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June 16, 2023
President of the Young Parliamentary Forum of Ghana’s Parliament, Elvis Morris Donkor has said the nation needs a dedicated Ministry for the Youth of Ghana and lamented over successive governments’ always having Youth and Sports where the attention is on sports rather than the Youth.
According to him there is the urgent need to get a dedicated Ministry of Youth as prevails in the Eastern and Northern African countries.
In his address on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at a National Youth Authority dialogue with young parliamentarian and youth leaders’ forum in Parliament, he pointed out that, the Ministry of Youth and Sports only deals with the Sports aspect and not the Youth.
And further noted that, when that is achieved it will help amplify the voices of the youth in Ghana and their representatives are considered in policy formulation and ensure more inclusive governance frame work.
He further pointed out that the percentage of budgetary allocation that goes to the Youth and Sports Ministry, only a small percentage goes to address the concerns of the Youth with a larger proportion going to take care of sports.
Whereas, if there was a Ministry for Youth, it will have the needed budgetary allocation to address critical concerns of the Youth and their development.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com