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Kwesi Pratt Jnr., the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper has urged socio-economic analysts in the country to desist from politicizing the issues surrounding the Ghana Youth Employment Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA) saga. He cautioned all political characters in the country to desist from making partisan arguments when dissecting the brouhaha associated with the rot in the GYEEDA programme. According to him, the concept of GYEEDA is to provide employment for Ghanaian youths and so, critics should not lose sight of its relevance to the development of the country. Speaking on Peace FM's flagship programme "Kokrokoo", the seasoned journalist told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that it is rather plausible for all the parties to seek a common goal, which is to ensure that culpable ones are sanctioned by government. To him, there are other pressing issues that should be looked at so far as the termination of the contracts between GYEEDA and the service providers by government is concerned. He averred that essential topics to be broached are whether or not there was a breach of contract by the companies; Rlg Communication's training module, Asongtaba Cottage Industry & Exchange Programme (ACI&EP) and the Better Ghana Management Services Limited, a subsidiary of Jospong Group, the parent company of Zoomlion among others. �What are the legal remedies available to the State? If there�s a breach of contract, what are the legal remedies? These are the critical questions. If someone has stolen something, what do you do to the thief?� He disagreed with critics who are on the neck of President John Dramani Mahama, doubting his government�s commitment to find lasting solutions to the challenges confronting GYEEDA. He opined that the termination of the contracts by government is a step in the right direction and so, believed that the President will take further action to sanction all the culprits in the deal. Though he lauded the efforts made by President John Dramani Mahama and his government to put measures in place to avert further rot in the programme, he however wondered why the Head of Finance at GYEEDA with absolutely "no experience and knowledge in finance" was appointed to operate in such capacity in the first place.