Group picture of the gradaunds and some stakeholders who graced the event
Ghanaians, particularly the youth, have been charged to be innovative and skillful so as to reduce the country’s high unemployment rate.
Prof. Kwame Boasiako Omane-Antwi, Vice Rector, Pentecost University College, Accra, speaking at the graduation ceremony of the Graduate School of Governance and Leadership (GSGL) School in Accra recently, stressed that Ghanaians need to adopt fresh leadership style so as to face the world.
“Remember that effective leadership style play a key role in determining an organization’s success and productivity.
“In the 21st Century, a leader cannot adopt a single leadership style. In fact, strategic leaders need to give attention to exploring new opportunities for innovation and learning in order to adapt to changing conditions in the environment.”
Explaining further, Prof Omane-Antwi said the importance of training and re-training of leaders cannot be over emphasized, noting, “In this era of post modernism, it has become imperative for leaders and for professionals to be trained and re-trained especially in executive education.
The Governor General of the Graduate School of Governance and Leadership, Rev. Gideon Titi-Ofei, on his part, said leadership failure was the cause of youth unemployment, poverty, hunger and carnage on the roads.
According to him, despite Ghana’s rich resources, people in leadership positions had failed to institute effective measures to address the welfare of the people, particularly unemployed youth.
Rev. Titi-Ofei noted that Ghanaians need leaders who could put food on their tables.
Ken Ofori Atta, former chairman of Data Bank Group, on his part, noted that Ghanaians cannot continue to export the country’s resources in a raw form but need entrepreneurs who would work on the raw resources before exportation, adding, “We cannot as a country continue to export our raw resources and expect to have our youth to gain employment.”
The Graduate School of Governance and Leadership is an offshoot of two leading private capacity building organizations in Ghana namely the Pan-Africa Institute for Leadership and Governance Studies and the African Management and Productivity Institute (AMPRO).
The Pan-Africa Institute for Leadership and Governance Studies was incorporated in Ghana in 2004 to provide quality and affordable short-term training and development programmes for busy lower level corporate and business executives.
By Stella Danso Addai
