It is advocated in courageous crisis management that real leaders are not born; the ability to help others triumph over adversity is not written into their genetic code. They are, instead, made. Indeed, real leaders they say are forged in crisis. The ability of a leader to gird and inspire people through difficult times is what makes one a leader.
As Covid-19 tears its way through country after country, town after town, neighborhood after neighborhood, President Akufo-Addo's trait as real and courageous leader is becoming more visible than ever before.
Most of us know the famous lines of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1933 inaugural address in the midst of the Great Depression: “The only thing we have to fear is…fear itself.” He followed that by pointing to the nation’s strengths in meeting the crisis: “This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. There are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be helped merely by talking about it. We must act and act quickly.”
Less than a decade later, as the United Kingdom stared down the Nazi onslaught in the Second World War, Prime Minister Winston Churchill encouraged his people to keep the faith: “We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.”
We can't over emphasised the display of courageous leadership by Margaret Thatcher. The “Iron Lady” of British politics set her country on a rightward economic course, and led it to victory in the Falklands war and helped guide the United States and the Soviet Union through the cold war’s difficult last years.
The Mayor of New York City Rudi Giuliani's courageous leadership came to the fore during the 9/11 attacks.
I have seen courageous and real leadership on display with the handling of COVID-19 crisis by the current New York governor, Andrew Cuomo.
What I've learnt from how some of history’s iconic leaders acted in the face of great uncertainty, real danger, and collective fear is exactly what President Akufo-Addo is doing in the face of this global pandemic.
Take for instance his far-reaching social mitigating measures for the COVID-19 crisis announced last night. The president by his actions has clearly cemented his place in history as one of the real leaders Ghana has ever produced.
The Tax free income for three months plus 50percent increase in basic salary for frontline workers couldn't have come at a better time.
The availability of GHC600 million soft loan scheme with 1-year morotorium period and 2-year repayment plan for micro, small & medium scale businesses is such an awesome intervention.
And the fact that government has taken it opon itself to absorb the water bills for all Ghanaians for the next three months, as well as the provision for water tanker services to ensure the supply of water to all vulnerable communities speaks volume.
By these measures, President Akufo-Addo has cemented John Mahama's fate in the next elections. The game is over. Mahama will have to look for something else to do and forget about becoming president again.
With the avalanche of corruption casses dangling around Mahama's neck, especially the Airbus corruption, how is he going to turn the tide, looking at Akufo-Addo's sterling performance?
I am more than certain that the deadgoat will throw in the towel for Akufo Addo before long.
Yours truly Ernest kofi owusu Bempah
Source: Ernest kofi owusu Bempah
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Indeed when we talk of world leaders I am sure our current president will not be counted so...Apapun should keep quiet and be prepared for jail when JDM ASSUME OFFICE
When honey is dripping into your mouth your eyes and mind signals everybody is either enjoying same or you are the smartest guy. Time will tell.
you ***barred word*** should know he speaks the truth, were we not in this coutnry when ordinary cholera killed over 200 Ghanaians, what do you think John Mahama aka y;we nam no ama aka dompe would have done. he would have told us Government alone can not do it and that would have been his policies. we would have been recording figures in the thousands if not millions. he couldn't even handle cholera nomose COVID-19. What Nana has done will win him more votes whether you like it or not and John Mahama should look for some assembly man position and contest.
In fact, I feel sad when I read post like this from people who should know better. The comments by Ernest Owusu Bimpah, is out of order and unnecessary at this crucial moment when the government is calling for all hands on deck. The questions other are also asking is, was it Nana Addos, plan to delayed the closure of our borders for the virus to enter and turn around to do politics with the virus? Let us not do this to ourselves, we are all in this together. What makes myopic Owusu Bimpah, think John Mahama wouldn't have done same under similar conditions? Let's leave politics now and rally behind the president to kick covid19 out of Ghana!!!
See this ***barred word*** o.You think Akuffo Addo's announcement that citizens will not pay utility bills for three months will win him the election.Else where other leaders have even provided money and other incentives to its citizenry so what Akuffo Addo did is no new news.
Honestly, JM is finished. Imagine if JM was in power during this crisis, Ghana would have just melted away with his juvenile flagstaff house lackey’s. Thank God for Nana. We do not need this write up to tell us all what we already know. Ghana is blessed.
Asem paaaaaaaa nie! You think all of a sudden we have forgotten the stealling of excavators, gold and pickups? You think we don't remember the ppa, pds, kelni scandal etc? And you think our own donations that we are contributing to COVID 19 fund which is being used to support us makes you win an election. For three years you haven't done anything to alleviate the hardship of Ghanaians only to chance on COVID 19 to announce some few months relief in the pandemic era and think we are ediots to go and vote for you?
So you think conoravirus will help you keep your job? Is that what you think? No amount of time it takes for the COVID 19 to end will help you keep your job.
Master, behave yourself. If you have nothing to say, shut your S-TI-NK-IN-G trap.
is this boy normal?