DNT boss calls for youth placement on state boards

 The CEO of Diaspora Network Television (DNT), Jermaine Nkrumah, has called for youths to be placed on state boards, and involved in leadership so that, if not for anything, they can acquire experience as they grow. This he said would reap immense benefits towards the future.

According to Mr. Nkrumah, if the youth are place on  of our state boards across this country/continent, the ‘perspective that they will bring, will influence decision making.’

Jermaine Nkrumah, made this call in an interview on the “Step Out With Oscar Benpong‘ show on T2iTV UK, on the topic, ‘The African mindset and transitioning from Diaspora to Africa’.

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He stated it is important that African leaders find a way to involve the youth into leadership instead of leaving them out.

“We should find a way to bring young people into leadership” he said. “I am making this proposal, every single state agency board, must have a young person there.” he added.

Mr. Nkrumah also urged Africans to invest their money in things that will benefit the continent in the future.

He expressed his worry over the fact that, Africans like to travel outside to other countries to have parties and weddings, putting money in that country instead of finding an equally plush place in the country to have it, and rather putting the money back into their economy.

He said, Africans always want the “food to be cooked for us, instead of cooking it ourselves“. He made specific reference to the race for COVID-19 vaccines and cures whereby most of the discussions in Africa have centered on not allowing others to test their vaccines on us.

“Why don’t we develop our own so that there would be no suspicion as to others intending to do harm to us through vaccines,” he asked.

“We need to recourse ourselves to engage in constructive competition with the world,” Nkrumah continued. He went on to decry the opulence lifestyle by some amid poverty and underdevelopment.

Nkrumah touted the power of the African brain and what it can achieve if given the opportunity. But instead, he believes we indulge too much in consumption instead of investing in production.

Christie Arthur, DNT News, Accra