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Ghanaians must be thankful that the country has a president who is focused and not distracted in spite of the oft unwarranted and insufferable comments that have been hurled at him and his young government every now and then. Indeed, President John Atta-Mills has displayed maturity since his assumption of office and open-heartedly taken criticisms in good faith, while staying resolutely focused to run the course of good governance. If it had been someone else, the person would have flipped ten times over in rage and returned fire for fire. For reasons many political pundits cannot fathom, people within the president�s own camp have taken delight in deriding the perceived pace at which he and his team are moving; apparently living under the delusion that once a president has power and authority, he is capable of making things happen overnight. The reality is that the president does not wield a magic wand. No two governments are identical in form and content and every president has his management and governance style. There are some democratic governments that are prepared to hazard their credibility and go all out; explode into overdrive and end up over-stepping the bounds of propriety and good governance. There are others who think that democracy has to take into account the rights of the majority, minority and even the so-called silent majority. They believe that no matter how wrong anybody has acted, he or she is entitled to the due process of law, and only through the rule of law, and only through the rule of law can that person be found guilty or not. It is also not an easy task for a government to deal with various sectors of society when it is financially constrained and has to manage available resource prudent so as not to create imbalances and engender cause for concern. The government is certainly not stone-deaf to the plight of foot-soldiers of the NDC party and indeed all youth who desperately want to be employed. For those who follow the news scrupulously, they would have taken cognizance of plans to recruit the youth into the security services; and the idea of reviving the state farms spells good prospects for eh youth in days to come. It takes a lot of planning and pooling of resources to take such giant strides. If they are not well-thought out and properly resourced, they will only end up as nine day wonder. The government needs time to plan and execute policies.