'30-year-olds lack maturity to be president' – Professor Agyeman-Duah
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What do you mean, a 32 year old can be a minister but can't be a president? Traore,Sankara,Rawlings etc.
Traore, sankara and rawlings came by force, gun. Kuffour was minister, could not, never, never have been a president.
I totally agree with Prof. The average 30 year old Ghanaian is immature, inexperienced, unexposed and certainly lacks the mental toughness and clarity to be President. And by the way Kufour was a Deputy Minister, not even a s ...
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Ibrahim Troare is above 37 yrs old,but better than most African presidents,he will floor more than 95 percent of the presidents on the African continent.Akufo Addo was 72 yrs B4 becoming president,and we all saw how he perfor ...
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@Donatus,Troare coming by force isn't the substance of the issue , whether being voted for or coming by force is inconsequential,is he performing well than most of the so called older presidents in Africa or not?Has he proven ...
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This Review Committee kura, what kind of bombshells are they firing? What considerations support this age drop argument? UN interviews on vital top positions, will drill you hard time on broad critical leadership compete ...
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* replace "drill" with "grill"
Why are you silent on ex gratia?
Why is there no term limit for MPs like the president?
You wasted our monies sitting over coffee.
These same guys are organizing churches but can't create companies to employ others? I dont agree with him. That's why you need advisers, board of governors
Voting for a 30 year old to become a president in our country is a dumb proposal. Conscious Ghanaians will shoot it down in a referendum. Many of the provisions in the constitution review document are stupid and not fit for ...
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You guys are very xenophobic. Ghana accepts dual citizenship, so what is wrong with a dual citizenship holder assuming position of a parliamentarian in Ghana?
Ghanaian mentality. No wonder Ghanaians are the third most unintelligent people in world. A country which thinks you’ve to be 45 to be matured. Such a waste of space!
Ghanaians in their thirties are immature, clueless, silly, unpatriotic, venal, and not fit for purpose! And not unlike their older siblings or their parents!
Our current educational system is flawed and is part of this problem. Gone were the days that students go to primary ,middle and secondary schools b4 entering university. Most students enter university at 20yrs
plus with so ...
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Most ghppl don t THINK. they behave like robots. They don t take initiative. They dont take responsibility. They wait to be told to do things. They are all a bunch of followers following the pied piper to the pit of death. I ...
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And you sir are the epitome of what you've just described here!
Old thoughts. The world has evolved, and formal education is not a means to an end. Learn...
Traore Sankara,Rawlings:how did they come to power and what did they achieve for their nations? A 30 year old Ghanaian is absolutely unfit to be the ptesident of Ghana. What experience has he got in life to lead the nation? W ...
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The issue of governance or leadership is not necessarily about age. It is about the institutional structures and law in place for any person entrusted with a leadership role to thrive and succeed, including moral character. H ...
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Lumba, Kuffour, King Prempeh l are great examples. The took position very early..
Who said? Do yourself a favour even as you pray; New year follows shortly, prepare towards a better 2026 with a practical skill that puts cash in your hand immediately if your income pauses today. Smartphone repair & accessor ...
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I agree
YES I FULLY AGREE!!!A 30 YR OLD PERSON IS DEFINITELY TOO YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED TO BE A PRESIDENT OF GHANA!!!
I agree. At least 45 - 47
Says who.
The NPPs should be advised to abstain from 2028 general election. Reasons:-
1. Their Osono Maame is gone
2. Their electoral thief Jean Adukwei Mensah will soon go
3. Their rigging machine in the Ashanti region is uncovered ...
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And they are foolishly presenting a Fulani fucker
Stupid!
How old was Akufo Addo?
See the m3ss he left the country in?
Sometimes, maturity, competence, and wisdom are not in age?
How old was Jessu Christ when he started His ministry?
How old was Muhammed of Arabia whe ...
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How old were you when you wrote that stupid comment? Therein lies the answer to your inane comment!
Start within your own family. Cage all your parents,grandparents,aunties,uncles, all the elderly people in your entire family. You've just exposed your own imaturity. The presdency is a very serious business. The fact ...
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They should be changed and executed. All of them. Very foolish generation of old people. With this mindset, explains why these politicians have refused to invest and create opportunities for the young ones. Because in their m ...
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A 30-year-old will be 38 years after 2 terms. Who employs him/her? Or no work for the rest of his/her life?
So he will thief more for life after 38
30-year-olds are managing assets worth more than Ghana's GDP, so what are you talking about? People are getting degrees at 19, and you are saying being a President at 30 is a problem.
Degrees at 19 years does not equate to being matured.experienced,and having exposure,enough to be a President.
Please stop wasting your precious time on such silly comments!
I am sorry to say this but I completely disagree with you. What makes you think a 30 year old is not equipped to become President. Do you think exposure is the all in all factor to become President. Mr governance expert, plea ...
