BY INDY MAEALASIA

SOLOMON Islands could achieve 100% full employment if the country targets investments in agriculture, fisheries and tourism in the next fifty years.

The opposition Leader, Matthew Wale highlighted this in a recent tok stori session.

“ When we are thinking of the kind of economy we want to build in the Solomon Islands, we must think of what we want to achieve in the next fifty years,” he said.

Wale highlighted that the country can realistically build the economy in four areas: Agriculture production/ farming, Agricultural processing, Fisheries processing and Tourism.

“If we harness one of those, I think we can multiply our current employment level five times more….” he said.

Wale highlighted that crops like coconut, cocoa and fish have the potential to contribute significantly to the country’s GDP.

“ We have the resources, land and people for it but what is lacking is the vision for it, and to connect the dots,” Wale said.  

Wale further emphasized that in order to have such vision, it is crucial for young people to engage in leadership whether it is parliament or other levels of leadership.

“Young people must take up this challenge,” he added.

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