Youth Alive, a Tamale based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has educated street youth on the need to play their role effectively to support the nation's quest for a successful election.
As part of the day's educational programme funded by Star-Ghana, the group was educated on the need for peace and was shown movies on post election disruptions in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency during the event in Tamale, Ms Agnes Chiravira, Director of the NGO, said most of them just had basic education or none at all and did not understand electoral issues and it consequences.
"This is to expose them to the good and bad results of post electoral incidences so that they will resist attempt by political parties to create violence," she said.
Ms Chiravira said because street youth had very low income or no income, politicians often lured them with money and influenced them to engage in violence.
"These are the young and able people who are used by politicians to engage in ballot box snatching and burning of houses. Instead of them contributing to the process to be peaceful they are swayed to fight against peace," she said.
She said her outfit had already trained 16 peer educators who often met all the street youth to educate them on how to help maintain peace.
Mr Adams Abubakar, 47, a member of the street youth, said the group had advised themselves and had taken a firm decision not to allow any party to use them for any form of electoral violence.
Recounting some of the group's activities, he said during elections some party officials often gave them between five Ghana cedis and GHc 10.00 to engage in some electoral activities adding that such activities had ceased after its encounter with the NGO and its teachings.