National Youth Authority — government agency leading Ghana's youth policy and National Action Plan on Youth, Peace, and Security; CEO has advocated for digital worker protections and youth leadership.
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Osman Ayariga, has called for urgent legal and policy reforms to protect Ghana’s growing digital workforce, warning that thousands of young people earning livelihoods through digital platforms remain outside the c …
… Against that backdrop, expectations were high when government officials gathered in Navrongo on 14th May 2018 to cut sod for the construction of the Youth Resource Centre under the National Youth Authority’s Youth Resource Centre initiative. …
… According to the petition, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, Dr Amoakohene published a post on his personal Facebook page directed at Miss Akosua Manu, the former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA) of Ghana. …
… She previously served as Deputy Director of Communications at the Office of the First Lady and later as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority. …
… The latest controversy stems from a prolonged social media feud between Madam Akosua Manu, popularly known as ‘Kozie’, a former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), and the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene. …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has appointed former Deputy CEO of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Akosua Manu popularly known as Kozie as Spokesperson for the party’s Gender and Social Protection Committee as part of a major restructuring exercise following the party’s 2024 el …
… The programme brought together representatives from the Ghana Health Service, the National Youth Authority, the Judicial Service, and the Legal Aid Commission.
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Osman Ayariga, has called on young people across the country to rise above complacency and become active agents of transformation in their communities. …
… and credibility, consisting of representatives from the University of Ghana Business School Innovation Centre, the Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment, the Ministry of Finance, ABSA Bank, the Venture Capital Trust Fund, the British Council, the National Youth Authority …
… The National Youth Authority (NYA), working in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), is leading the process through a multi-stakeholder Technical Working Group (TWG) made up of state and non-state actors. …
The CEO of the National Youth Authority has called for urgent legal and policy reforms to protect thousands of young Ghanaians earning livelihoods through digital platforms, noting they currently lack access to pensions, health insurance, and employment security. He said ride-hailing drivers, content creators, freelancers, software developers and online entrepreneurs are contributing to the economy but remain outside formal labour protection systems.
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National Youth Authority CEO calls for urgent legal reforms to protect digital workers lacking pensions and health insurance—addresses emerging labour protection gap affecting thousands of young Ghanaians.
The CEO of the National Youth Authority has called for urgent legal and policy reforms to protect thousands of young Ghanaians earning livelihoods through digital platforms, noting they currently lack access to pensions, health insurance, and employment security. He said ride-hailing drivers, content creators, freelancers, software developers and online entrepreneurs are contributing to the economy but remain outside formal labour protection systems.
A youth and sports facility in Navrongo launched in May 2018 as part of a nationwide initiative remains incomplete nearly nine years later, with the site showing deterioration, broken infrastructure, and fire damage. The Upper East Region has limited sports infrastructure, with many football clubs training on dusty fields.
Two Ghanaian citizens have filed a formal petition to President John Dramani Mahama calling for the dismissal or reprimand of Dr Frank Amoakohene, the Ashanti Regional Minister, over a sexually offensive and gender-demeaning Facebook post directed at Akosua Manu, former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority. The petitioners describe the post, published on June 3, 2026, as constituting sexual harassment and misogynistic conduct, and argue that its publication by a sitting Regional Minister amplified harm to the victim.
The Gender Centre for Empowering Development (GenCED) has strongly condemned sexually suggestive, misogynistic and degrading remarks allegedly directed at NPP politician Akosua Asaa Manu by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, during a social media exchange. GenCED warned that such conduct reinforces the hostile environment women face in politics and has no place in democratic discourse.
The Gender Centre for Empowering Development has condemned what it describes as sexually suggestive, degrading and misogynistic remarks directed at Madam Akosua Manu (Kozie), a former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority, during a prolonged social media feud with Ashanti Regional Minister Dr Frank Amoakohene. According to GenCED, women participating in public life continue to face gender-based harassment, online abuse and sexualised attacks for exercising their democratic rights.
The New Patriotic Party has appointed former National Youth Authority Deputy CEO Akosua Manu as Spokesperson for its Gender and Social Protection Committee, part of a restructuring following the party's 2024 electoral defeat. The committee is co-chaired by MP Adelia Ntim and Dr. Susana Alo, with Grace Akosua Amoabeng serving alongside Manu as spokespersons.
The Central Regional Department of Gender trained students at Cape Coast School for the Deaf on technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), while calling for amendments or new legislation to address emerging TFGBV issues such as deepfake videos and online impersonation that have caused emotional trauma to many Ghanaian women.
The National Youth Authority CEO Osman Ayariga has called on young people to become active agents of transformation in their communities, emphasising that leadership should be defined by impact and commitment to positive change rather than occupation of positions.
The Adwumawura Programme, implemented by the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), has commenced grant disbursement to support youth-owned business establishment. The 2025 cohort launched on April 28, 2025, received over 120,000 applications within the first weeks and underwent evaluation by a 9-member selection committee.
Ghana is conducting nationwide consultations to develop its first National Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security through a multi-stakeholder process led by the National Youth Authority and KAIPTC, with engagements underway across multiple regions to ensure the policy reflects young people's experiences and concerns.