{"id":448836,"date":"2017-12-21T02:21:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T02:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/ghanas-problem-is-leadership-nunoo-mensah-urges-youth-mentoring\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T02:21:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T02:21:39","slug":"ghanas-problem-is-leadership-nunoo-mensah-urges-youth-mentoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/ghanas-problem-is-leadership-nunoo-mensah-urges-youth-mentoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s problem is leadership \u2013 Nunoo-Mensah urges youth mentoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/30894964.295.jpg\" alt=\"ABCDE SPIO\" title=\"ABCDE SPIO\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>ABCDE holds maiden awards<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513822899_955_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former National Security Advisor, Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah says leadership at the \u201chighest place\u201d is to blame for Ghana\u2019s underdeveloped status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should have been long, long [developed], [and not be] behind Europe,\u201d he registered his disappointment with the country&#8217;s slow pace of development.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the African Business Centre for Developing Education (ABCDE) Awards ceremony held at the British Council Tuesday, he said the misfortunes of the past must not be repeated in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are lacking today is leadership at the highest place,\u201d he said, calling for the mentoring of the youth to avoid repeating the mistakes made by their parents.<\/p>\n<p>The ABCDE awards ceremony was held to recognize the contributions of some individuals and institutions towards youth education.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nunoo-Mensah said when Ghana attained its independence on March 6, 1957, Asian giant, Malaysia was nowhere near it, in terms of potentials and resources.<\/p>\n<p>But 60 years down the lane \u201cwe are still languishing in the wilderness,\u201d he said, adding the focus should be on the training of the youth to aim higher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have so much experience that I have to share with the youth. We should all share our experience with these young children [because] they need guidance and they need to be motivated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The ABCDE awards ceremony was held to recognize the contributions of some individuals and institutions towards youth education.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of ABCDE, Dr Ekwow-Spio Gabrah also implored corporate institutions to reach to the youth in the society.<\/p>\n<p><b>The award winners include;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Corporate Sponsors<\/p>\n<p>British Council Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Ecobank Ghana<\/p>\n<p>The Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC)<\/p>\n<p>Margins Group Company Limited<\/p>\n<p><b>Mentors<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mrs Petra Aba Asamoah<\/p>\n<p>Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah<\/p>\n<p>Dr Michael Agyekum Addo<\/p>\n<p>Unilever Ghana<\/p>\n<p><b>Hosting ABCDE Interns<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ms Kathleen G. Beegle \u2013 World Bank Ghana<\/p>\n<p><b>Club Patrons<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr Francis Opare Aniagyei \u2013 Accra Girls SHS<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tony Nii Ayertey \u2013 Achimota SHS<\/p>\n<p><b>Interns<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Baaba Sampson \u2013 World Bank Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert Martey \u2013 British Council Ghana<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-20 ABCDE holds maiden awards Former National Security Advisor, Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah says leadership at the \u201chighest place\u201d is to blame for Ghana\u2019s underdeveloped status. \u201cWe should have been long, long [developed], [and not be] behind Europe,\u201d he registered his disappointment with the country&#8217;s slow pace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":448837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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