Fighting violent extremism may be aided by addressing unemployment, according to a KAIPTC lecturer.
In order to reduce violent extremism, a lecturer at the Kofi Anan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has advised that the unemployment problem has to be addressed.
The current socioeconomic problem, in Dr. Victor Doke's opinion, greatly benefits extreme organizations.
Considering the high unemployment rate, he stated that they [extreme organizations] may entice hopeless jobless individuals to join their organizations by making them enticing offers.
"We must examine that issue, namely unemployment, as it has the potential to resolve a great deal of problems on its own." Now that you have work, no one will desire the material presents that come with it (extreme groups), as these organizations also provide a lot in terms of material things. Therefore, on a normal level, we'll hear these young people wanting to simply survive and join these groups.
The claims were made by Dr. Doke on Sunday, April 30, on The Probe, when she participated in a conversation about how to stop and manage the threat of violent extremism in Ghana.
The nation's peace and stability, he claimed, would be gravely jeopardized if answers to the unemployment problem weren't found.
Dr. Henrietta Asante Sarpong, the National Commission for Civic Education's (NCCE) director of research on gender equality, revealed on the same program that her organization's research revealed that 11 people were openly willing to permit their close relatives to join these extremist groups because of the lucrative opportunities they offered.
Dr. Doke then warned the people that radical scouting operations may have serious consequences.
The recruiters were real, and they pushed for a serious public education campaign on the negative impacts of the groups at issue.
He emphasized once more how important it is for the government to address the issue of unemployment head-on and find answers since, in his view, doing so will protect Ghana's peace and stability.
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