{"id":1213843,"date":"2022-09-30T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/30\/k-t-hammond-on-publics-reaction-to-his-coconut-heads-comments-audio-attached\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T09:28:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:28:18","slug":"k-t-hammond-on-publics-reaction-to-his-coconut-heads-comments-audio-attached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/30\/k-t-hammond-on-publics-reaction-to-his-coconut-heads-comments-audio-attached\/","title":{"rendered":"K.T. Hammond on public’s reaction to his ‘coconut heads’ comments [Audio Attached]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, has said there is no need for him to apologise for labeling the youth of Ghana as not fit to lead.<\/p>\n

According to him, it is crucial that the youth of the country make their points when speaking on issues of the land but must learn to respect their elders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe youth are the future of Ghana and must know how to deal with elders. I insist the youth of today must be respectful to elders.\u00a0 I only apologise when I slip but with the youth, there\u2019s nothing to apologise about. They must make their points but in a respectful manner,\u201d he said in an interview on Asempa FM\u2019s Ekosii Sen T<\/strong>hursday<\/p>\n

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While reacting to a recent incident where President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was booed at a musical concert, Hammond commented that the youth needed to be patient and desist from insulting the elderly because of partisan political considerations.<\/p>\n

The Adansi Asokwa MP further described the youth as people with \u201ccoconut heads\u201d who cannot govern the nation if it was handed over to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not possible for governance to be left to the youth; you cannot do it; you won\u2019t understand. You have all left your beards and have been roaming town but there is nothing in your heads,\u201d he is quoted to have said.<\/p>\n

Several personalities have called out the MP for his comments, with some critics describing them as wrong.<\/p>\n

But reacting to those reactions by a section of the public, Mr Hammond said he was not a loose talker as people claim, adding that he is a free-minded person.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not in my interest to suppress the youth of Ghana. I cannot despise the youth of Ghana because I was the youngest minister in Kufuor\u2019s government,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Listen to more of what he said on the show in the audio below:<\/strong><\/p>\n