She said: "I do not believe that the youth are leaders of the future" adding that their level of thinking made them match policy makers.
The conference, attended by 178 members from 37 countries including Zimbabwe, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Uganda, is to draw up a resolution to be adopted and used for the empowerment of young people on the continent.
Ms Cobbah said that the involvement of the youth in decision-making would ensure the development of a well-structured framework for the transformation of the country.
Ms Cobbah said the NYC had recognized such a deficiency and decided to focus on developing a sense of direction and nationalism in the youth, grounded in the national agenda, youth education for employment and entrepreneurship and youth health, sexuality and environment to empower them to demand the best from the country's leaders.
She said the challenges of national development, which had defied the older generations, would be overcome by the youth and asked them to exhibit the courage that would empower them to create the better world that Africa deserved.
She said the resources lost through corrupt practices were the very ones needed to improve the education and create job opportunities for the youth, the reasons that the youth had not only a key stake but responsibilities to stand up against the ills being committed by the older generations.
Mrs Jemima Nartey, Deputy Chief Commissioner, Ghana Scout Association said the scout concept had remained a focal point in the development of the youth by training and instilling in them values needed for their personal and national development.
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