Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani says if elected, he will ensure young people get study grants that do not need to be paid back.
Venaani says the PDM plans to reform the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) to provide student grants rather than loans.
He was speaking during a presidential debate hosted by Eagle FM in Windhoek on Friday.
“The fishing sector should allocate a portion of its natural resource quotas directly to NSFAF, allowing it to fund students free of charge and thereby increase student access and enrolment,” he said.
He added that the party will spend 10% of the country’s national gross domestic product (GDP) on agriculture to increase productivity.
“To develop value chains in food processing, we can utilise the resources available at the Neckartal Dam and the Okavango River. For instance, if we produce tomatoes in that region, we should establish a factory at Berseba to produce tomato sauce,” he said.
Venaani further said every company would be incentivised to provide job training to Namibians rather than making use of unskilled foreigners.
He highlighted that people should be able to create jobs in the market.
“By doing so, we will effectively achieve our goal of generating income in two significant ways,” said Venaani.
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