NPP Primaries: Get Psychologists To Manage The Pains Of The Losers – Prof. Joseph Osafo

Head of Psychology at the University of Ghana, Prof. Joseph Osafo has sympathized with the losers in the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary elections held on Saturday, January 27.

The senior psychologist urged the losers to reorganize themselves and recontest the elections in next four years.

“Sorry for you but I think you should organize yourselves again…four years is not too long, you can come back and reclaim your good works”, he said.

He also called for the losers to undergo psychotherapy saying “there must be strategic way of managing the pain. Life challenges will always continue to confront us but some challenges must always be strategically managed, else they can become an albatross”.

“People will become bitter in life, that’s how it is. But there is a kind of bitterness that if not managed will make it worse. I think political party, they will need a certain service…where every aspirant who represents the party in any election, we should find a way of managing them…before and after the elections”, he requested.

He further advised the political parties to utilize the services of psychologists saying “preparing them mentally and then after a loss, managing them mentally so that the person will still say I am still part of the competition but not to see the recent primaries that he or she has lost means the party doesn’t like him”.

Prof. Joseph Osafo made these submissions on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” morning show.

Source: Ghmessenger.com