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Leadership In Courage And Integrity (Part1):Dr.E K Hayford Writes

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The NDC Party, is searching for core leaders and Flag bearer for 2024 elections. Similarly NPP is following the same agenda. Relative to this exercise, Caucus for Democratic Governance, Ghana (CDG-GH) ; seeks  to assist by drawing attention to core values in leadership.
It has often been said, that the missing link to true national development and economic growth in Africa is leadership. Indeed poverty in Africa is due to absence of leadership. The inborn characteristics of leadership are morals, probity, accountability, integrity, social justice; and above all a physical and spiritual desire to fight  corruption and greed.
Leadership is an inborn tendency. It is neither identical to politics nor an act of voting rich politician to lead. Leadership is more than reading and applying the thoughts of a book on leadership. Politics without leadership  traits, drives a country into confusion, mismanagement,  corruption,  greed, deceit, tribalism ethnicity, nepotism,  state capture and encapsulation ; leading to a sell out of country to foreign powers and interest.
Leadership is a sacred obligation to country and people. The leadership vow alone compels the leader to work towards prosperity for the people and  national development. Leadership is therefore not for everyone  who wishes to lead, but for those with leadership traits, and ready to die for their country. We need committed, loyal leaders with strong will and heart to renegotiate outmoded contracts and agreements with foreign Companies ( Mining, Oil and Gas) ; to plough back enough revenue for development; instead of borrowing.
Leaders in Africa today, are mostly self centered stooges being manipulated by systems in America, Europe, China and UN agencies; to the detriment of their countries. As compensation, millions of dollars are paid in their names into foreign bank accounts. The committed   leaders, with courage and integrity are often removed from office or killed before they succeed in developing their economies. Examples of such leaders are : Dr Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Sankara of Burkina Faso, Sylvanus Olympio of Togo,  Lumumba of Congo, and Makufuli of Tanzania. May their Souls rest in perfect peace.
If African leaders would  focus on, and  be led by the philosophy of : “total rejection of corruption and greed, amid dispensation of ego and riches, in national development and prosperity for the people”, it is likely Africa would regain her ancient fame of Timbuktu.
Dr E.K.Hayford
Executive Director
 CDG-GH
0277606338 / 0243609277
Source:Broadcastergh.com/Ayisah Foster

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