Huge Youths Military Recruitment Turnout, Policy Makers ‘Rude Shock’ —UNFPA Country Rep
By Innocent Daka The huge number of youths who recently turned for recruitment in the Zambia army has awakened the country's policy makers to a 'shocking’ reality of population problems they are not willing to accept, says UNFPA country representative Duah Owusu-Sarfo. Speaking to journalists at the opening of a four-day workshop on the role of the media in the UNFPA/GRZ 7 th country programme, Mr Owusu-Sarfo observed that Zambia faces population growth and development challenges. However, he observed that leadership at all levels in the country lack proper understanding on the link between population issues and the relationship between population and development. “If you interact with many policy makers, community leaders and planners in this country, you would observe a general lack of understanding of population issues,” Mr Owusu-Sarfo said.