Kizito here, and there: On youth palaver

So, as we celebrate World Youth Day, perhaps we should ask ourselves a more difficult question than simply whether young people are participating in nation-building.

But when placed against the theme of World Youth Day, they raise some uncomfortable questions about the place of young people in Ghana’s development.

Young people are considered important enough to mobilise when political parties need them, but often not important enough to receive timely attention when they need jobs, decent pay, affordable housing, quality education, healthcare or opportunities to build sustainable livelihoods.