Majority of Ghanaians believe youth unemployment is the main problem an incoming government must address, a survey has revealed.

The survey carried out by the Financial Accountability and Transparency-Africa (FAT) identified 16 issues the group described as the real needs of the people of Ghana. 

Youth unemployment, good quality and purposeful education, accelerated economic growth, agriculture development among others are some of the issues identified in the survey. 

Speaking at the Manifesto validation event, Director of FAT, Dr Albert Kan Dapaah, said a citizen's manifesto was important because it will ensure that projects undertaken by governments reflect the needs of the people. 

Dr Dapaah said the current constitutional arrangement is such that the President literally controls the destiny of the country; from the preparation of budget through the Finance Minister through to its implementation.

The group's team of experts identified five thematic governance challenges in human development, public accountability, transparency, inclusiveness and equal opportunity. 

They then sampled the views of 1,000 Ghanaians across the 10 regions of the country using a word-based mobile device to ask respondents to rank 20 issues in order of priority.

Dr Dapaah said the survey was to answer that should the "President do for Ghanaians what he considers necessary or should he do what the citizens want."

He said it was the vision of the Constitution to ensure governments do what Ghanaians want which is the reason the National Development Planning Commission was set up to harmonise ideas of Ghanaians.