Dr. Sam Nujoma

Shifeta Says Budget Couldn’t Support Nujoma’s Mandatory Youth Training Vision

today19 February, 2025

Background

Environment Minister Pohamba Shifeta says the national budget could not support the late Sam Nujoma’s vision of mandatory national youth training. Shifeta, a former deputy youth minister, recalls being among those assigned by Nujoma to help draft the National Youth Policy. Currently, the National Youth Service provides voluntary national service training. One Africa TV NewsOnOne’s Selma Ikela put this report together.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen