I lost that track - Tsatsu Tsikata explains why he never became a judge
Tsatsu Tsikata explained why he never became a judge on Joy News' PM Express. He said, "I said in my Honorific Award lecture that in that December 1959 UAC interview, I boldly said, I'm going to be a lawyer and subsequently a judge, but the judge part, frankly, I never had much of an interest in that."
Mr. Tsikata said his work at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) opened his eyes to a broader national mission. He said, "For instance, in relation to natural resources, what I did in GNPC and so on. So I began to see that itself as a kind of a mission, because you're in a country blessed with natural resources and yet not always having the capabilities, technological, financial and so on, to get those natural resources out of the ground for the benefit of the people." He said, "And so I saw my use of the law, not as you know, just administering justice in individual cases, but more or less enabling the country as a whole to benefit from our God-given resources."
Mr. Tsikata said, "And so frankly, I lost that track a long time ago."
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Tsatsu Tsikata, a renowned legal mind, once considered a different career path. He explains how his focus shifted from the bench to a broader application of law- but what caused this change?
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