Young lawyer Faisal Cisse appointed board member of the National Youth Authority
Legal practitioner and proud son of the Zongos Barrister Faisal Ibrahim Cisse has been appointed to the board of the National Youth Authority.
Barrister Faisal, who is the Executive Assistant to the former Minister of Inner-City and Zongo Development, and now Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Autmority, Dr Mustapaha Abdul- Hamid, joins seven other appointees to work with the authority which is mandated to coordinate and facilitates youth empowerment activities in the country.
He comes in as one of the dynamic young men who has contributed enough in the success story of the NPP party and to an extent, the Akufo-Addo administration.
The young lawyer was part of the legal team for the NPP for the 2020 elections petition. He defended and explained the NPP’s case on many Zongo media platforms. Faisal is also a member of the governing NPP’s communication team.
Members of the governing board for the National Youth Authority are as follows; Hon. Akwasi Amankwah Afrifa-Mensah (Chairman), Pius Enam Hadzide, Dr. Felix Addo-Yobo, Harrison Kwaku Sasu, Theodora Williams Anti, Dennis Owusu-Appiah Ofosuapea, Velda Adobea Atuah Kusi,
Florence Ayisi Quartey, Hajia Kande Ibrahim Adjei, Esther Appiah Gyamfi Esq, Emmanuel K. Fordjour, Mr. Philip Tetteh Pardie, Denkyira Kwabena, Mr. Faisal Ibrahim Cisse Esq. and the Executive Director of the NSS.
The board was inaugurated on Wednesday by the Minister for Youth and Sports Him Ussif Mustapha.
About the National Youth Authority:
The National Youth Authority (NYA) was established in 1974 by NRDC 241. It is thus, a Statutory Public Organization with the mandate to coordinate and facilitates youth empowerment activities in Ghana to ensure the development of the Ghanaian youth as a whole.
The Authority was formerly known as “the National Youth Council (NYC).” In 1981, by an administrative directive, the Council was transformed into a “Commission” status as “the National Youth Organizing Commission” with the focus to organize a mass national youth movement called the “Democratic Youth League of Ghana (DYLG).”
With the inception of constitutional rule in 1992, the Commission status reverted to the “Council” once more. In consequence of a statute law revision exercise under the laws of Ghana (Revised Edition) Act, 1998 (Act 562), the nomenclature of the Authority was changed to the current, “National Youth Authority”.
