{
  "id": 5603740,
  "title": "AfriYAN Ghana calls for greater youth participation in local governance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/afriyan-ghana-calls-for-greater-youth-participation-in-local",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T17:29:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/afriyan-ghana-calls-for-greater-youth-participation-in-local-governance/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "AfriYAN Ghana has urged districts to involve more young people in local governance and incorporate their priorities into plans and budgets. At a stakeholder dialogue in the Volta Region, AfriYAN Ghana, LoveAid Foundation, and UNFPA tackled ways to integrate youth views into district development planning. Participants agreed that youth needs should progressively be integrated into Medium-Term Development Plans and annual assembly budgets. LoveAid's Joshua Tettey Ayayi emphasized the dialogue's role in the Adolescent Girls Project, which aims to empower girls and strengthen youth involvement in governance. He stressed that meaningful youth participation is vital for sustainable community development and ensuring policies reflect actual young people's needs. Akatsi North District Assembly's Patrick Kwame Ahiabu called on assemblies to strengthen youth engagement through their Public Relations and Complaints Committees (PRCCs), which currently lack adequate funding and effective functioning. Ahiabu urged assemblies to allocate sufficient budgets to PRCCs to enable effective community engagement on development projects. The dialogue also aimed to protect adolescent girls' rights and wellbeing, with LoveAid focusing on educating and empowering girls to protect against gender-based violence while creating platforms for young people's community decision-making. AfriYAN Ghana is a youth-led organization working on health, rights, and wellbeing of young people, collaborating with development partners like UNFPA on issues like youth participation, sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, leadership, and empowerment.",
  "summary": "The African Youth and Adolescents Network on Population and Development (AfriYAN Ghana) has called for greater youth participation in local governance and the integration of young people’s priorities into district development plans and budgets. The call was made at a stakeholder dialogue organised by LoveAid Foundation under AfriYAN Ghana, in partnership with the United Nations […]",
  "key_points": [
    "AfriYAN Ghana calls for increased youth involvement in local governance.",
    "Youth needs to be integrated into Medium-Term Development Plans and budgets.",
    "Akatsi North District urged to fund and improve Public Relations and Complaints Committees."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}