OBSERVER'S CORNER

themes Leadership many claim to be in-built or born with but i dispute that fact because leadership can be emulated and learnt by others and even perform better than so-called born leaders. being a leader is not an easy task because it entails a lot and patience and other characteristics must be exhibited to move for a smooth organisation. When power is given to people to lead an organisation they usually feel that the have been given the autonomy to do or act any how in their interest and not the interest of those that gave them them the mandate to. What many leaders forget is the fact that they are accountable to the people that gives them the mandate and should not work as autocratic. these are the same people that condemn others for being autocratic but when given the opportunity they fail totally. It happened that a class in a school started an organisation and they elected leaders and  these leaders also created departments within each position to help in the manning o...

themes when it comes to students' politics it entails a lot because that is where many will greet  and talk to you and humble themselves before the so-called low class or confused students just to earn trust and votes from them when the door is opened for students' election to positions. despite my single witness of tertiary elections and yet to experience a second i sometimes want to understand why such actions are taken deliberately or deliberately to win favour from  other students when all are aware that the presidency of most Students' Representative Council are sponsored by political parties in way of capturing their mandates in general elections and yet they do all of those actions even as far as shaking hands with others when in Ebola periods and other seasons where we have airborne diseases floating around. when you visit university campuses during students' election you see all kinds of banners portraying messages of aspirants but when given the opportun...