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the current scarcity of state policies. May I know what pragmatic steps you will take in integrating the universities into the development agenda of the nation? Prof. Mills: I recognise the wealth of knowledge that my colleagues have. And I will tell you some of the things that we are saying come directly from them and therefore I will say that they are contributing a lot to the policies and the things that we are saying. We will continue to rely on them because many of them have good ideas. We are not relegating them to the background; we appreciate your worth. Gloria Ofori Boadu, WABA: You made mention of training more physician assistants and nurses for hospitals in the regions. How about doctors? We now have a ratio of 14,000 people to one doctor and the infant mortality rate is high. Maternal mortality is very high, life expectancy of the average Ghanaian is below 60 years. How about the medical schools? Prof. Mills: If you looked at the figures on the number of doctors that we have trained over the years you would be amazed. A lot of them have found greener pastures elsewhere. This is another subject altogether. How do we retain their services? For as long as the conditions which encourage the brain drain exist, you can train any number of doctors but you are not going to be able to succeed. I wish we had more time to talk about the causes of the brain drain but I am happy that you have drawn our attention to it. It is one of the things that we will have to discuss with the members of the medical association and the medical schools. Roland Acquah Steven, Radio Gold: Prof. Mills what, in your estimation, made President Kufuor nominate you for a national award? Thank you. Prof. Mills: I am happy you said President Kufuor nominated me, I didn’t nominate myself so I believe that he will be the best person to answer that question. 28
Akwasi Sarpong, JOY FM: Prof Mills, my question has to do with internal security. What do you intend to do about the image of the police service and ensuring internal security. Prof Mills: I believe that in my presentation I made reference to the fact that the police service needs revival and restoration. I think that I was being rather diplomatic in that respect. But I believe that it’s an answer to the problem. How can you restore morale and confidence in the police service? And I think that there are practical ways of doing it. I have been chairman of the Police Council before and I think that we have some fair ideas as to how that can be achieved. Concluding Remarks I have really enjoyed this evening. Nobody has monopoly over wisdom. Very often when we are in government there is the tendency to display arrogance and give people the impression that you know it all. As I said, I want to introduce learning into the presentation of policies so that you will be able to react effectively. Indeed, I have enjoyed answering the questions and when you consider the questions you can see where they are coming from. I pray to God that He will enable me and my colleagues to be humble enough to face stakeholders and learn from them. Very often we dictate to them, but let me say that we do not know any better than anybody. Any Presidential candidate who gives the impression that he knows everything is nothing but a charlatan. I think that the mark of a leader is to make the best use of the human resources available. If you have a leader who says that he knows everything, that is a leader who is likely to drive your vehicle into a ditch. And I think that it is important that we know that. We have so many talents in this country; we have people with all kinds of ideas. They may not belong to your party, but that is of no consequence. I thank you for the opportunity that you have given me to appear before you. I pray to God that He himself will direct us and His will be done in our lives. Thank you. 29
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