Ways in which the youth can contribute towards socio-economic development of Ghana

1. Participating in communal labour
2. Providing leadership
3. By forming youth clubs and other pressure groups
4. By leading sound moral values
5. By protecting the assets of the community and the nation
6. By paying taxes/Fulfilment of tax obligations
7. By offering educational campaign on national issues
8. By participating in sports, games and other national services
9. By taking part in community and national decision making

Ways to avoid falling victims to financial fraudsters

1. Check financial credibility of financial institution
2. Protect bank account
3. Protect check books
4. Protect personal identification number (PIN) and passwords
5. Being careful when sending money to people
6. Suspected fraudsters must be reported to the security agents
7. The practice of keeping huge sums of money on an individual must be discouraged
8. Not delegating financial transactions to people not trusted
9. Not replying messages from unknown sources requesting your financial details
10. Blocking people suspected to be fraudsters on social media
11. Not paying for products not delivered to you
12. Taking advantage of public education on activities of fraudsters

Avenues for securing a job

1. Newspaper advertisement
2. Job advertisements in other media
3. Making of personal contacts
4. Preparing and presenting very good Curriculum Vitae (CV)
5. Seeking assistance from job agencies or labour office
6. Employee referrals/recommendation
7. Engaging in self-employment

Reasons why the youth have not made significant contributions to national development in Ghana

1. They lack positive attitude to work
2. They dissipate/use their energies on unproductive/unprofitable ventures
3. Inadequate guidance and counselling
4. Inadequate employment opportunities
5. They lack the sense of patriotism
6. They are not prepared to learn from the aged
7. Inadequate vocational and technical training centres
8. Low level of formal education
9. Inadequate exposure to role models in the society
10. Difficulty in the acquisition of capital/Financial assistance
11. Ineffective national policy for the youth
12. Inadequate motivation from the society

1. Participating in communal labour
2. Providing leadership
3. By forming youth clubs and other pressure groups
4. By leading sound moral values
5. By protecting the assets of the community and the nation
6. By paying taxes/Fulfilment of tax obligations
7. By participating in sports, games and other national services
8. By offering educational campaign on national issues
9. By taking part in community and national decision making

Ways of motivating the youth to contribute effectively to national development

1. Providing the youth with guidance and counselling service
2. Providing a national policy framework for youth development
3. Providing the youth with job opportunities
4. Giving the youth with leadership training and programmes
5. Exposing the youth to responsible role models
6. Giving the youth education and training opportunities
7. Involvement in decision making
8. Establishment of youth clubs and organizations