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SAM GEORGE PLEASE FIX DEVTRACO TO PS GLOBAL ROAD.
Prof I admire ur wisdom. A 30yr old president is a capital n
Nonsense, old fashion and conservative thinking. We have had men in their 70s who became our President but what came out of them and their leadership? The French elected Emmanuel Macron when he was in his early 30s and he is ...
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You are clueless. 70^of the population is 30urs below and it is untenable for octogenarian with no vision to be misruling us.
How old was Vikto Orbourn of Austria when he became president?
I am AFRAID I totally AGREE with the Professor. It’s a shame 90% of Citizens Under 60 years irrespective of their gender or Education NEEDED supervision if offered any jobs.
This is how we think as Africans. So so sad. Maturity has got nothing to do with age
And yet, at your age, you keep dyeing your hair to yoomo to look like a 30 year old.
Prof is right
It is not about ageism or denying the youth
PROF. PLEASE DO YOU WANT TO TELL US MATURITY LIES AGE.? SO THESE THINGS GOING ON THE FLOOR OF THE PARLIAMENT ARE SIGNS OF MATURITY.? PLEASE COME AGAIN. WHAT AGE IS THE YOUNGEST MEDICAL DOCTOR IN GHANA.? WHAT IS THE AGE OF THE ...
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A 28 years young Samuel Ablakwa excelled as a deputy minister.
The young must be allowed to govern. The older generation has ruled all these years and largely failed, let's give the younger generation the chance
What is this man talking about? Has 60 to 100 years presidents on the continent of African been able to use their maturity to do anything better??? Just look at Ashanti Regional minister vrs KT Hammond, who has sense
Which political party will be silly enough to field a 30 year old as their candidate and risk losing elections? Why waste time debating something impractical?
30 years old is too young to lead a country like Ghana. What is disturbing rather is that there is no cap. Why no maximum age??? Why only minimum age . We need both a minimum maximum age.
A thirty-year-old in Ghana will not possess the requirements needed to be president, and for that, I agree with the Professor.
You may be right but the immediate past has also thought us old age isn't either
I think it's about humility morality fairness justice and patriotism this doesn't come by age education but a sense of purpose and surely fear ...
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Idiot, what exactly has you the old ones proven to be either way, corrupt and useless. 70 years after independence but you still behave like slaves. Would it not be better to have a young one in there. Ibrahim Traore is in hi ...
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Pro. Ayman Duah you. are 100 percent right. How a 30 year old rule ghana. The agelimit must be 45 years 1.
You are right, but you emphasized so much on higher educational levels. A president doesn’t have to be a person who holds a university degree but rather a matured, educated and leadership competence.
Don't let people insult you, what age was Akufo Ado when he was elected president and mess-up the country do you think he performed credible to Ghanaians satisfaction?
Concert grand pa
The world has drifted from Ageism. Your capabilities matter most, not your age...
We have 70yr Olds who have mindsets of 16yr Olds. What about that ?
Eei ! Africa and Ageism... Age Hia MO Papa !
Inordinate ambition. You can't dream of any role else @16, other than President? Such typical intoxication and verbosity by a 3rd Class akufo addo-blockhead was that which robbed and raped us, into this Land of skeletons. S ...
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These lads should go and ask Nkrabea Effah Dartey. What over ambition and over exuberance brings. Hope he will not be elephantly diversionary. But frank & candid
sir you are right , dont that prempeh and his co-horst on that decision,thinking rest of good indigenious Ghanaians will allow such hollow thing to happen. foolish suggestion.
Stupid fools.
A 30 year old is now navigating his or her life compass.
Very stupid suggestion.
I agree 100%
Correct. Most don’t even have jobs to take care of themselves and contribute to Society.
The Committee should scrap the Ex- Gratia .
Reduce size of government drastically
Reduce number of MP”s to 100
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Prof, with all due respect, I disagree with you concerning this one. Many young leaders are performing very well in other countries and Ghana cannot be an exception
In the 21st century, leadership should be judged by vision, competence, and character. If a citizen is old enough to vote, pay taxes, and lead a military platoon into battle, they are old enough to offer their vision for the ...
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You're wrong Sir
In more developed countries, 30-year olds are presidents. If a 30- year old could rise from his party, campaign and become a Presidential candidate, then he could govern as president.
You are talking as if ...
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ALL THOSE OPPOSING THIS FOR 30 YEARS PRESIDENT LOOK AT THEMSELVES AND SEE HOW LOW THEIR IQ IS. PEOPLE STILL DONT UNDERSTAND THE AI WORLD, YIUNG PEOPLE TODAY ARE 100 times smarter than those old fools who get power and destroy ...
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Truth be said. 30 years old person should not be President. He or she would do worse than the mature people. We should not confuse AI usage and managing a country. Only few people think VERY deeper in their thirties. Many of ...
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