Youth Exodus: Don’t worry too much about people leaving the country - Tsatsu Tsikata

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Laverité 1 year ago

Bah humbug! If the youth leave our country in droves, it will impact negatively on the growth and well-being of our country. That is a fact, old man. The brain drain is a negative phenomenon which tends to benefit the recipie ...
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Bah humbug! If the youth leave our country in droves, it will impact negatively on the growth and well-being of our country. That is a fact, old man. The brain drain is a negative phenomenon which tends to benefit the recipient country, not the country from which the youth flee.
Kubut3 1 year ago

Massa , where is the growth and well being of the country. Let them leave. OUR PRIORITY IS FCKED UP , THE FACT THAT PEOPLE PAY BRIBE TO JOIN THE MILITARY INDICATES THAT WE DONT NEED THE MILITARY, BUT WE SPEND MILLIONS ...
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Massa , where is the growth and well being of the country. Let them leave. OUR PRIORITY IS FCKED UP , THE FACT THAT PEOPLE PAY BRIBE TO JOIN THE MILITARY INDICATES THAT WE DONT NEED THE MILITARY, BUT WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE MILITARY. NOBODY WILL VOLUNTEER TO JOIN THE MILITARY IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT.
Dr Mumbi Seraki 1 year ago

Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine. For instance 10 paracetamol at once...........or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine. For instance 10 paracetamol at once...........or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.
Hi 1 year ago

May you die through your prescriptions

May you die through your prescriptions
Dalliss 1 year ago

Massa so you want to tell us here that if you get the opportunity you'll leave this country??

Stop that holier than thou attitude pls.

Massa so you want to tell us here that if you get the opportunity you'll leave this country??

Stop that holier than thou attitude pls.
Gogomi 1 year ago

Unbelievable observation coming from a so-called legal luminary. For a self-acclaimed socialist who has been actively involved in the workings of the national economy for over 30 years to make such a statement, tells us how l ...
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Unbelievable observation coming from a so-called legal luminary. For a self-acclaimed socialist who has been actively involved in the workings of the national economy for over 30 years to make such a statement, tells us how low we have sunk to as a nation. Even though he serms to be content with the crumbs that fall off the table of those who turn their backs on their native country to seek greener pastures abroad, I would like to remind him that, whichever way one looks at it, the concept of a brain-drain is so destructive that, even the most powerful nations of the world actively discourage and work against any loss of their human resource material. Wonders shall never end.
The Black Adda 1 year ago

There's no legal luminary in Ghana, they are all self-proclaimed and overhyped legal practitioners!

There's no legal luminary in Ghana, they are all self-proclaimed and overhyped legal practitioners!
H Aborbi 1 year ago

There are no jobs for the youth, and you think jobless youth are a benefit to the country? You may be young but your understanding of brain drain is so 1980s, a common problem with many Ghanaians. Please, do a little more rea ...
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There are no jobs for the youth, and you think jobless youth are a benefit to the country? You may be young but your understanding of brain drain is so 1980s, a common problem with many Ghanaians. Please, do a little more reading and you will realise that the issue is not as black and white as you think. I wish fellow Ghanaians will continue to update their knowledge instead of trotting out statements based on a shallow understanding of the issues.
Kubut3 1 year ago

I didn't know this old AFRC /PNDC /NDC OLD THIEF IS THAT SMART. ITS OK FOR THE THE YOUTH TO LEAVE. AFTER ALL THERE ARE NO JOBS FOR THEM, REALLY GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR UNEMPLOYED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. .USA N ...
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I didn't know this old AFRC /PNDC /NDC OLD THIEF IS THAT SMART. ITS OK FOR THE THE YOUTH TO LEAVE. AFTER ALL THERE ARE NO JOBS FOR THEM, REALLY GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR UNEMPLOYED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. .USA NEEDS A LOT OF SOLDIERS, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND SEND THEM SOME OF OUR BUGA BUGA SOLDIERS TO HELP THEM FIGHT THE TELIBAN AND THE REST.
Dalliss 1 year ago

I believe he's stolen your father's goats abi???

