Mr Osei Poku,
I don't know how old you are; but I believe you are one those young people who want to get up there faster than you can blink your eye. Note that you are young today, old tomorrow. At 60 you will be begging to ... read full comment
Mr Osei Poku,
I don't know how old you are; but I believe you are one those young people who want to get up there faster than you can blink your eye. Note that you are young today, old tomorrow. At 60 you will be begging to keep your job another 5 years because you will still think you are young at 60.
Kwame Nkrumah was 47 years old when he became President. Rawlings was 32. What happened to Ghana under these two people. I challenge you to publish this article again when you are 60 years old.
Ken
Pythagoras 12 years ago
There is no gerontocracy in leadership in Ghana. The constitution prescribes that at age 40 you can stand for election for president, at age 21 you can contest for Parliament. These are young ages not old. In the civil and pu ... read full comment
There is no gerontocracy in leadership in Ghana. The constitution prescribes that at age 40 you can stand for election for president, at age 21 you can contest for Parliament. These are young ages not old. In the civil and public services, you enter at a young age and gather experience and more knowledge over the years so that by age 50 plus you are well seasoned and ripped enough to handle national affairs. You can't graduate from the varsity and go straight to be a chief director at a Ministry or go from the law school to be chief justice. You must pass thru the mill and mature which necessarily involves aging. The article was based on a wrong premise,was emotional, (e.g. ARISE YOUTH), unbalanced and hardly researched.
Northern Light 12 years ago
This might suit a campus forum or a hall newsletter, but for public consumption the taste is poor indeed, and equally disappointing in analysis as an article written by a political student.
This might suit a campus forum or a hall newsletter, but for public consumption the taste is poor indeed, and equally disappointing in analysis as an article written by a political student.
Okuoko Gyeabour 12 years ago
You must be a disappointed young man indeed. Continue talking nonsense on this forum and you won't even realise how soon old age will catch up with you. It is better to allow people to choose their leaders without discriminat ... read full comment
You must be a disappointed young man indeed. Continue talking nonsense on this forum and you won't even realise how soon old age will catch up with you. It is better to allow people to choose their leaders without discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender, tribe, race, or any other factor. You are a big shame to Ghanaian society for your warped and myopic views.
Evans 12 years ago
This write up iS useless. You cannot do away with older citizens from the country's politics. In everything that one does, experience is needed, that is why you have most of the advanced countries having old people as heads o ... read full comment
This write up iS useless. You cannot do away with older citizens from the country's politics. In everything that one does, experience is needed, that is why you have most of the advanced countries having old people as heads of states.
Look at what we have in Ghana now. We have a young president, but what do we see ?. He paid himself huge salaries with 4 years backpay. This greed could mainly be found in young and inexperienced politicians like Mahama. Kufour or Nana Addo can never fall prey to this satanic desire for wealth. What we have to do is to find people with integrity to run the affairs of the country. You cannot find these people in the NDC. They are all corrupt. Ghanaians have now seen them. It is only the NPP that can save this country. A word to the wise is enough ...
Jonie Addo-Fening 12 years ago
it is this same concept some leader introduced some decades ago that has not allowed the proper transfer of knowledge. We need the old ones to guide the young ones and not to disgard them as if they have no use. I beg to diff ... read full comment
it is this same concept some leader introduced some decades ago that has not allowed the proper transfer of knowledge. We need the old ones to guide the young ones and not to disgard them as if they have no use. I beg to differ on the analysis you make.
How about the youth getting into farming and taking over from the older ones. Does your theory apply here too?
mensah abrampa 12 years ago
Both old and young have their roles to play in society . We need each other. What Osei Poku is saying is like the eyes telling the feet to go to hell because you're no more of asny relevance to me.
When Rawlings took over th ... read full comment
Both old and young have their roles to play in society . We need each other. What Osei Poku is saying is like the eyes telling the feet to go to hell because you're no more of asny relevance to me.
When Rawlings took over the reins of government the young so called revolutionists took over the management of Tema Textiles Ltd(TTL) and Ghana Textile Printers(GTP).In the shortest space of time these raggamuffins had run down these textiles companies that were doing well before the rude intervention.Mr Osei Poku the young ones are well talented but no amount of learning can replace experience. You must first learn to walk before you start running. What we can do is have the younger ones learn from the older experienced ones then in time phase out the older generation.
paa solo 12 years ago
opoku people have destroyed u enough. as an advise from today onwards anything u want to say view from both positive and negative angles. don't be emotional, consider all options before putting pen on paper. no doubt by so do ... read full comment
opoku people have destroyed u enough. as an advise from today onwards anything u want to say view from both positive and negative angles. don't be emotional, consider all options before putting pen on paper. no doubt by so doing u will help ur country in future
Mr Osei Poku,
I don't know how old you are; but I believe you are one those young people who want to get up there faster than you can blink your eye. Note that you are young today, old tomorrow. At 60 you will be begging to ...
read full comment
There is no gerontocracy in leadership in Ghana. The constitution prescribes that at age 40 you can stand for election for president, at age 21 you can contest for Parliament. These are young ages not old. In the civil and pu ...
read full comment
This might suit a campus forum or a hall newsletter, but for public consumption the taste is poor indeed, and equally disappointing in analysis as an article written by a political student.
You must be a disappointed young man indeed. Continue talking nonsense on this forum and you won't even realise how soon old age will catch up with you. It is better to allow people to choose their leaders without discriminat ...
read full comment
This write up iS useless. You cannot do away with older citizens from the country's politics. In everything that one does, experience is needed, that is why you have most of the advanced countries having old people as heads o ...
read full comment
it is this same concept some leader introduced some decades ago that has not allowed the proper transfer of knowledge. We need the old ones to guide the young ones and not to disgard them as if they have no use. I beg to diff ...
read full comment
Both old and young have their roles to play in society . We need each other. What Osei Poku is saying is like the eyes telling the feet to go to hell because you're no more of asny relevance to me.
When Rawlings took over th ...
read full comment
opoku people have destroyed u enough. as an advise from today onwards anything u want to say view from both positive and negative angles. don't be emotional, consider all options before putting pen on paper. no doubt by so do ...
read full comment