Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has settled on large sections o… - John Kufuor

Another problem afflicting higher education is the brain drain of faculty to the more advanced parts of the world. The striking feature of this challenge is that because of poor conditions of service, the faculty is not able to attract young lecturers.

I didn't go into politics to make money. I just believed there was some mission for me to pursue to better a lot of our society.

With the population explosion, everybody is expecting something from the centre, and the centre not being able to provide; this compounds the corruption …there is a ground of unhappiness and of protest. I’m hopeful that along the way, corruption might be tackled effectively and hopefully government should be more accountable.