I believe he's stolen your father's goats abi???
Yaw 1 year ago

Tsatu has made an intelligent analysis and I agree with him. But some shallow minded individuals will come out and insult him., migration is a natural phenomenon and stand to benefit Ghana. Ghana is not facing shortage of pro ...
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Tsatu has made an intelligent analysis and I agree with him. But some shallow minded individuals will come out and insult him., migration is a natural phenomenon and stand to benefit Ghana. Ghana is not facing shortage of professionals.
Mese Hmm 1 year ago

Tsatsu, please open your eyes wide! Yours is a very parochial view, talking about remittances from the diaspora. Brain drain is bad. Ghana could have applied the same resources to officially do a sort of labour exchange with ...
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Tsatsu, please open your eyes wide! Yours is a very parochial view, talking about remittances from the diaspora. Brain drain is bad. Ghana could have applied the same resources to officially do a sort of labour exchange with other countries. That way, the people who travel abroad would have more meaningful reward for their services abroad than the current state where graduates are forced to work as porters and cleaners to earn the little wages they share with their family at home!
Tsatsu, you failed to take cognizance of the damage brain drain does to the nation. Ghana spends huge huge resources in educating the youth from primary school through university. The opposition is currently crying foul about the waste of the implementation of the free SHS, and if graduates are encouraged to abandon the country and flee to other places for better life, then where are we as a country?

Let us not concentrate on the benefits of the meagre transfers from abroad, but let us encourage the youth to apply the knowledge they acquire from the 15 to 20 years of schooling to help build Ghana. All the advanced countries were once just like where Ghana presently is in terms of development and affluence. But their youth, in those ancient times, applied the knowledge they had acquired through education to raise the country to its present stage. We can also do likewise, but it requires commitment and sacrifice from each generation to achieve the prosperous future we dream of. Please do not take Senior Tsatsu too seriously this time round. We can do it, if we want!
Massa Joe 1 year ago

That's an excellent comment.

That's an excellent comment.
The Spear 1 year ago

Dapaah's are stealing the money, economy is stalled, stagnant, no business is being created, money is borrowed and stolen, university students graduate and stay home: how's anyone benefitting from these?

All those citizens ...
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Dapaah's are stealing the money, economy is stalled, stagnant, no business is being created, money is borrowed and stolen, university students graduate and stay home: how's anyone benefitting from these?

All those citizens sponsored to study outside pile up diplomas, come back to stay in offices and stretch their legs on the table, take fat salaries and drive big cars but really don't contribute anything tangible to the economy, so we run around in cycles. How's this sustainable when the youth pay the heavy price for it? They shouldn't travel when they have the opportunity? Are you serious.

Create the jobs for them to stay.
Jj 1 year ago

You fool! Do you know the number of graduates the universities churn out every year? Most of whom are unemployed? Its in the country’s interests that they move abroad ! There more graduates than the system can employ. Let� ...
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You fool! Do you know the number of graduates the universities churn out every year? Most of whom are unemployed? Its in the country’s interests that they move abroad ! There more graduates than the system can employ. Let’s export our human capital!
BUMBEBO 1 year ago

Does he care if people desert their own beloved country to become menial workers elsewhere when our country is not at war? Ao, God, please, don't let people who don't want Ghanaians to live in their own land and enjoy the man ...
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Does he care if people desert their own beloved country to become menial workers elsewhere when our country is not at war? Ao, God, please, don't let people who don't want Ghanaians to live in their own land and enjoy the many blessings you have put in our land have no sleep in their eyes when they go to bed but sleep when they are seated in public gatherings and at their desks. Amen
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Maame Abenah 1 year ago

Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata has well spoken. Some have left Ghana to seek wealth in other countries. They will return, there is nothing like home. People migrate all over the world it is not only Ghanaians.

Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata has well spoken. Some have left Ghana to seek wealth in other countries. They will return, there is nothing like home. People migrate all over the world it is not only Ghanaians.
GOOD CITIZEN 1 year ago

The issue of brain drain exists only when there are jobs for the brains but people are leaving, but where there are no jobs for the brains, there is no brain drain. In this case if they do not leave they will be redundant. So ...
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The issue of brain drain exists only when there are jobs for the brains but people are leaving, but where there are no jobs for the brains, there is no brain drain. In this case if they do not leave they will be redundant. So many nurses have left the country but we still have many more nurses in the house unemployed. Where is the brain drain then.
Tuesday Agbola 1 year ago

Your comment tells me that the brain drain is in your head, ofui. All the brain cells have drained out of your big head, that's why you always come here and post your foolish comments!

