Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kamal-Deen Abdulai, has stated that holding a title or academic qualification is not what makes a person effective.

According to him, competence and the desire to leave a lasting legacy are more important than titles or degrees.

Speaking on Metro TV's Good Morning Ghana on July 9, 2025, and monitored by GhanaWeb, he lamented that Ghanaian society places too much emphasis on academic credentials and formal titles, often at the expense of real ability.

He described this fixation as misplaced and unhelpful. "We are too fixated on educational qualifications.