A concerned resident of Gizo, Western Province says youths need more empowerment and support to stop them from engaging in bad behaviour.
He raised this following increasing numbers of young people engaging in anti-social activities by causing a nuisance in the communities.
Speaking to this paper, Benjandro Piko, who is a resident at Babylon Heights in Gizo said, youths causing nuisance is a common issue in the communities, societies, and country as a whole.
Some of these issues relate to noise through loud music, drinking of alcohol, and other anti-social behaviour.
Mr. Piko suggested that setting up community policing will be helpful to minimize criminal activities in the communities.
He attributed rising unemployment, engaging in peer groups, broken homes, lack of parental support and community support contributes to social disorder.
He believes one way to stop this rising problem is to encourage youths to actively engage in productive activities.
“Organising activities such as sports, church programs, and entertainment can lead them into a straight path,” he said.
Therefore, he appeals to all the respective leaders from communities, churches, provincial government, RSIPF, and main key stakeholders to help address this issue involving youths.
