Its a known fact Africa has all the natural & human resources anyone could think of however, the citizens wallow in abject poverty because the leaders who are placed in the helm of affairs to effectively manage/utilize these resources for the benefit of the masses are simply selfish and greedy.
According to him, these negative attitudes have resulted in the vicious cycle of poverty among the people and advocated drastic measures to rectify the situation.
Nana Nketsia made this known in Takoradi when he chaired an official launch of the Global Leadership Network, a civil society organisation, aimed at nurturing leaders that would ensure accountable and responsive leadership in the country.
He said a good leader needs to be dynamic in order to bring transformation on the lives of his subjects and hence underscored the need for those in leadership positions to set good example and be role models.
He noted that a good leader is not to play politics, but rather exhibit statesmanship that embraces everybody.
The Omanhene, who is also a historian and lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, said Ghanaians must imbue themselves with the traditional value systems that accentuate honesty, discipline, hard work, truthfulness and humility which are the bedrock for development.
The Founder and President of the Network, Mark Kakraba-Ampeh said its objective is to raise leaders to respond to the immediate challenges of the present time and lay a solid foundation for the development of leadership for future generations.
He said the Network would be established in educational institutions and organize training programmes for various social, economic and interest groups to imbue in them the tenets of leadership.
Mr Kakraba-Ampeh called on the President John Dramani Mahama, to tackle the wanton corruption resulting in the dissipation of the national wealth by politicians in league with private businessmen and civil servants.
Source: GNA
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