I AM MORE THAN A CHEVENING SCHOLAR

I AM MORE THAN A CHEVENING SCHOLAR

My name is Francis Nniah Kofi Ngoromah                            

My track records show I have a great leadership potential

The Commonwealth and Foreign Office once recognised my potential and invested in me. That recognition paved way for me to stay and study in one of the best universities in the UK. And I graduated, obtained a Master Degree, became a Chevening Alumni and returned home.

But having a Master Degree does not necessarily make me a real leader. Because leadership is neither in academic qualifications nor in positional or functional titles. Being a Chevening Scholar or a Chevening Alumni does not make me a real leader either. Because it may be a mere prestige and a mere self-actualization clinging tantrum.

I am more than a Chevening scholar; I am a potential real leader

I must arise and shine because I am now a certified Chevening scholar

I must rise to the demands of a Chevening Alumni and shine brighter and brighter

My community, nation and the globe are waiting for my total manifestation

I must begin to manifest in my ghetto, locality and spread globally like a rushing stream

I must from today examine my commitment to the Chevening Alumni Association

I must evaluate my membership or leadership and rise to the challenges of the Association.

Stand up and be counted my fellow Scholars

Why are you so silent and sitting on the fence?

Yes, the vision is for an appointed time but we must work it out daily

We must work it out while it is day because the night is dawning and dawning

What pace are we setting? What legacy are we leaving for future scholars?

Can we bear the guilt and shame if we fail to lay the pioneering foundations?

How’ll we answer if future scholars tearfully demand explanation for side-lining the vision? We are destined to step out and manifest our leadership potentials; no more hiding!

Richard Obeng Mensah, author of If You Think of Your Opposition You Lose Your Position             Blog: www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com   

Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com.

WEEKLY WISDOM SERIES 23

WEEKLY WISDOM SERIES 23

   A YEAR JOURNEY INTO WISDOM PATHS

“Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do! And whatever else you do, get good judgment (understanding)” – Proverbs 4:7 (NLT).

*WEEK 23:

Sin ultimately has no benefit.

Real power is next to holiness.

Understanding facilitates obedience or accomplishment.

Life and peace are preserves of people who are mindful of the Holy Spirit.

It takes courage, divine power and self-control to optimize a person’s talents and gifts.

Persons who give themselves to inequity and wickedness will eventually be held by cords of sin.

God’s thoughts and ways are among the key factors that distinguish Him from human beings.

Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Daily Wisdom                                                                

Blog: www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com                                                                 

 Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com

HOW ARE THE MIGHTY IN GHANA FARING?

HOW ARE THE MIGHTY IN GHANA FARING?

Ghana is blessed not only with natural resources but also with mighty personalities.

Mother Ghana can today boast of having several mighty sons and daughters.

Her mighty sons and daughters are strong leaders in their various fields of endeavour.

Namely the clergy, erudite judges, astute politicians, brilliants academics and splendid royals.

But how are the mighty sons and daughters of Mother Ghana faring?

How on earth should some of our judges trade their wisdom and nobility for goats and bread.

Our clergymen and spiritual leaders, when did the Great Commission become Money Commission? Your salt and light is absent in our market centres, offices and homes.

You political leaders, how can you fight the menace of corruption in Ghana if you are still kissing kickbacks and using your political positions to promote your personal and partisan interests?

Why are our police officers become tax collectors on our highways?

When did Ghana Police Service become Ghana Revenue Authority?

Are taking monies for police bails and collecting road tolls part of civilized policing?

Some of our traditional leaders are trading their crowns and thrones for whiskey and pito.

Chief-who-is-who, why have you become a galamseyer, a shadow politician, and complicit in multiple sales of land and senseless conflicts?

Our brilliant academics, it is high time you stopped making noise about your qualifications.

Let your high academic portfolios purify the ills our ailing Ghana.

Why are you turning our educational institutions into political playgrounds?

Motherland Ghana is wailing.

Her mighty children are faring and failing badly in all fields of endeavour.

Badly in hypocrisy, corruption, nepotism, greed, injustice, oppression and wickedness!

Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Persecutions are Promotions                                              

Blog: www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com                                                                  

Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com.

WEEKLY WISDOM SERIES 22

WEEKLY WISDOM SERIES 22

   A YEAR JOURNEY INTO WISDOM PATHS

“Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do! And whatever else you do, get good judgment (understanding)” – Proverbs 4:7 (NLT).

*WEEK 22:

Childish thoughts denote lack of understanding.

Wisdom with understanding guarantees establishment.

Your level of maturity determines your level of understanding.

God is pleased with people who yearn for an understanding heart.

A heart of understanding is the most precious desire or asset of any great mind.

Real heart of understanding is not earned by growth nor effort; it is a gift from God.

A heart of understanding is central to discerning between right and wrong, and judging right.

Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Daily Wisdom                                                                

Blog: www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com                                                                  

Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com

WEEKLY WISDOM SERIES 21

WEEKLY WISDOM SERIES 21

   A YEAR JOURNEY INTO WISDOM PATHS

“Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do! And whatever else you do, get good judgment (understanding)” – Proverbs 4:7 (NLT).

*WEEK 21:

Foolish thoughts in themselves are sinful.

Lazy people are usually devoid of understanding.

Foolish acts exemplify attitudes that lack wisdom.

Observation of nature and attitudes of people breed instruction and wisdom.

Wise people keep reasonable distance from double-minded and unstable people.

Evil persons are usually known by their mischievous lips and their destructive acts.

One of the secrets to rendering wise judgment is to avoid focusing on the persons of the parties.

Knowledge, wisdom and understanding are the primary raw materials a person needs to attain any feat.

Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Daily Wisdom                                                            

Blog: www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com                                                                         

Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com

WEEKLY WISDOM SERIES 20

WEEKLY WISDOM SERIES 20

   A YEAR JOURNEY INTO WISDOM PATHS

“Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do! And whatever else you do, get good judgment (understanding)” – Proverbs 4:7 (NLT).

*WEEK 20:

Riches with sorrow is not better than poverty.

Sin breeds thievery, destruction, shame and deaths.

The consequences of sin can neither be buried nor shelved.

Riches without honour and generosity has not real significance.

Poverty breeds from failure to discover, develop and harness one’s potentials.

It is better to shun evil than to allow it to teach you a needless and painful lesson.

An ingrate focuses on the eagle that person lacks and fails to value the bird in her hands.

Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Daily Wisdom                                                                         
Blog: www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com                                                                          
Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com

WEEKLY WISDOM SERIES 19

WEEKLY WISDOM SERIES 19

   A YEAR JOURNEY INTO WISDOM PATHS

“Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do! And whatever else you do, get good judgment (understanding)” – Proverbs 4:7 (NLT).

*WEEK 19:

A waster is not better than a lazy idiot.

Living an average life is wasting one’s great potentials.

Worrying about one’s needs denotes no or little faith in God.

No condition in life is permanent because life on earth is transient.

The best way to overcome your enemy is to attack the source of that enemy’s power.

People who fail to discover their purpose in life live an experimented life which always ends in regret.

Failing or refusing to live for God and His cause leads to a wasted life no matter the heights one attains.

                                     Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Daily Wisdom                                                                  Blog: www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com                                    Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com