An over-70 year old president is high-risk

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Mike 9 years ago

Ronald Reagan was 70 yrs old when he took office.Look what he did.Akuffo-Addo is there now.There is no excuse for him not to be president.The NDC when in power,just flushes all the money down the toilet.Useless judgement debt ...
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Ronald Reagan was 70 yrs old when he took office.Look what he did.Akuffo-Addo is there now.There is no excuse for him not to be president.The NDC when in power,just flushes all the money down the toilet.Useless judgement debts paid out for nothing.Taking a fat loan from China.NDC gave back half of it.
They are eating the rest of it with no accountability ,or clue how to run the country.Get your heads out of the sand and stop pretending to be politicians.If your not qualified to be a politician,don't run for office.
Akuffo-Addo will fix this,give him a chance.To continue what Kuffour started.NDC is going nowhere.Vote them out of office.They have done nothing since their inception.If you naysayers haven't seen that yet ,there is no hope for you.Take it from a canadian who has married one of your sisters.I have been watching this mess including a steady stream of propaganda from NDC.
123 9 years ago

Don't even go out of Africa, Ivory Coast went for 72 year old Quattara and he has turned Ivory Coast into the best economy in Africa in just three years whilst our so called young Mahama has destroyed that of Ghana.

Don't even go out of Africa, Ivory Coast went for 72 year old Quattara and he has turned Ivory Coast into the best economy in Africa in just three years whilst our so called young Mahama has destroyed that of Ghana.
EBEN 9 years ago

RONALD REAGAN BECAME A PRESIDENT AT THE AGE OF 70. AKUFFO ADDO IS IN OPPOSITION AT THE AGE OF 70. SO, YOU CANNOT COMPARE APPLES AND ORANGES. BY THE TIME AKUFFO ADDO WILL GO TO THE POLLS, HE WILL BE 72.

RONALD REAGAN BECAME A PRESIDENT AT THE AGE OF 70. AKUFFO ADDO IS IN OPPOSITION AT THE AGE OF 70. SO, YOU CANNOT COMPARE APPLES AND ORANGES. BY THE TIME AKUFFO ADDO WILL GO TO THE POLLS, HE WILL BE 72.
PK 9 years ago

Nonsense! What has young Mahama done for Ghana as President? Ghana has gone into the tank under his watch. Never in the 4th Republic, in fact never in the history of Ghana, have we had such an incompetent leader.

Nonsense! What has young Mahama done for Ghana as President? Ghana has gone into the tank under his watch. Never in the 4th Republic, in fact never in the history of Ghana, have we had such an incompetent leader.
akonoba 9 years ago

Mahama@59yrs is not a youth. The acclaimed youthful president is clueless n has little graps of economic issues. Mahama has been in power for 6yrs but nothing to show. Age is not the issue. Mahama's age is football age.

Mahama@59yrs is not a youth. The acclaimed youthful president is clueless n has little graps of economic issues. Mahama has been in power for 6yrs but nothing to show. Age is not the issue. Mahama's age is football age.
ASEM DA ONIPA SO 9 years ago

WHAT IS WRONG WITH GHANAIANS? WHY DO WE TALK NONSENSE ABOUT AGE, HEIGHT AND PERSONALITY? DO WE NEED ALL THESE FOR A PRESIDENT OR WE RATHER NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL HELP US ERADICATE OUR AILING BAD AND POOR MANAGEMENT? JUST T ...
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH GHANAIANS? WHY DO WE TALK NONSENSE ABOUT AGE, HEIGHT AND PERSONALITY? DO WE NEED ALL THESE FOR A PRESIDENT OR WE RATHER NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL HELP US ERADICATE OUR AILING BAD AND POOR MANAGEMENT? JUST TAKE A LOOK AT OUR YOUTH. WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THIS MOMENT? DO THESE YOUTH HAVE ANY FUTURE AT ALL?

I LIVE IN EUROPE WITH MY FAMILY AND WHY SHOULD WE AFRICANS FOR THAT MATTER GHANAIANS GO AND BORROW FROM THE WESTERN WORLD? AFTER BORROWING WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR MONEY? QUESTIONS WHITE PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK US, WHY ARE WE HERE AFTER ALL OUR BLESSED RICHER COUNTRY? THEY KNOW OUR LEADERS ARE CORRUPT, YET THEY DON'T CARE TO DO BUSINESS WITH US SINCE THE SAYING GOES THAT "EACH AND EVERYONE WILL LIKE TO TRADE WITH A FOOL"- AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US.

WE DON'T REASON FOR TOMORROW - INSTEAD, ALL WHAT WE DO IS LIVE FOR TODAY WITH LUXURY AND FANCY THINGS. TAKE A GLIMPS AT THE WORLD LEADERS AND YOU WILL GET TO KNOW WHAT AM TALKING ABOUT. I MET AN EUROPEAN IN A PLANE ON MY RETURN FROM HOLIDAYS AND ALL WHAT HE SAID WAS WHY ARE GHANAIANS SO STUPID. I ASKED WHY AND HE SAID THAT, WHY DO WE INSULT AND HAVE NO RESPECT AT ALL FOR OUR LAND. NO-ONE IS THERE TO SACRIFICE FOR THE LAND. HOW CAN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PERSONALITY WITH REGARDS TO GOOD MANAGEMENT? HANDSOME AND BEAUTY DO NOT MATCH AT ALL IN RULING.

