Young leaders call for greater say in nation’s future

The nation’s leaders have been urged to give young people a greater role in shaping the country’s future, with two senior youth officials calling for more meaningful opportunities for them to participate in national life.

CARICOM Youth Ambassador Christopher Brathwaite said young people must have a voice in the institutions that will ultimately shape the country they inherit, while Minister of State for Youth and Culture Senator Shane Archer challenged those who feel lost or written off to find pathways to a better future.

At a Youth Parade at Kensington Oval, Brathwaite warned that excluding young people from national development could hold Barbados back.