This article expounds on the age requirements for the office of Ghana’s presidency. Specifically, it addresses both the minimum and maximum age limits for eligibility into the office. With regard to the minimum age limit which is presently set at 40 years, the author takes the view that it is discriminatory and contravenes the rights of 55.1% of Ghanaian adults to stand for elections. Concerning the absence of a maximum age limit from Ghana’s constitutional framework, the author is of the opinion that it is degenerating Ghana’s democracy into a gerontocracy. Further, the author argues that the absence of a maximum age limit exposes Ghana to the possibility of having an inefficient president whose stay in office would be averse to the interest of Ghanaians and Ghana’s socio-economic development. The author concludes by proposing an amendment to article 62(b) of the Constitution of Ghana, 1992—reducing the minimum age limit from 40 to 35. Additionally, a proposal is made for the establishment of a maximum age cap beyond which a person should not be allowed to contest for Ghana’s presidency.
