Youth Empowerment Synergy (YES-Ghana), has described as unwarranted and damaging, a statement by the National Youth Authority (NYA), cautioning youth groups to desist from engaging with YES-Ghana in its project to compile a Youth Directory.
In a statement issued yesterday in accra to react to the NYA’s disclaimer, YES-Ghana explained that, the Ghana Youth Directory is an open source, youth-led civil society effort that seeks to create an information hub for youth groups, associations, and organisations towards effective collaboration and exchange of information among actors in the same field, and was in no way in violation of any of the country’s laws.
The National Youth Authority (NYA), in reaction to an advertisement in the Daily Graphic by YES Ghana calling on Youth Groups to register online to join ongoing advocacy and youth-inclusive policy in the country, said that YES had no authorization to collect data of youth groups on behalf of the Republic of Ghana.
But the organization believes the NYA’s statement is misleading and has the potential of hurting their otherwise objective project.
“For the records, the Ghana Youth Directory was originally launched back in 2013 as part of the Voices of Youth project implemented by YES-Ghana. The NYA was an active member of the Advisory Committee that guided the development and successful launch of the Ghana Youth Directory. Over the last few months, the Directory received a complete makeover, thanks to the financial support of the Commonwealth Foundation. The advertisements that have appeared in the Daily Graphic constitute a renewed effort to get more youth groups to enlist and showcase their work on the Directory.”
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