Ghana Youth Federation slams DACF formula for skipping YEA

Youth-focused agencies just got completely cut from Ghana's GHS 8.7 billion development fund, and the Ghana Youth Federation is not having it.

GYF calls the exclusion straight-up unlawful

• Sherif Ghali condemned dropping YEA and NYA from the 2026 DACF.
• Both agencies exist through actual Acts of Parliament.
• Ghali rejected any excuse of technical oversight or admin error.
• The Federation labeled it a direct policy contradiction.

Youth unemployment pressure is already visible

• Massive application surges hit security-service recruitment recently.
• GYF tied that desperation to gutted youth-support funding.
• Young people lack employment and skills-training pipelines.
• The disconnect between government promises and spending is glaring.

Two demands landed on the government's desk

• Immediate revision of the 2026 DACF formula before disbursement.
• Ring-fenced funding for both NYA and YEA is non-negotiable.
• High-level coordination between Finance and Youth ministries got requested.
• The Office of the President should broker that collaboration directly.

GYF is ready to escalate if needed

• Parliament's Speaker and MPs got called to exercise oversight.
• The Federation pledged to exhaust all constitutional and civic avenues.
• The current trajectory was labeled economically and politically unsustainable.
• Ghali's statement framed youth funding as a national obligation.