A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) says the change in leadership has brought sanity on the airwaves.
Professor Stephen Adei observed with amazement that the last two public utterances of President John Dramani Mahama after his defeat in the December 7 polls have been "very presidential."
“Even before we see the installation of a new president, the atmosphere has become better,” he told Joy FM Tuesday. The educationist said when new leaders take office, they do not need to continue with attitudes exhibited by the previous leaders.
He said they are responsible for giving a new vision to the entity by modelling a new set of culture to change the current one. Names of potential ministers have been put out with four days to the inauguration of President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The President-elect has announced Professor Frimpong Boateng as his Environment and Science to be. He has also done same for Alan Kyerematen as the incoming Trade Minister.
But Professor Adei has cautioned the incoming government to be wary of the Ghanaian culture where subordinates initially kowtow to demands of the new leader only to change later. He stressed that his experience has shown that once a leader has integrity, competence, and care for the people they would know the person is all business.
"They [appointees] know that you are prepared to take the hard decisions. Even the worst Ghanaians start conforming; they would try to undermine you...especially if you are a minister, they would malign you for you to be moved," he said.
Prof Adei says he is looking forward to a President who would be a person of integrity, adding that leadership is a cause and everything else is the effect.
He said Ghana has had a bad history with corruption, arrogance, and impunity being exhibited by government officials. Ghanaians are used to such behaviors, he said, stressing a lot of things are changing.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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He is gone. Now let see how you and your Akufo Addo will fare. From now on, the nation's problems are squarely yours and you have to solve them and not blame anyone for them. Wish you luck.
look at him also talking about corruption. what did you do when your govt led by k4 was given 44million euros grant for teak planting forestation then. Hippocrates.
To be honest, this man is the most foo0000lish professor I have ever seen in my life. I do believe he thinks he is a young man. This fooo000l should look at his hair. In Ghana, we think if you have this type of hair, then wisdom is full in your head but this man has thought me otherwise. I do not think he has children or wife. However, if he does, then I want to the children, because if a foo0000l like this man born you then you have problem.
What the hhell is wrong with this ffoolish old man?
I was an ardent listener and participant in political discussions who carried a radio everywhere I went but I bet you, after the declaration of the results, I did not find it necessary to even listen to anything political. Ghanaians are just tired and need rest. I thought you would be a bit balanced about who denigrated the air waves. It was not on sided to stop pretending as if it was only NDC that said things which must not be said. That is hypocrisy. The air waves have not been sanitised just that there is nothing to argue about. The one who won, did so convincingly, and the one who lost conceded defeat, what do you want us to argue about. The arguments will come when the winner starts convincing the masses that he has indeed given them the heaven he promised.
We all know where you are coming from. The ball is now right before you, so no blame game. All that Ghanaians want is a good game, so deliver now. I ask for no more. All the best.
Kojo please think far don't like your boss. Who encourage insults Felix Kwakye Fosu, Omane Boama, Fiiifi Kweitey, Hanna Bisiew, Oti Bless, Montie 3, Kofi Adams, Koku, Twum Boafo of free zone all have jobs under Mills and Mahama because they were able to insults their opponents.
My friend, this is not about tribe or where one comes from. We must call a spade a spade; Mills and Mahama encouraged the culture of insults in our body politics. It paid to lie and insult because most ndc people involved were assigned to good positions in those two regimes. That led to some young men from both sides doing same. We've got to be sincere and stop the attitude of 'I will always support him because he/she is from my tribe'.