Theodora Wood urges leaders to use positions to serve and not to steal

It is organized by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), in collaboration with Lead Africa International and with the support of Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), two organizations of Civil society.

Event

The week-long training camp, in which 71 public and private high school students from across the country participate, aims to contribute to transformative youth leadership in nation-building through Providing a teaching and learning environment that engages students in the areas of democracy and governance and provides them with leadership skills.

The first edition of the camp held last year provided a learning curve and an immersion program that encouraged participating students to take on higher management positions, to increase knowledge and interest. for issues of democracy and governance and to commit to a righteous and upright life.

opportunities

Ms. Wood said that even if management positions contain some mistakes, these opportunities should not be exploited by people in such positions.

"Leadership is about offering servant leadership and serving your followers with humility and not the other way around," she said.

The former Chief Justice also lamented the use of strong and offensive language by people, especially the younger ones, in the field of politics and urged students wishing to direct to keep in mind what they said about their leaders today.

Program

Dr Kojo Pumpuni Asante, Director of Advocacy and Policy at CDD-Ghana, explained that the 2019 program would focus on unemployment.

He added that as part of the program, participants would explore various communities in Tema, the host city, to engage with unemployed people, to understand how affected they are by the decisions made by leaders, and to propose plans for change. employment solution responding to such problems. challenges.

The participants, he said, will also undertake a Jubilee House tour to understand the functioning of the executive branch of government and engage members of Parliament in individual interactions to understand how policies are developed and implemented.

challenges

Dr Franklin Oduro, Deputy Director of Programs at CDD-Ghana, said that, despite the country's success in its democratic journey, it still faced many challenges in terms of leadership, policy development and institutional efficiency. , responsibility and responsiveness.

He said that the training camp was in line with the commemorative activities of the Ghana-CSD, which involved exploiting a weak demographics by raising participants' interest in the principles of governance and democracy and strengthening their potential. of leadership.

Some of the participants who interacted with the Daily Graphic congratulated the organizers for the program.

Ms Eudia Awen, a student at SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College, said the camp would give her the skills she needed to become a good leader and improve her communication skills.

For her part, Ms. Emenyo Afi Nutakor, of the Akosombo International School, said that this program would give her the opportunity to find out what the government had put in place to solve the myriad of problems young people are facing. face.

-Graphic.com