The youth in the country have been urged to position themselves very well to benefit from the oil find. They were further advised to build their capacity in fields of their interest to equip themselves for the oil booty since there are opportunities for all disciplines. At a two-day workshop on oil and gas under the theme: ‘Opportunities and threat for the youth,’ organized by the Youth Network for Human Rights and Democracy (You-net), in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), the executive director of You-net, Prosper Hoetu, observed that as young people who will be victims or beneficiaries of policy decisions being made with respect to the exploration and management of the oil, it was prudent to build the capacity of the youth to enable them to engage with stakeholders in the management of oil to secure a better future for them. The participants were introduced to topics like “political economy of oil; the global perspective, oil and gas explorations in Ghana: opportu...