17/02/2024
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia(𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭) 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐬, '𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭?
Remember when Chelsea FC won the Champions League for the first time? Chelsea had to sack the main coach, Andre Villas-Boas, and make his assistant the new main coach. Remember, Di Matteo was part of the technical team. If the management of Chelsea had not sacked the main coach, we would have all judged Di Matteo based on the performance of his boss.
Just the change of manager helped; now Di Matteo was making his own decisions, decisions that were rejected and overruled by his previous boss. The issue is that you're not the final decision-maker when you are an assistant. You can have all the brilliant ideas, but when they do not align with your boss's vision, he will refuse you. Especially when we vote before decisions are taken, it doesn't matter how good your decisions are. Some people will still vote against you based on their relationship with you or what they stand to benefit from. This is Ghana. Some people will always choose their relationship over your ideas. These are facts.
There's an African proverb that states, "An army of sheep led by a lion will defeat an army of lions led by a sheep." The leader is always the main target.
I trust a leader with a vision.
It is possible.
