Leadership experts praise Akufo-Addo’s handling of coronavirus crisis in Ghana
President Nana Akufo-Addo’s management of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana has received rave commendations from notable experts in leadership in Ghana.
Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah, Dr Kobby Mensah and Dr Etse Sikanku were unanimous in their approvals of how the government has handled the crisis since the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Ghana in the latter part of March this year
The commendations by the experts come despite contrary views from a section of the public, particularly from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), that some the decisions by the President have been poor.According to Prof Agyeman-Duah, who is a former UN Senior Governance Advisor, after closely monitoring the President’s management of the crisis, he is convinced the President checks all the boxes for a bold and courageous leader – the type societies need in a time of crisis.
“When he began, when he made this first speech, he did define for us the crisis; and it is important for every leader to be very clear in his or her mind when dealing with a case such as this. Your messages should not be mixed up, it should be clear.
“He was among the first leaders to take a bold step to confront the situation…” he said Tuesday on Joy News’ current affairs programme, PM Express.Political marketing expert at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr Kobby Mensah, also gave a favourable verdict on government’s handling of the crisis, noting that the right measures have been taken at the right time.
“We have seen a decisive, swift action from the President. Obviously, there is a unanimous understanding that the measures that he took were the right ones; were the bold ones,” he said on the late evening programme.
He also noted that although there have been some criticisms about the appropriateness of some of the decisions, “majority of Ghanaians actually believe that it was the needed action that we had to take.”
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