'Innovation way out for youths'

YOUTHS should be more innovative instead of only chasing white collar jobs, Yotum Mvula, a Copperbelt University graduate has advised.

Mr Mvula said observed that many youths depended on professional jobs after graduating from tertiary institutions and ended up being unemployed for many years.

He said in Kitwe yesterday that it was not good for the citizens to be grappling with unemployment when the country and the continent at large was underdeveloped, hence the need for youths to be more innovative.

Mr Mutale is involved in various initiatives including art and design as well as public relations, but graduated in chemistry at CBU

“Let us accept the reality point of the situation. Let us create our own opportunities and make ourselves better unlike waiting for professional jobs that do not easily come by,” he said.

Mr Mvula noted that the country did not have many industries that would employ all the people hence the need to avoid depending on formal employment.

He said that Government could not employ everyone, stating that sticking to jobs in line with what one studied was not the best idea.

He said that different qualifications obtained from institutions of higher learning were only there to guide the way and not to restrict anyone.

Mr Mvula stressed the need for exposure in other fields especially now that the country was going through a tough time economically.

“It is high time we shifted our minds from this mentality and begin to look at things differently if we are the succeed,” he said.