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Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has said the whole world is currently facing a leadership crisis not just Ghana as a country.
The Gentle Giant as President Kufuor is affectionately known made these remarks at the Joint induction and Graduation Ceremony of his flagship Kufuor Scholars Program where he mentors young leaders.
Touching on event, the former president said the world was facing a crisis and to come out of such crisis will “depend on sound leadership”.
“The world today I believe is caught in leadership crises…I’m not talking just of Ghana,” he said.
He explained that some of the nature of the global crises threatens the entire planet with many people feeling broken and hopeless.
“Look at the so-called developed world; they are in a serious leadership crisis which even might threaten the very survival of our planet…The reality, the truth is that all over, people are broken and searching for a way out of the crisis humanity finds itself in and “to break out of that will depend on sound leadership,” he noted.
About Kufour Scholars Program
The Kufuor Scholars Program (KSP) is an initiative under the John A. Kufuor Foundation, an independent, non-partisan development oriented institution. The program provides a specialized three (3) year transformational leadership preparation for the African youth. The program targets Level 100 students in Ghanaian universities. The KSP seeks to add value to the formal education and is expected to produce leaders imbued with a strong sense of patriotism; leaders who are innovative, problem solvers, creative thinkers and knowledgeable in their respective fields of endeavour.
Eligibility
According to the program website, to be eligible for consideration, the potential Kufuor Scholar must:
• Be of Ghanaian nationality.
• Enrolled in level 100 at a Ghanaian university in any academic discipline. Students who are in second year (level 200) and beyond are not eligible
• Have demonstrable leadership interest and experience (e.g. in school, community or at the national level).
• Focus on ability to lead, commitment to service and integrity.
• Demonstrate non-toxic nationalistic orientation and capacity to promote political and religious tolerance, human rights and ethnic co-existence for national development
• Not be more than 23 years of age at the time of application
