He argued that the youth in both rural and urban towns have no stable means of income and rely on daily labor. "If the government does not focus more on the youth," Mulatu warned, "it should realize that our country could again face the kind of political crisis that was experienced recently." According to local reports, the fund will be disbursed to the youth through the bank's 3,900 branches and 1,700 micro-finance centers. To receive the fund, young people should be organized according to their interests and submit a project proposal to the bank. Thus, he sees the job creation fund rather as a political investment aimed at diverting the genuine uncertainty of the youth.

Source: Ethiopian News February 21, 2017 18:00 UTC