Dormaa Chief calls for national ideological institute

The

Twafohene of Dormaa Akwamu in the Brong-Ahafo region, Nana Amokona Nimpong, has

suggested the establishment of a national ideological institute to train

politicians to enable them make holistic contribution to national development.

The

national ideological institute, to be modeled after the Kwame Nkrumah

Ideological Institute, would ensure that prospective politicians acquire

adequate knowledge in basic national ideologies and philosophies before they

are given the mandate to rule.

Nana

Nimpong told Storm FM in Sunyani that “graduates from the proposed national

ideological institute would not be biased towards their political parties but

rather see development from the national perspective and not their party’s

point of view”.

Nana Nimpong, who was a former Brong-Ahafo regional Treasurer of the ruling

NDC, noted that “as it is today, most politicians do not have any ideology,

they just run on tickets of any political they like and when they are in

office, they do not have anything to offer the nation”.

He added

that a center for research into alternative national ideologies must also be

considered urgently to enable every political office holder render services

using at least one of such ideologies.

“Because we

do not have any center that research into national ideologies, political office

holders have taken the people for granted, not knowing how to properly develop

the country”, he said. Nana Nimpong noted that because of the lack proper

nationalistic training for politicians, most of them do not even know how to

relate well with the very people who gave them power.

“Look

around and you see most politicians exhibiting poor human relations after they

have gained power from their own people”, he said and added that if

“politicians do not know how to live and relate to people because of power,

then they should aspire to gain power in the first place”.

He expressed

worry about how majority of politicians exhibit great humility when they need

power only to grow horns after they are given the mandate. “Some politicians

are always within coverage begging for our votes but immediately they get

power, their phones are out of coverage”, he said. "This practice must

cease if we are to make any headway", he added.