Your comment tells me that the brain drain is in your head, ofui. All the brain cells have drained out of your big head, that's why you always come here and post your foolish comments!
shamsu traore M. salifu 1 year ago

WISE MAN

WISE MAN
Afram 1 year ago

Brilliant Tsatsu....!! Remunerated The FACTS...!! Recipient Country Gets Human Resources, Succession Planning Goals....The Departing Country Receives Indivudual Financial Resources In The Form Of Remittances And Devopment Fin ...
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Brilliant Tsatsu....!! Remunerated The FACTS...!! Recipient Country Gets Human Resources, Succession Planning Goals....The Departing Country Receives Indivudual Financial Resources In The Form Of Remittances And Devopment Financing....The Over- Supply Of Brain Power, Results Relocation To Demand Areas....FACTS...!!!
Ken U.S. 1 year ago

Rush Tsatsu to Ankaful Mental hospital. Imagine your son going by road to Libya with the intention to make his way to Europe by crossing the Mediterranean sea by boat,because of our corrupt leaders. Please just take your med ...
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Rush Tsatsu to Ankaful Mental hospital. Imagine your son going by road to Libya with the intention to make his way to Europe by crossing the Mediterranean sea by boat,because of our corrupt leaders. Please just take your medication and sleep if you can't advise the NPP government to stop looting and create jobs for the youth.
Osei Kwabena 1 year ago

THE YOUTH WITHOUT SKILLS AND TRAINING, WHERE CAN THEY GO? EVEN IN THE MESS OF DUMSOR, SOME OF THEM DIDN'T LEAVE GHANA. NOW THEY HAVE FREE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL. THEY WILL STAY AND GET BETTER EDUCATION LIKE YOU.
SHAME ON ...
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THE YOUTH WITHOUT SKILLS AND TRAINING, WHERE CAN THEY GO? EVEN IN THE MESS OF DUMSOR, SOME OF THEM DIDN'T LEAVE GHANA. NOW THEY HAVE FREE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL. THEY WILL STAY AND GET BETTER EDUCATION LIKE YOU.
SHAME ON YOU AND THE NDC. DESPITE ALL YOUR CORRUPTIONS, GHANAIANS SURVIVED.
JUST KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. YOU ARE EX-CONVICT.
Adjo 1 year ago

Very wise Lawyer Tsikata. It is everyone’s right to seek greener pastures. They will come back one day. So lets rejoice with them.

Very wise Lawyer Tsikata. It is everyone’s right to seek greener pastures. They will come back one day. So lets rejoice with them.
Pepenyi Mfantse 1 year ago

Irresponsible old man so the youth should take the and should go and die in dessert and in the Mediterranean sea because People like you tsikata by ass did nothing to build some for the youth of Ghana hoping the will run and ...
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Irresponsible old man so the youth should take the and should go and die in dessert and in the Mediterranean sea because People like you tsikata by ass did nothing to build some for the youth of Ghana hoping the will run and take the risk of dying in dessert or on sea so can send Euros and Dollars back home to do what you damn criminal politicians should have done.what a foolish irresponsible old man.
Bitter truth#1 1 year ago

No country should allow their youth to be leaving in droves..I totally disagree with Tsatu Tsikata..Remember all these youth are leaving and not coming back to Ghana..Brain drain is the reason why Ghana as a country is stagna ...
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No country should allow their youth to be leaving in droves..I totally disagree with Tsatu Tsikata..Remember all these youth are leaving and not coming back to Ghana..Brain drain is the reason why Ghana as a country is stagnant..if the youth comes back to Ghana, then it becomes a positive impact, but if they are really running away and not coming back,then as a country we need to stand up and stop that nonsense..that’s another form of slavery and colonization
Boss 1 year ago

Chief, I like your argument. Travelling to work abroad also exposes our youth to best practices in undertaking several economically viable activities. Luckily for Ghana, only a few of them tend to see our beloved country as a ...
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Chief, I like your argument. Travelling to work abroad also exposes our youth to best practices in undertaking several economically viable activities. Luckily for Ghana, only a few of them tend to see our beloved country as a hell and tend to spit on everything Ghanaian once they move out there.
Boss 1 year ago

Some of them return with big investment ideas and the resources to implement them, helping them to create further economic opportunities back home.

Some of them return with big investment ideas and the resources to implement them, helping them to create further economic opportunities back home.

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