The Involvement of Youth in State Governance: Case of the DRC

Abstract

This study is a contribution to other studies which speak of the involvement of young people in the management of a state case of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Without ignoring that we cannot speak of the good management of a state without mentioning the involvement and participation of youth given that the latter constitutes the majority of the world population but who are marginalized to this day, as is the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo where we find the majority of young people in poverty, unemployment, juvenile delinquency, etc. but young people have the strengths to lead and benefit from the wealth of their country. We implore the goodwill and courage of young Congolese to enter politics to regain their rights and properly defend their rights. Congolese youth do not actively participate in the politics of their country, decision-making and are not associated with the management of their State (DRC) but rather they are exploited by politicians for selfish interests.

The survey results show that the struggle for the independence of the DRC was led by young people and this transition from childhood to adulthood sufficiently proves that young people can change things in any what a situation, if once they integrate politics en masse, they will necessarily have young representatives who will continue to defend their noble causes and it will no longer be a challenge to take up, not only that the youth will master the issues and the workings political but they will also find themselves in decision-making bodies. We know that young people have extraordinary abilities in entrepreneurship but their first objective remains to guarantee meaningful work, which means that if once there is education (basic quality), training on entrepreneurship , leadership and employment, young Congolese can easily contribute and become development actors in their country, even if there is a disconnect between the capacities of young people and the requirements of employers but rather the State will create jobs either by hiring young people in the public service, or by supporting or financing young entrepreneurs while favoring funding for researchers to understand the real problem of young Congolese and take into consideration the suggestions and proposals of researchers for the good of the Congolese youth. Young people in the DRC aspire at all costs to become agents of change for their country.

Which, in our opinion, will allow us to renounce anti-values ​​and aim for the correct management of public affairs by involving young people and through this we can say that support, involvement and appropriation of politics by young people remains a path exit for the development of the Democratic Republic of Congo.