A Flagbearer hopeful of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joshua Alabi, says age is no barrier to his presidential bid.
According to him, it is now an established fact that old men make good presidents across the world.
“I’m old and wise. My gray hair is full of wisdom so I’m the best person to lead the NDC in the 2020 elections”, he stressed.
The NDC made the issue of age very topical in the 2016 general elections, insisting that Ghana will be doomed if then opposition leader, Nana Akufo-Addo was given the nod.
President Akufo-Addo, then leader of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), was 72 and the NDC argued that he was too weak to accelerate Ghana’s development.
The party compared him to then President John Mahama and said it was a “cool chop” for the party.
Prof Alabi is also facing a similar challenge as a 60-year-old and many are predicting he may lose the flagbeaership race should the age-card be played against him.
But speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem Monday morning, Prof. Joshua Alabi said he was unfazed by such needless distractions.
According to him, his greatest desire was to make “Ghana the money-well of Africa, comparable to Switzerland”.
“I have the tenacity and capacity to deal with the unemployment situation in the country”, he opined.
Prof. Alabi also claimed that he had been hand-picked by God to turn around the fortunes of Ghana and make it the Switzerland of Africa.
“I am a Ghanaian and I love my country and God tells me it is time for me to come and lead my country, transform it and make it the [Switzerland] of Africa. [Switzerland] is a developed country where we have the world’s money and I believe strongly we can make Ghana the Swiss of Africa,” he said.
Source: adomnews
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Ghana needs problem solvers not empty barrel intellectuals who stick to their books without any practical delivery to solve the numerous problems facing ghana and other african countries. We have had enough professor this and that. we need more entrepreneurs such as Kwame Despite who can make good business decisions and make things happen. We need and educational system that challenge students to be doers not takers . we need leaders who are focused and can deliver. we need leaders who can wean us from the colonial economy of resource export to manufacturing and creating the supply chain in food, parts , medicine , agriculture etc. we need leaders who will spare the public purse and create more revenues. we need leaders who will spend public revenue within their means and generate more revenue and reduce expenditure. we need leaders who can think like the Chinese and create wealth not debt. we need leaders who are visionaries and who can make things happen. we need leaders who understand how the global economy works so that they will spare ghana from the same old mistakes of the past when it comes to contract signing and negotiations. we do not need book leaders. we need visionaryleaders to transform african societies and provide jobs for the youth and create value for the abundant resources buried under the sea bed and sand bed. we need leaders who will challenge the status quo and get ghana better value through contracts.
You amassed so much wealth at UPSA, you even built a University for yourself. Now, you and your family are well resourced, so you think the next thing is for you to become president. Amazing! Well, bring the money, the footsoldiers will chop it for you
ATTENTION SEEKERS SHALL NEVER CEASE TO PLEASE ME.
Were you able to turn UPSA into the HAVARD of Africa, Massa go and enjoy your bounty pension and forget about us wai. We are not kids.
What did you do about the pot-holes in front of UPS when you were VC? Now that you are no longer VC all potholes in front of UPS have been filled with bitumen,
FUNNY MAN.DO YOU THINK GHANAIANS ARE FOOLLS?PLS SAY THAT TO YOUR KIDS WHETHER THEY WON'T INSULT YOU.NDC PAAAA DE3,YOU DON'T HAVE THE MEN KRAAA.SMH