Governance Analyst Prof. Kwaku Agyeman-Duah has expressed strong opposition to the Constitution Review Committee’s (CRC) recommendation to reduce the minimum age requirement for presidential candidates from 40 to 30 years.
He argued that the office of President demands a level of maturity, judgment, and experience that most individuals at the age of 30 are unlikely to have attained.
The Chairman of the CRC, Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, has indicated that the Committee is proposing an amendment to Article 62(b) of the 1992 Constitution to lower the age threshold for contesting the presidency from 40 to 30 years.
However, speaking in an interview on JoyNews on Saturday, December 27, Prof. Agyeman-Duah questioned the justification for the proposal, stressing that presidential leadership requires significant exposure and practical experience.
“Personally, I didn’t like the idea of reducing the age from 40 to 30 because I think that at 30 years you don’t have enough maturity. Pardon me for those who think I am wrong,” he said.
He further argued that Ghana’s socio-economic realities make it difficult for young people to acquire the depth of experience needed to govern effectively by that age.
