Wednesday, 29th June, 2022

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DAILY ANALYST Wednesday, 29th June, 2022
Story: Prosper Kwaku
Selassy Agbitor
The Chief Executive
Officer, Aim Ghana
Foundation, Ms. Gladys
Biney, has joined the
Apostolic Church of
Ghana, Fanmilk area headed by
Pastor Daniel Quartey, Watch
Your Tongue Campaign, headed
by Inspector Daniel Kwesi Ofori,
and the Jesus Ark Foundation,
Chief Executive Officer, Madam
Eunice Godsent, to educate
communities, churches, and
parents on their role in child
management.
Speaking to the media,
Ms. Gladys Biney admonished
parents, churches, and
community leaders to consider
the future of the country and
Mr Justice Emile
Short, former
commissioner of
the Commission
for Human
Rights and Administrative
Justice (CHRAJ), has called on
leaders to stand up for their
values even in a corrupted
society.
He said though the
environment within which
they operated might be morally
corrupt, they would need to
stand up for their values to bring
about change in society.
This was at a book launch of
“Leadership in Africa, redefinedthe
untold stories,” authored
by Taaka Awori, founder of
Busara Africa, a Leadership
Development Consulting Firm,
based in Ghana.
He recounted when he was
appointed as the CHRAJ boss
just after Ghana had moved from
military rule to a democratic
one, he investigated alleged
corrupted ministers.
The former Commissioner
said though there were
challenging moments, he was
guided by the values of integrity
and contentment impacted by
his father.
Mr Short said he stood up for
values during animosity, adding
that it was possible for every
leader, be it in the corporate,
traditional religious or political
take a keen interest in the lives of
their children.
The call, according to her, will
secure a better future for their
children and the country as a
whole.
She entreated participants
at the one-day sensitisation
event last Saturday at the
Apostolic Church Ghana located
at Fan Milk junction, educating
parents in the church to take
their unrepentant role in child
management seriously to ensure
that children were given the best
training.
Ms. Biney, who was speaking
to journalists on the sidelines
of the event, maintained that
just as children were received
as blessings at birth, parents
owed it a responsibility to train
and manage them to remain
beneficial to society.
"It is obvious some parents do
not know how to train, guide, and
coach their children to become
what they must become and that
is why we have decided to assist
in this regard," she indicated.
Ms. Biney was worried
about the behaviour of children
in churches with very bad
morals which she said must be
changed with constant coaching,
teaching, and guidance.
She was hopeful that with
frequent education, many
children would turn a new leaf
and become useful to the country.
She revealed that most
Ghanaian children were very
knowledgeable, adding that it
was the duty of parents with kind
assistance from the church to
keep them on track.
She urged parents to take
interest in the affairs of children
and know what they were
engaged in at every point in time.
Ms. Biney revealed that an
attribute of a good parent was
praying for their children and
therefore, advised parents to do
so if they want to enjoy the fruits
of their labour.
She said good mothers reason
with their children and also
guide and direct them.
"No child is bad but what a
parent says is what imprints on
the children's mind,” she noted.
Emile Short urges leaders to stand up
for their values in a corrupt society
space, to change the narrative.
He said standing true to
what one believed would help
bring change in one’s time in a
morally corrupted environment.
Taaka Awori, the author,
said not all African leaders were
corrupted as projected.
The book, she said, illustrated
30 outstanding African leaders
and their stories and cautioned
against defining or telling only
negative stories about leaders on
the African continent.
She said there were many
positive exemplary leaders
whose stories were left untold,
some of which had been
captured in the book.
She urged the African
populace, especially those
aspiring for leadership positions,
to look for such leaders, “focus
on them and learn from them.”
Her motivation for authoring
the book was for several reasons,
including the absence of
leadership material relevant to
the African context.
Another reason was to guide
the next generation of leaders,
that is, making it easy for the
next generations when the
baton had been handed to them.
Professor Raymond A.
Atuguba, a law luminary,
reviewing the book, said the
book was good material for law
students and recommended its
addition to the students’ reading
Aim Ghana, Apostolic Church
Fan Milk, school parents on
child management
list.
He described the 250-paged
material as real, practical and
easy to read.
He was impressed about
the incisive and comfortable
questions the writer poses to her
readers in her conversation with
them.
The event also attracted
people from the academia,
corporate world, Civil Society
Organisations, opinion leaders,
among others such as Professor
Akilakpa Sawyerr.
She added that good parents
plan before having children
so that the children would not
become a burden.
She, therefore, called for
a concerted effort from all
stakeholders to ensure that
children behave well.
She bemoaned children's
involvement in vices, attributing
that to the renege of some
parents to control, guide, and
train them.
She was of the view that
children were best learners
of actions more than words,
therefore, urging parents to be
guided by what they do and say
in the presence of their children.
According to her, most of the
social vices being perpetrated in
the country were carried out by
Story: Freeman
Koryekpor Awlesu
A
founder member
of the Dance Africa
foundation, Mr. Ismael
Mawuli Sokpor, has
called on government
to support cultural troupes in the
country.
This, Mr. Sokpor believes, was
a step to boost tourism in the
country.
"We are calling on government
to support us so that we can put
Ghana on the international map,"
he appealed.
The group thrills its audience
in Ewe, Akan, Ga and other
Ghanaian local dialects.
A member of the foundation,
Mr. Emmanuel Bempong, added
his voice for governmental
support.
He said most of the centres
for national culture were not
functioning properly because of
adequate funding, and thus called
on the tourism ministry to help
now.
"The ministry of tourism
the youth, a sad situation which
she decried.
She said her outfit's move
was for the betterment of the
future of the country, adding, "If
the foundation of this country is
the children, then what level of
peace will the country experience
shortly as most of them are going
wayward?”
"We the big three: Aim
Ghana Foundation, Jesus
Ark Foundation and Watch
Your Tongue Foundation, are
poised to safeguard the future
of this country by laying a
solid foundation through the
children and that is why we
have embarked on this initiative
which will be replicated across
the country".
Dance Africa
Foundation calls
for govt support
should, as a matter of urgency,
collaborate with all cultural
troupes to help achieve a big
goal," he noted.
In spite of the many
challenges facing the industry, he
said the Dance Africa Foundation
keeps going.
While others have failed and
left the scene, their unique brand
of traditional music and dance
was the reason why they keep
soaring.
Dance Africa foundation,
cultural troupe with a class whose
exploits have taken them beyond
the shores of this country on
many occasions.
There had been several
pretenders on the music and
dance scene, but they have
endured such a difficult terrain
because of discipline and quality.
In 2017, the group took part
in some international music and
dance festivals. They won the
best traditional dance from Africa
and were also recognised with
certificates for the unique show
put up.
Wherever the group goes they
enjoy massive support.