LET US ALL STOP THESE NONSENSE AND THINK OF HOW WE CAN HAVE A VERY GOOD LEADER WHO WILL BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE AND DELIVER GHANAIANS FFROM POOR MANAGEMENT - IRRESPECTIVE OF BEAUTY, STRUCTURE AND AGE. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR BELOVED NATION FIRST.

TO YOU THE WRITER, STOP WRITING ALL THESE NONSENSE AND RATHER WRITE SOMETHING SENSIBLE FOR GHANAIANS TO READ. DO NOT THINK ABOUT YOUR BELLY AND POCKET BUT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE NATION. WHAT DISCUSSION ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER IF YOU LIVE IN OVER-SEAS. YOU DO ENJOY THE FACILITIES OVER HERE, RIGHT? HAVE INQUIRED WHAT TYPE OF PEOPLE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THE BENEFITS YOU ARE ENJOYING?

PLEASE, STOP THESE GARBAGE AND TALK OF SOMETHING BETTER FOR THE NATION. GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH ALMOST ALL THE NATURAL RESOURCES - YET STILL WHY? WHY ARE WE ALL NOT LIVING IN GHANA? PLEASE WE ARE FED UP WITH ALL THESE NONSENSICAL WRITINGS - SO PUT A STOP.
Former Cadet 9 years ago

NDC cannot fooled people with their propaganda anymore. They got their chance and couldn't deliver. Youthful and handsome Mahama has only caused misery on poor Ghanaians

NDC cannot fooled people with their propaganda anymore. They got their chance and couldn't deliver. Youthful and handsome Mahama has only caused misery on poor Ghanaians
NBTT 9 years ago

It doesn't take a doctor to work out that a 70 year old as president is a very high risk strategy. I don't want to be offensive but how many of Nana Akuffo Addo's age group or class mates are still alive and very well physica ...
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It doesn't take a doctor to work out that a 70 year old as president is a very high risk strategy. I don't want to be offensive but how many of Nana Akuffo Addo's age group or class mates are still alive and very well physically and mentally?
adjoa 9 years ago

whats the point if one isn't healthy and cant run the affairs of a nation.. trust me age really matters regardless of how fit the person is.

whats the point if one isn't healthy and cant run the affairs of a nation.. trust me age really matters regardless of how fit the person is.
PK 9 years ago

How old do you think Deng Xiaoping was when he laying the foundation for China's transformation into a capitalist superpower by the turn of the 21st century?

You can write all the nonsense you want. But you'd be a fool to ...
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How old do you think Deng Xiaoping was when he laying the foundation for China's transformation into a capitalist superpower by the turn of the 21st century?

You can write all the nonsense you want. But you'd be a fool to remotely suggest that we keep clueless and incompetent Mahama at post beyond 2016. It would be better to have an old competent hand govern even for just two years, leaving the mantle of leadership for a knowledgeable and capable young man the former had groomed for leadership in those two years.
DDKT 9 years ago

he thinks at age 72 he has the physical capacity to run the country. an old man like him needs rest. Old people are easily expose to certain diseases nd they can breakdown easily. he must retire nd allow ALAN to go this time.

he thinks at age 72 he has the physical capacity to run the country. an old man like him needs rest. Old people are easily expose to certain diseases nd they can breakdown easily. he must retire nd allow ALAN to go this time.
PK 9 years ago

Stop the nonsense. I've been asking you NDC and Alan goons: how old was Deng Xiaoping when he masterminded China's transformation from a steaming pot of poverty and conflict into a capitalist superpower? Just cut the crap!

Stop the nonsense. I've been asking you NDC and Alan goons: how old was Deng Xiaoping when he masterminded China's transformation from a steaming pot of poverty and conflict into a capitalist superpower? Just cut the crap!
GeoJo 9 years ago

This writer could die and the grandmother will be living. Just tell everyone to live healthy life-style for long life and stop this baseless analyses

This writer could die and the grandmother will be living. Just tell everyone to live healthy life-style for long life and stop this baseless analyses
John Degbey 9 years ago

I think your piece is worth reading. The problems we have in this country is greed and lack of patriotism. For as long as our fathers, uncles and the rest have refused to understand that,their time is pass and gone and that, ...
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I think your piece is worth reading. The problems we have in this country is greed and lack of patriotism. For as long as our fathers, uncles and the rest have refused to understand that,their time is pass and gone and that, there is the need for a new generations, the problems will persist.

