MONROVIA, March 5 -- The National Traditional Council of Liberia (NTCL), through its Chairman, Chief Zanzan Karwor, has blamed the growing wave of hardship and the lack of investment and job opportunities in Liberia to the negative use of young people by some opposition politicians in the country.

Chief Karwor observed that some opposition politicians (who he did not name) are allegedly in the constant habit of undermining the developmental gains being made by the George Weah led-government, instead of rallying around national leadership to move the country forward.

He added that these politicians normally used young people to engage into staged protests or engaged into violent activities to scare away or discourage potential investors fr...