Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has joined the ongoing debate on whether a Dutch passport is better than a PhD in Ghana.

According to him, the debate is a non- starter that should not have begun in the first place.

Nonetheless, the 2024 Presidential Candidate blamed the seeming disregard of PhD holders in the country on the mismanagement of the economy by the Akufo Addo- led administration.

Mr. Mahama was speaking at a public lecture organized by the Christian Service University in Kumasi on the theme " Sustainability of Democracy in Africa: The Ghanaian Experience. "

According to him, the fact that many Ghanaians prefer a Dutch passport to a Ghanaian PhD underscores the lack of confidence the youth have in the future of the country.

Mahama mentioned corruption and wastage of the scarce natural resources as the main causes of economic hardship in the country.

" There' s widespread despair and anguish amongst our people leading to an active debate on social media about whether securing a foreign passport to do a menial job in Europe is better than holding a PhD in Ghana. "

" It' s the adversity into which our nation has been plunged, otherwise, there' s no basis for comparison between a Visa and a PHD, " he said.