Africa Africa Africa, oh great mother land, a region blessed with rich human and natural resource.

A study of the West African sub region, shows that we all do have common problems. Saw a police man take bribe from a cab guy just to use the road, heard people complain of systemic failure, government insensitivity to the citizens they govern, no constant electricity, street hawking and begging, massive unemployment, increased cases of crime and other vices, and on and on; the list is endless.
Could recall a young man from De Gambia who spoke so bitterly of the Gambian government, as he spoke I saw how pained he felt revealing facts of a nation that has been governed by just two President's since independent, the incumbent in office for 27yrs now. I took a deep breath and asked myself, what is wrong with our motherland, why are our Leaders power drunk! He went further to inform us that if this message gets to his excellency whose name is like a sentence, he will obviously not return back to De Gambia because he will be banished. A country of about 2m people, with only just one university and a single government owned TV station who's primary responsibility is to promote governments good will. A nation where freedom is denied. It was a breath taking moment for us from this sub region.

Similarly, brothers and sisters from Ivory coast, Serialone, Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria. All shared their own stories. We all saw and noticed a common problem amongst us.
Behold "LEADERSHIP' failure is our problem. No wonder President Obama saw the need to initiate a youth oriented programme here in Africa to train a new generation of young African leaders who would consciously take over leadership roles in the region suffering from leadership failure epidemic.
The reason am part of this pioneer set is simply because I want to be a pioneer change
Agent in my home country. So I encourage you guys to take these lectures seriously as this will help us be properly equipped for the task ahead.
God bless president Obama,
God bless West Africa,
God bless you, I mean you, emerging young African leaders.




Composed by
Irughe R. Iyobosa