Use youth’s potential properly: Adviser Asif

City Desk:

Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, Adviser to the Ministry of Youth and Sports emphasised on the proper use of potential of the country’s young communities in the period of innovative globalisation, while speaking as the chief guest at a national workshop on “Youth Entrepreneurship: Investment, Policy and Ecosystem at the BIDA Multipurpose Hall in the city.
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly organised the workshop, reports BSS.

“The main reason of the last year’s students-people uprising, also known as the July Revolution, was unemployment. We are working on it. Around 63 percent of our population’s age is less than 35 years. We have to utilize our young generation,” he said.

Asif Mahmud also reaffirmed the government’s commitment to youth-focused reforms.

“What we are witnessing is the rise of a generation that is not waiting for permission; it is forging ahead with purpose and passion. This energy must be matched with our commitment to remove barriers, build infrastructure and give our young people the tools to lead,” he added.

Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser for the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, underlined the need for systems to keep pace with young innovators.

“The young people of Bangladesh are not waiting, they are building, scaling, and solving. The real question is whether our systems can match their urgency and creativity, if we act together with purpose and partnership. I believe we can,” he added, reports BSS.