What pedigree has Akufo Addo that nobody under the age of 50 has not in this country to lead the NPP? I want somebody to challenge me that this is not greed. What was his perfomance in the two ministerial positions that he held under Kufour? Lost of mess. Even when it comes to educations, he is the worse with a very weak third class. Ghanaians are yet to know the school from which he obtained his so called law certificate.Those who drafted the constitueion did us a big diservice. There should have been something to that effect so that characters like Akuufo Addo and the rest would spare us. If Kufour had is ways, he would still have been president by now. Only fools would vote for Akufo Addo who is 75 years old without a single sense in his head apart from patapa and tribalism and insults.
Hon. Ataa Ayi 9 years ago

Even the fact that you sign, "PRM" (whatever that means) and BSc(Hons.) after your name show your real intellect. LOW!! Age is not a factor and rambo presidency is nor required. just brains. I hope you live to be even 50.

Even the fact that you sign, "PRM" (whatever that means) and BSc(Hons.) after your name show your real intellect. LOW!! Age is not a factor and rambo presidency is nor required. just brains. I hope you live to be even 50.
Kwasi 9 years ago

So you don't even know that PRM means Professional Risk Manager and you are questioning his intelligent article.
Foolish Fool. Well done Bismark

So you don't even know that PRM means Professional Risk Manager and you are questioning his intelligent article.
Foolish Fool. Well done Bismark
voa 9 years ago

is better than john mahama...bam

is better than john mahama...bam
Paul 9 years ago

If NPP don't want to listen to this advice, they will use next 2 years to defend one's age and health.

If NPP don't want to listen to this advice, they will use next 2 years to defend one's age and health.
Bernard 9 years ago

(1) To be given a State Burial just as happened to Prof. Mills

(2) To use his position as President to clear his massive debt, show off and sort his enemies/critics out.

Aside of the above, there is no other justifica ...
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(1) To be given a State Burial just as happened to Prof. Mills

(2) To use his position as President to clear his massive debt, show off and sort his enemies/critics out.

Aside of the above, there is no other justification why an Old Age Pensioner (OAP) at 73 by inauguration day will be risking his life. Citing Mugabe, Mandela, Abdulaye Traore and the like, is cheap and unintelligent propaganda. Certainly, Akufo Addo cannot wear the shoes of those leaders. Not in their class.

Nana will better serve being a senior citizen and Ghana's Grand(Old) Daddy.
KKO 9 years ago

How old is your grandfather, if you have one? Has he ceased to make sense at family discussions?

What has our "youthful" blundering idiot of a president done so far, just one good thing, if you can mention one? How about ...
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How old is your grandfather, if you have one? Has he ceased to make sense at family discussions?

What has our "youthful" blundering idiot of a president done so far, just one good thing, if you can mention one? How about his school boy ministers? I can bet my bottom penny that JH Mensah as a minister at 67 (and I attended a number of meetings with him), was more productive than ALL the under 40 ministers of Mahama and Atta Mills put together!

For sure 70 year old Akufo-Addo will have no need to steal Ghana's money with his siblings, aka Subah, Isofoton. GYEEDA, Merchant Bank, and all that because he has enough of his own for the rest of his life, whatever it is.

Incidentally, the best head of state we have ever had (in terms of prudent use of available resources, time on hand and stability of society, including the economy), was Mr Kufuor, and he was over 65 when he came to power. Yes he made mistakes as any ordinary mortal. But pound for pound, can anyone dispute that? My mother is 94 and still makes more sense than a lot of younger family members around!
OK 9 years ago

No Alan no vote akufo addo is not president material. Is he the only akan that we have?

No Alan no vote akufo addo is not president material. Is he the only akan that we have?
Brown 9 years ago

A good, educative and thought provoking piece. The problem is that Ghanians would not discuss this interesting piece dispassionately but would, as usual, go down the NDC/NPP lane of thinking. What a shame!!! Well done Bismark ...
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A good, educative and thought provoking piece. The problem is that Ghanians would not discuss this interesting piece dispassionately but would, as usual, go down the NDC/NPP lane of thinking. What a shame!!! Well done Bismark.
Victor 9 years ago

There is minimum age for the presidency but no upper limit. The framers of the constitution could fall on no precedence .

There is minimum age for the presidency but no upper limit. The framers of the constitution could fall on no precedence .
NTIKUMA ANANSE 9 years ago

RONALD REAGAN WAS 8 YEARS PLUS AND HAD ASUCCESSFUL TWO TERM PRESIDENCY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE CANCER DEVASTATED ATTA MILLS HAD THE CHANCE AND ALLOWED TO BE PRESIDENT SO WHAT IS THE GARBAGE BISMARK "NDC FOOTSOLDI ...
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RONALD REAGAN WAS 8 YEARS PLUS AND HAD ASUCCESSFUL TWO TERM PRESIDENCY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE CANCER DEVASTATED ATTA MILLS HAD THE CHANCE AND ALLOWED TO BE PRESIDENT SO WHAT IS THE GARBAGE BISMARK "NDC FOOTSOLDIER" ADJEI TALKING. WE NEED PEOPLE WITH BRAINS TO RUN GHANA, NOT TIMID HANDSOME BRAIN DEAD PEOPLE PEOPLE WHO ARE CORRUPT TOO.
NTIKUMA ANANSE 9 years ago

RONALD REAGAN WAS 80 YEARS PLUS!!!!!!!

RONALD REAGAN WAS 80 YEARS PLUS!!!!!!!
Akadu Mensema 9 years ago

Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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