In Ghana, the title Honourable, has been applied to Ministers of State, Members of Parliament, and lately even to District and Municipal Chief Executives, and assembly men and women. In traditions where we adopted these terms, the title Honourable referred to the office, and not the person or occupant. Thus one may have Mr Asimesi, Honourable Member of Parliament for Aowin, or Bolga, and not Honourable Asimesi. Unfortunately in Ghana here, as in many other spheres of life, we borrow terms and bastardize them, or rather adapt them to suit unsustainable values. Here, even after these honourable have long ceased to occupy their positions, they retain the titles. Once an Honourable, always an Honourable!
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 07:27:36 +0000