A Ghanaian sociologist had predicted a break down in the maintenance of law and order in the urban areas of Ghana in some few years to come if government does not move in quickly to tackle the gradual growth in the population of street children and the increase in youth unemployment.
Professor Kodjo Senah who also heads the sociology department of the University of Ghana says the presence of young people who have no jobs and continue to migrate to the urban area is putting the lives of these youth and residents in these areas at risk.
He said many of them are engaging in criminal activities and are doing any thing just to survive; a situation he believes is worrying.
Professor Senah called for an immediate end to the problem. He wanted government to support these youth by creating Jobs for them and preventing many of their colleagues from migrating to the cities.
He was delivering the last in the series of lectures at the 61st New Year school on the university of Ghana campus on the topic: urbanization and democracy.
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