Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh (NAPO) claims that his ambition to expand the scope of his public service was the driving force for his move from medicine to politics.
The former Education Minister discussed how his medical background prepared him to assist people in dire circumstances in an interview with JoyNews. However, he pointed out that politics presents the chance to bring about more significant and long-lasting change.
“So being a doctor, you are serving one person at a time, and it could be very, very impactful for somebody who needs surgery, who is dying in agony, and you go in and you repair a strangled hernia or a rotten appendix or something, and you relieve his frustration.
“He sleeps well, and it brings a lot of joy to your heart and everything,” NAPO explained.
He did, however, quickly recognize the shortcomings of the medical field in contrast to public office.
“But it’s limited,” he added, “because when you put it around being a politician with making decisions that are life changing for suites of the society, probably forever.”
For NAPO, serving the public has always been a guiding principle. “So this is just a public service ethos that was looking up,” he said, underscoring his long-held belief in using leadership as a tool for collective transformation.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
