GREEDINESS- THE CRISES OF LEADERSHIP

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GREEDINESS- THE CRISES OF LEADERSHIP

There is a leadership crisis all over the world; the next generation is at risk of inheriting a world that has forgotten what true leadership is. A look at the emerging stream of young leaders in the business, religion, education, politics, sports and in the corporate world reveals an alarming trend-Albert Ocran.

True leadership seems to be missing in this world. Wars, demonstrations, corruption, dishonesty etc all tend to attest to the fact the meaning and value of true leadership as demonstrated by Jesus Christ and our fore-fathers is lost. All over the world, leaders of societies, clubs, nations etc tend to pursue their own personal agenda instead of the collective agenda of the people who asked him/her to be their leader. It seems that the leaders of today have diabolic intentions before they vie for leadership positions and thus instead of promoting togetherness among their followers, they tend to be one-sided and thus incite the followers among themselves. They also tend to overstay their mandate at all cost and mismanage funds allocated to them. They also surround themselves with sycophants and malign those who criticize them.

The source of this crisis we are facing with leaders of today is greediness. Yes greediness is the cause. Cain killed his brother because of greediness so did Gehazi become a leper as a result of greediness. Ananias and Saphira also became blind as a result of greediness. Thus greediness is a major threat to the leaders of this generation and the next. Therefore, the leaders of our generation must do well to eschew the spirit of greediness in order to realize the aim of the group they represent. Aspiring leaders of our generation and the next should pray against greediness to protect their integrity for the wellbeing of an individual depends on the wellbeing of society.

TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE; MY DILEMMA
It’s election time again and politicians are up to it again going all round the country from house to house, community to community and region to region canvassing for votes. Each politician on the campaig...

n trail is either making promises or touting his/her party’s achievements during his/her term of office. They speak with passion and portray a sense of empathy that even the most disappointed person in the world would find solace. They plead with electorates to retain or vote them to power but as soon as they win elections, they tend to forget or better still renege on their promises. That is the once affable and sympathetic politician suddenly becomes for the want of a better word, a new man. Politicians in Ghana have disappointed Ghanaians on countless number of occasions and the most annoying thing is that they always have an excuse for not honouring their promises. We have some few days to the December polls and as somebody who would be voting for the first time, I’m at pains as to whether i should vote which is a civic responsibility and a right or i should sit in the comfort of my house and forget about the elections. Why should i continue to vote or vote when all i will get is disappointment? To demonstrate their displeasure, electorates have adopted either the skirt and blouse approach or vote for the opposition candidate but even that strategy has failed. I believe I’m not the only person experiencing this situation as lots of Ghanaians I perceive are also in a dilemma. Come December 7, Ghanaians will decide who would be the president and who would become parliamentarians. Should i vote when i know that it will be another four years of failed promises and neglect?