PM asks youths to work for forming cooperatives

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the country's youth folk to engage in inspiring people to form cooperatives for boosting food production and taking the country ahead further.     

"Youth folk will have to come forward. We can go a long way if the youths do their activities in bringing village people together as everyone will have the responsibility," she said. 

The premier was addressing a function on the 51st National Cooperatives Day at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) as the chief guest, joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban here, reports BSS. 

She asked the youth folk not to chase after the job rather to get involved in food production activities such as poultry and fish cultivation by forming cooperatives. Referring to the 100 special economic zones being established by the government,

she said, "you (youths) can set up food processing factories there, which will not only meet the local demand but also can help export to abroad." Sheikh Hasina said she believes that the country could attain desired economic success through cooperatives. 

She also urged all to work in combine to overcome the crisis what was created in the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Russian-Ukraine war as well as sanctions and counter sanctions. 

The prime minister said cooperatives is absolutely essential for agricultural production, life and livelihood of the people in the country.

"Cooperatives create enormous scopes in a densely populated country like ours. Paying attention to it, we will have to strengthen cooperatives," she said. She stressed the need for giving utmost importance on cooperatives for the development of the country's people. 

Sheikh Hasina said her government is working for the people and wants to create scopes so that every individual can improve their life and livelihood. She said her government opened every sector for private entrepreneurs so employment is generated. 

Talking about the inflation, the premier said the price of every commodity has soared up throughout the world due to the war and Covid-19, which affected Bangladesh also and almost all the countries are now suffering from high inflation. 

"Everyone has to run using its reserve (of foreign currencies). Also, we are to do it for the wellbeing of the common people of the country," she added.