Ghana Integrity Initiative holds youth forum on land management, corruption in TamaleNew Article Page
15 October 2024
Tamale, Oct 15, GNA-
Selected youth groups, traditional authorities and persons with disabilities in the Northern
Region have attended a day's forum to enhance their understanding of issues on land management and corruption in
the country
It was also to equip them with the knowledge, tools and platform needed to advocate citizens' land rights and to
combat corruption using the Ghana Integrity Initiative's (Gll) reporting platform
it was organised by the Gll in partnership with the Lands Commission as part of the Land and Corruption in Africa (LCA)
phase two project, which is funded by Friends of Transparency International.
Mr Michael Okai, Project Coordinator, LCA phase two project, speaking during the forum, said empowering young
people to understand their land rights and the effects of corruption was essential to ensuring that they actively
participated in land governance and to advocate other reforms
He said, "Previous efforts to combat land corruption have largely excluded the youth despite their potential to drive change.
Source- Ghana News Agency
