Ghana Youth Federation

The challenge

The National Youth Authority Act, 2016 provided for a national umbrella body for youth. For years that body did not exist, and in early 2025 it was still being described as long awaited.

My role

In 2025 I joined the Governing Board of the National Youth Authority as a representative of independent youth groups, with the formation of the Federation as a main task. I was inaugurated as President of its interim national leadership on 12 August 2025 and continue to lead it. The Federation is a collective body. Its achievements belong to its members and leaders across the country.

What has been done

• Inaugurated the Federation at the 2025 National Youth Conference.
• Inaugurated as the Federation’s President on 12 August 2025.
• Launched the Eastern Regional chapter in Koforidua on 6 August 2026 with 79 youth leaders from all 33 districts.
• Set out the next phase: District Youth Assemblies in the 33 districts, then a Regional Youth Assembly to elect substantive regional leaders.
• Issued public statements on youth policy, including a March 2026 statement objecting to the exclusion of youth agencies from the District Assemblies Common Fund.
• Took a youth-participation message to the Second World Public Assembly in Moscow in September 2026.

Results and progress

The Federation is in its building phase. Regional chapters are being established one region at a time, and the Eastern chapter is the example documented so far. No outcome beyond that is claimed here.