The Member of Parliament for Ho Central, Richmond Kpotosu, has raised fresh concerns over the state of the Ho Youth Resource Centre, revealing that the abandoned facility was at one point reduced to a space for animal rearing due to prolonged delays in its completion.Speaking on Point Blank on Eyewitness News, Kpotosu painted a worrying picture of neglect at the facility, attributing its poor condition to years of abandonment.”Before last month, when Stone Boy came to perform there, we were rearing some animals there because it had become bushy. It has been left there uncompleted,” he said.While the centre has occasionally been used for public events, including the recent performance and the Independence Day march, the MP insisted that its overall state remains unacceptable.”If you are creating something and you’re going to have an event, make sure you put that thing in the best of shape. When we were going to host the Independence march there, they should have completed that whole youth centre. But they did something to represent something, and that was all. It’s in a bad state.”The situation reflects broader issues affecting youth development infrastructure across Ghana. Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment, George Opare Addo, recently highlighted funding challenges affecting such projects, attributing delays to the exclusion of key agencies like the National Youth Authority and the Youth Employment Agency from the 2026 District Assemblies Common Fund allocation formula.Despite the challenges, Kpotosu said he is actively lobbying for the project’s completion.**”As MP, my duty is to lobby for them to come and complete this, which I’m doing. But there is no money sitting anywhere.”**With the facility showing clear signs of neglect, stakeholders are now under pressure to address funding bottlenecks and ensure the Ho Youth Resource Centre finally serves its intended purpose as a hub for youth development.
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