A Community Development Game Changer award has been conferred on the Executive Director of STAR-Ghana Foundation (SGF). Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu’s honour is in recognition of his contributions to Youth Development in the country, particularly, Northern Ghana. The award, organized by under the auspices of the National Youth Authority’s (NYA) Northern Regional Secretariat was held at Tamale in collaboration with Senior Youth & Development Consult (SYODC).

At the maiden edition of what organizers call “Northern Youth and Mentors Achievers’ Awards, twenty great men including SGF’s Ibrahim Amidu-Tanko and women were celebrated. Some young people were also awarded variously under a category called Young and Youth Achievers’. The Northern Regional Secretariat of the NYA also launched a Skills Development Fund.

The Fund, under the patronship of Tolon Naa, Chief Major Sulemana Abubakari, Yoo Naa Abdul Yakubu V and Mion Lana Abdulai Mahamadu is expected to support the implementation of a National flagship programme dubbed “Skills Towards Employment and Productivity(STEP).”