The youth must be told plainly that given the challenges that lie ahead as a people, it would have to be tough before it becomes easier, a Professor at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo has said. Prof Gyampo says he is worried about the creation of the impression that there are solutions to all the problems of the youth. If not managed well, he said, this may create more disappointments. Around this time, he said, every cohort in the voting population would want to hear something about what can be done to help them. "But realistically, it would take a lot of strenuous effort to properly rebuild what has been destroyed and regain what is lost. In this regard, young people must be made to know quite frankly that, given the challenges that lie ahead of us as a people, it would have to be tough before it becomes easier. "We would all have to tighten our belts a little more, from whoever heads the country to the lowest rated citizen.