Youths in Liberia have been inspired to be devoted and hardworking as a way to obtain success in life.
By Lewis S. Teh
Monrovia, Liberia; September 12, 2025 – The Minister of Finance and Improvement Planning, Augustine Okay. Ngafuan, has urged Liberian youths to be devoted and hardworking if they’re to succeed.
Minister Ngfuan gave the urge late Thursday, September 10, when he formally launched a Youth Skilled Internship Program (YPIP) right here. This system is a strategic capacity-building initiative designed to equip current college and highschool graduates with hands-on expertise as they put together to enter the job market.
The official launching ceremony marked renewed effort by the Ministry to strengthen Liberia’s human useful resource base, notably within the public sector.
Delivering a particular remarks, Minister Ngafuan emphasised that the reintroduction of YPIP is a part of a broader authorities technique to empower younger Liberians with sensible expertise, skilled publicity, and a deeper understanding of public service.
Reflecting on his personal early expertise as an intern, Minister Ngafuan shared private tales about how internships formed his path to public service, constructing his confidence and competence at a important time in his life.
“Working laborious means exhibiting up with the appropriate perspective and the fervour to make a distinction,” he instructed the interns. “Should you’re conceited or impolite, you gained’t go far. Onerous work and the grace of God — that’s the formulation.”
He additional highlighted the position of integrity in public service, noting that MFDP, because the steward of Liberia’s fiscal sources, should uphold the very best moral requirements.
“Our Ministry is accountable for managing the nation’s financial system and monetary house.
That comes with a excessive stage of duty. We allocate cash, and we see cash — however even when we’re broke, we’re not allowed to take it. That’s the type of self-discipline and integrity you have to domesticate.”
Deputy Minister for Administration, Invoice McGill Jones, supplied an outline of the internship program and shared his personal skilled journey.
Minister Jones recounted how an internship alternative 15 years in the past helped set him on a path to public service.
“This program is extra than simply an internship,” he stated. “It displays the federal government’s broader dedication to youth empowerment and institutional improvement.”
Minister Jones emphasised that YPIP is designed to show interns to key areas, together with public monetary administration, budgeting, coverage execution, and administrative operations, thereby laying a robust basis for future careers within the public sector.
He inspired the interns to embrace a tradition of service, accountability, and moral behaviour, including that Liberia’s improvement is determined by the emergence of a reliable and principled technology of public servants.
The Ministry of Finance and Improvement Planning’s Youth Skilled Internship Program will even place youths at different ministries and companies, offering structured mentorship, on-the-job coaching, and profession improvement help.
The Ministry believes that investing in younger expertise immediately is laying the groundwork for a simpler and resilient public administration system tomorrow. Enhancing by Jonathan Browne
