By: Seli Baisie
Award-winning Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson has stated that the biggest problem with African leadership is ‘pride and ego’.
According to her, only a few admit and step down when they fail to deliver their leadership skills.
The outspoken actress stated this in a post on Twitter.
The biggest problem with African leadership in particular is pride and ego.
It’s why very very very few people know how to admit they’ve failed and step down.
This isn’t new, it’s before this government and will continue well after until someone stops it.
— miss forson (@lydiaforson) August 30, 2022
In her view, how you make people feel is an extremely important part of leadership, and the current ruling administration has failed in doing so.
“How you make a people FEEL is an extremely important part of leadership, something the NPP seem to have forgotten in power. What Ghana is going through is much bigger than the ailing economy, it’s the tone-deafness of this government that’s making it worse,” Lydia Forson posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2022.
How you make a people FEEL is an extremely important part of leadership, something the NPP seem to have forgotten in power.
What Ghana is going through is much bigger than the ailing economy, it’s the tone deafness of this government that’s making it worse.
— miss forson (@lydiaforson) August 30, 2022
Her post comes after the founder of the public policy think tank, Danquah Institute (DI), expressed optimism that government would lead the country out of the current economic crisis.
Gabby Otchere-Darko posted:
Yes, indeed, Ghana is in crisis. Most countries are in crisis now though levels differ. What matters most is how we come out of it. And, I remain an incurably stubborn optimist (based on knowledge) that Nana Akufo-Addo and his team will lead us to come out of this even stronger!
— Gabby Otchere-Darko (@GabbyDarko) August 30, 2022
Ghana engaged the IMF to help stabilise and revitalise the country’s economy. The Bank of Ghana has also raised the policy rate by 300 basis points to 22 per cent in a move meant to ease growing inflationary pressure and contain the heightened fall in the value of the cedi.
But Lydia Forson says Ghana’s crisis is “self-inflicting”, adding that, leaders ignore advice.
I’m an optimist NOT because I believe in this government, but because I need to believe that things will get better.
You should NOT compare the crises we’re in to others, because OURS was mostly self inflicted.
And you continue to ignore sound advice cuz of pride. https://t.co/FzRmKaI2lR
— miss forson (@lydiaforson) August 30, 2022
