An independent presidential candidate hopeful for the 2024 general elections, Kofi Koranteng, has envisioned utilizing tertiary students to lead various ministries if elected president.
He contends that well-trained graduates possess the necessary competence and skills to effectively manage government ministries.
According to Koranteng, the qualities essential for leadership are not exclusive to older generations currently occupying ministerial positions.
He emphasized that graduates, when provided with the right training, can perform on par with experienced ministers.
In articulating his unconventional approach, Koranteng questions the traditional roles of ministers, proposing that with proper training, tertiary students can successfully run ministries.
He challenged the conventional understanding of ministerial competence, asserting that the brains of ministers and graduates, when processed with the same competent and functional training, can yield comparable results.
“With all these ministries, I will be able to run them with tertiary students. What really does a minister do? What is the job role?
“Let’s take the brain of a minister and put it right here and take the brain of a graduate and put it here. Now, the brain of the minister has to have competent and functional, specific training relevant to development. So, if you take the brain of the minister and you process it the same way for the student, won’t you get the same effect?” he asked.
Highlighting the need for a departure from traditional political approaches, Koranteng criticizes the government’s repeated reliance on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for economic stability.
He questioned the effectiveness of seeking IMF assistance multiple times, suggesting that after sixteen bailouts, the leaders should have achieved the intended stability independently.
Koranteng asserts that a new perspective is necessary, as he critiques both the NDC and NPP for their inability to address the problems they have caused, despite multiple engagements with the IMF.