponentially among young people.
He adduced that economic opportunity and lack of job security contributed adversely to the rising number of violent thugs among the youth populace.
"Drug abuse, drug peddling, peer influence, school dropout and rape. These are the leading factors why young people are involving themselves into," he pointed out.
He described government’s lack of commitment in engaging the youth as the main contributing factor of surging crime rate among the youth.
He further added that youth sector contributes significantly to the socio-economic drive of the country.
The youth activist further urged government to actively absorb job opportunities, adding that youths play a vital role in national development.
"The best way of absorbing youths into national politics is to put them among key decision makers. From the political and social view, the best way is to empower the social behaviour of youths and recognise their efforts into national politics," he concluded.
Coalition of Progressive Gambians, a group that was formed with the objective of holding the government accountable, has postponed their most anticipated November 11 protest till further notice.
The Essau Magistrate court has convicted and sentenced Lamin Bobb to a fine of D500,000 in default to serve two years imprisonment after he was found guilty of pouring petrol on Sulayman Ceesay and setting him on fire at Sami village in the North Bank Region (NBR).
Reed Brody, an American human right lawyer known as Dictator Hunter, said if former self-exiled President Yahya Jammeh is to face trial in The Gambia, it may cause instability because his supporters are still in denial of the atrocities committed by him.
Gambians and non-Gambians on Saturday protested to seek for justice for the killings of George Floyd, an African-American and Modou Lamin Sisay, a Gambian who lived in Georgia in the hands of the American police.
