Kobina Tahir Hammond, a member of parliament for Adansi Asokwa, has urged the nation’s young to be patience in their quest to take charge of the country’s affairs.
Even if given the chance, he claims that young people are incapable of handling the country’s daily governance.
In an interview with Accra-based Joy FM, he advocated that young people should be modest enough to learn from older people in order to gain the essential knowledge and experience.
The MP said that operating such a hybrid system would be preferable to having a government made up solely of young people.
“You will hear quite distinctively clear that what I said was this….that we will not…by the we, I meant some of the older people in politics will not simply abandon the responsibility of running the country to the youth alone.
“We are not going to give it to just you because you can’t do it. You can’t do it and we won’t give you. It wasn’t simply saying that you can’t do it but I’m making a point and I reiterate it that it isn’t possible for just the youth of the country the running of the country. It is not possible,” KT Hammond stressed.
“The future is for the youth. When we are all gone, you will be taking over from us. Don’t rush to want to take over from us right now, we won’t let you. You can’t run the government alone.
“I mean there will be a mixture. We will train you up and when we are gone, you take over. While we have some strength and there is brain in our heads and the grey…the grey doesn’t come for nothing. You guys have this mantra that age is just a number. It is not entirely true, “ he further added.
KT Hammond expressed his displeasure at the turn of events when President Akufo-Addo was booed at the Global Citizen Festival over the weekend.
He has insisted that the kids respect authority and refrain from making such a humiliating display for them.
“We don’t live in a country and do that. Let’s be humble. Whatever we do, the president is the executive head of this country. When he came, he didn’t say anything. It wasn’t even a political platform,” he stated.
