Contemporary
issues in leadership form the basis of the third module of the ongoing service
management and leadership training for traditional authorities in Ghana.
Since
February this year, 30 chiefs and queens in Ashanti are being exposed to
innovative ideas in the discharge of routine duties in their respective communities.
They
are learning to better manage resources within their localities and to treat
their subjects like customers.
According
to Mamponghemaa, Nana Agyakoma Dufie II, the sessions have been beneficial in
broadening the horizon of the traditional leaders in the management of local
resources.
She
is hopeful the programme would help re-orient chiefs to regard the position of queens
as partners in community development.
“We’ve
realized there are so many roles we need to play but they are mere rhetoric as
being discussed here, they are not happening practically. We are hoping the
role of queen mothers would be better appreciated at end of the modules,
especially in areas of land administration”, stated Nana Agyakoma.
The
Queen mother is confident issues of land litigation would be minimized with the
active involvement of queens in land allocation.
She
therefore wants the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to prevail on chiefs to
partners their queens in advancing development in local communities.
The
service management and leadership programme is run by the Osei Tutu Centre for
Executive Education and Research (OTCEER) in Kumasi and funded by the China
Europe International Business School (CEIBS).
Head
of the Centre, Nana Otuo Acheampong, says the module on contemporary issues in
leadership is critical for the traditional authorities in developing people and
community skills.
Previous
modules focused on Service Management and Innovation as well as ICT and Land
Administration with the aim to enhance the role of traditional institutions in
the country’s socio-economic development. 
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