Tamara Jonah, daughter of business mogul, Sir Sam Jonah, has said that she does not think her dad will like to venture into politics.
It is recalled that the name of Sir Sam Jonah, current chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, came up as a front-runner for the nomination to stand as John Dramani Mahama’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election prior to the announcement of Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang.
But Tamara Jonah says her dad, who is the executive chairman of Jonah Capital, an equity fund based in Johannesburg, South Africa, would like to focus on being a businessman rather than go into politics.
Sharing her experience in life and also explaining why she didn’t choose mining as a career despite her father’s mining prowess, while speaking in an interview with TV3’s Paa Kwesi Asare, Tamara, a creative person said “One of the duties of my dad as a person is allowing people to be who they are, my dad had always looked at me as a creative being and he has given me that platform to be able to do that.
“There was never a situation where he said ‘you are best at this but go and do that’, that never happened.
“When I decided what I was going to do, I said it and it was a 100 percent backing from him. For any parents, I think it is important that you are able to see what your child can actually thrive in and push the support. I would probably been a lawyer or something else, who knows but I am thriving where I am, and If I hadn’t got the support I wouldn’t be where I am.”
Asked whether she would like to venture into politics, she answered in the negative.
She said, “I told you what I want to do, that is hospitality and education, I have no place in politics.”
Asked again whether her father also has an ambition of going into politics, she said “I don’t think he wants to do politics.”