Switching from his stick to carrot tactics, Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, has moved to appease his country’s youth, urging his government to provide funds for projects targeting young people amid calls for new protests aimed at ending his thirty-year hold on power.
“I order the national government to provide funds on new visions for youth projects that related to agricultural and animal productions and small industries “ he announced to MPs.
“When we built new university to provide education to our youths we knew that governmental labour market could not absorb 150.000 (graduates) a year” he added.
Last month ,Bashir imposed a national state of emergency and dismissed the federal government, replacing all state governments with army and police Generals after tens of thousands, mostly youths, took to the streets across Sudan, demanding his departure from office.
Speaking to lawmakers in Sudanese parliament on Monday ,Bashir acknowledged the protesters demand was “legitimate “ due the economic challenge facing the country
However, he insisted that “some protests do not comply with laws and destroy property while protesters try to exploit the protests to propagate hate speech”.
Sudan was hit by nationwide protests in the middle of December over the rising price of foodstuffs.
It quickly turned into a movement calling for Bashir’s head.
He has been in power for 30 years.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese Professional Association (SPA) ,the main organizer of the recent protests has called for fresh demonstrations.
It intends to lead a march to the headquarters of the general command of the Sudanese armed forces in the capital Khartoum next Sunday to demand that Bashir and his govenrnment call it quit.
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