President Akufo-Addo says he is not in any way averse to criticism.
Rather, he takes it in good faith since it helps make informed decisions.
He has therefore noted that persons who criticise him and his government only bring different perspectives to the decisions, actions and inactions of his administration which in the long run, has helped to shape the decisions of government.
This was when he addressed a delegation from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service (OHCS) who called on him at the Jubilee House Monday evening to introduce the newly elected Ghana President of the International Organisation Development Association (IODA), Professor Noble Kumawu, to the President.
As leader of the country, he said he sees himself as the main object of criticism which according to him, helps to reflect on his work as President.
“I am the main object of criticism in Ghana and it helps me because it brings different perspectives to me and it allows me to reflect on the work that I am doing”, was how he put it, whilst insisting that “nevertheless, criticisms are an important part of the enhancement of everyone job.”
Even though he admitted that “there are a lot of criticism about the Public Service, and the Civil Service in Ghana” the President said “I tend not to join in the criticism because I know the difficult work that you do and the difficult circumstances in which that work has to be carried out.”
He thus commended the country’s Civil and Public Service workers for the yeomans work they continue to do for mother Ghana.
On his part, Head of the OHCS, Nana Kwasi Agyekum Dwamena said it was a great privilege for the IODA to have selected a Ghanaian to be its global head.
This is a body that he said is on all the continents of the world. It currently active in 50 countries including the US, UK, Netherlands, Canada and a host of other countries and for that reason a plus to Ghana.
The new IODA leader, Professor Noble Kumawu expressed appreciation to the President for the priviledge to meet him and the delegation.
According to Professor Kumawu, the OD institute which is accredited and affiliated to the University of Cape Coast (UCC), started as a partnership in 2003 with UCC.
He indicated that the institute considers the selection of a Ghanaian to head the international association, as such a goodness that they certainly had to share with the first gentleman of the land.
IODA
IODA is an international network of organisation development (OD) professionals, consultants, practitioners, academics, students and social scientists.
They are a non-profit association with members from over 50 countries who are initiating and supporting organizational and societal change processes.
It is a community as well as a membership platform for OD professionals to connect, share and exchange ideas.
Using its rich, diverse network of OD practitioners, students and change agents, the IODA connects people globally.
They believe in creating the space for true wholeness – connecting across differences – through differentiation and celebrating unique traditions and divergent worldviews.
IODA is simultaneously global and local, drawing people out of their worlds to connect and inviting the world to settle in for a deep appreciation of what OD looks like on the ground in each location.
The body provides support to practitioners across cultures and national boundaries and encourages cross-fertilization of methods, theories and schools of thought as well as modelling OD values based on global ideologies and inclusive perspectives.
Source: dailyguidenetwork.com
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Good Mr President. Please one criticism is that your government is too big. Please cut it down to under 45. You can merge some of the ministries . And in so doing you will reduce the cost of governance . Please try on this one. It has taken too long Mr President .
Ghanaian s current president is the wisest president ever witness in the history of Ghana Thumbs up .
Hope what you are saying is coming from the bottom of your heart. If there is one individual Ghanaians had a lot of trust and confidence in prior to the 2016 elections it was Akuffo Addo.If Ghanaians don't like you there was no way you will 53%+ in an election, after all you were not the only person who contested. If it were about money/ resources Akuffo Addo couldn't have won the 2016 elections because no individual in Ghana is richer than the government. So if today you are the president it means the people like you. So when people begin to see certain things going wrong and they prompt you by way of criticism, accept it in good faith by asking yourself, is there sense in what people are saying, every one has conscience and nobody's conscience will deceive you. If you are doing the wrong thing your own conscience will tell you. When you see your own party people criticizing you, know that there is something wrong, they can't hate you. Just like no father will hate his children, in the same vain nobody will hate the leader of his or her party when the person has the opportunity to vote the way he or she wants or not vote at all. So listen to the concerns of your own people and address them for your own good. Remember the thousands of NPP supporters who had to wait for you late into the night when you were campaigning, if same people are not happy with you today it means you are doing something wrong. Everyone has 2 eyes so if 1000 people see something as black, they are using 2000 eyes to see that colour. Even though you are the president all you have is your 2 eyes so you can't see something as white when 2000 eyes see it as black, you can never be right. Just ponder over this. How will you feel like if you were to hand over power to John Mahama in January 2025. It will mean that Ghanaians are saying that John Mahama with all his negatives is still a better than you. Can you imagine that? Forget that you won't be contesting again, it's your legacy that will determine the victory or otherwise of the NPP in 2024 just as you rode on the policies, actions and inactions of president kufour to win power in 2016. At least majority of Ghanaians like you so when we make an observation please listen and act accordingly. It's in your interest not the people. To tell the people of Kwabre east they can vote for NDC, you don't care and that you are not the one who will hold their hands to vote was far far below the belt, kufour wouldn't have said that not even in the Volta region much more the NPP stronghold of Ashanti, what prevented you from telling them you have a special package for them and that they will hear good news during the sod cutting for the suame interchange, you now tell the roads minister to include road projects for kwabre east in his address, simple. An old politician of your calibre should know the game. Just take 80,000 votes kwabre east gave you from the total voter percentage you got and see what is left of your percentage. If you are a no ***barred word*** person, it shouldn't be directed at your mother in law. A word to the wise is enough.
Not insults like the NDC does! "Nana mo ne kasa'!