The government of Paul Biya recently announced that it would employ 25,000 Cameroonian youth under the age of forty into the civil service. Many have seen this move as a political ploy since the presidential election takes place in Novemenber and Paul Biya plans to remain president. However, a Cameroonian economist at the University of Buea in Cameroon has recently said that such employment amounts to hiring only 1.25% of the 2 million unemployed youth in the country.
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