President Museveni has said zonal industrial hubs established to skill the youth will enable Uganda to stop importing what can be made locally.
Addressing a gathering shortly after commissioning the zonal industrial hub for Madi Sub-region, located in Dazaipi, Adjumani District yesterday, the President noted that while training the youth, the industrial hubs should remember to put emphasis on addressing the basic human needs, namely food, shelter and clothing, saying these can turn into business for them to earn a living.
“It is important that our children get the skills because when you look at all of you, the shirts you’re putting on, you’re supporting foreign business. You paid money to support foreign businesses, yet your children don’t have money. I want these children to learn to make everything we use here, so that we preserve our wealth and don’t squander it,” the President said.
He added that the items produced must have the market within Uganda, Africa and globally.
He promised to support the beneficiaries further to put into action what they have learnt.
The President encouraged the administrators of the industrial hub to expand the scope of what they teach the youth and add, among other things, how to make animal feeds from maize and other raw materials.
At the same function, the President, currently on a tour of investment and wealth creation projects in West Nile Sub-region, committed to continue improving the social and economic infrastructure of the region.
He promised to work on the road from Laropi to Moyo connecting to Yumbe and eventually Koboko. He said Laropi bridge will also be worked on.
