{"id":271131,"date":"2016-11-24T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=271131"},"modified":"2016-11-24T06:00:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T06:00:43","slug":"gimpa-ug-students-named-winners-of-youth-manifesto-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/gimpa-ug-students-named-winners-of-youth-manifesto-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"GIMPA, UG students named winners of Youth Manifesto competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
A 20-year old student of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), and two others from the University of Ghana, both 22, have emerged winners in the 2016 \u2018Voices of Our Generation Essay Competition\u2019 this year.<\/p>\n
Gideon Gabor, 20, from GIMPA, had the overall best essay. Shafic Osman, 22, and Naana Darku Yeboah, both from the University of Ghana tied as winners.<\/p>\n
The topic for the competition was \u201cWhat should a 2016 election manifesto say if young people mattered?\u201d<\/p>\n
The competition was designed to give the youth between the ages of 18-30 years, the opportunity to present their policy choices for a peaceful, democratic and prosperous society to Ghana\u2019s political leaders and the general public.<\/p>\n
It was also to intended to offer a platform to the young ones to tell the politicians seeking power why, how and what they ought to do; rather than the usual trend of listening to politicians speak about why they want power, what they intend to do, and how they intend to achieve it.<\/p>\n
The top three winners were given cash prices of three thousand cedis, two thousand cedis and one thousand cedis respectively.<\/p>\n
In addition, the two tie winners were given laptop, books and certificates.<\/p>\n
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In all, 29 participants were awarded with books and certificates.<\/p>\n
The event was organised by the African Heights Foundation, a not-for-profit youth civic advocacy group in Ghana, with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (Ghana.<\/p>\n
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