How Many of His Kind Are We Raising?
There are people we remember today. There are leaders we cannot forget. And there are followers who merit our honour. Today, we celebrate Kwame Nkrumah for his visionary and great leadership skills. We celebrate him for his towering legacies and his commitment to Afrika's liberation struggle. We remember his beautiful idea of a United States of Afrika and his penchant for UNITY. We also remember his faint flaws as a leader. And we recollect how we collectively let him down. But permit me to ask: How Many of His Kind Are We Investing in and Raising? How many of the Kwame Nkrumah's are we willing to support to lead? Permit me to ask how many great leaders are we encouraging or discouraging daily? Permit me to tickle our thoughts on how many of these ordinary or extraordinary people do we keep betraying and stifling every now and then? Perhaps it's fair to also ask how many of these visionary leaders are we willing to support to serve us? How many of these