The Public Sector Management Programme at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is designed to give participants the rigorous academic and mental preparation needed for decision-making. Professor Yaw Agyeman Badu, Rector of GIMPA who made this known at a congregation at GIMPA in Accra at the weekend said the institute was passionate about the Masters Degree Programme it was running in Public Sector Management, because it formed part of the solution to Africa’s leadership problem. Those who graduated at the ceremony included people who availed themselves of the Public Sector Management Master’s Degree Programme, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) International Diploma, and other certificate courses. The Public Sector Master’s Programme had run for five years with funding from the African Capacity Building Foundation. Prof Badu said it was the first time students from CILT were participating in a formal graduation ceremony. He said the institute had trained a total of 179 public sector managers from Ghana, Nigeria, the Gambia, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The Rector charged the graduates to be good ambassadors of the institute wherever, they found themselves. “As individuals, each of you can make a difference wherever you are, but collectively you constitute a powerful force. I charge you to harness that mighty force to start the transformation of Africa’s public sector and private sector organisations.” Mr Cletus Kuzagbe, President of CILT-Ghana, told the Ghana News Agency that the Governing Council of the Ghana Section of the institute was grateful to the Management of GIMPA, its Consultancy Department and the CILT team, for their hard work in sustaining the educational programmes since 2004. He gave the assurance that CILT-Ghana would continue to support GIMPA to maintain the programmes. “We have a pool of professionals in our database whose knowledge and expertise are available to be tapped.” Mr Kuzagbe expressed the need for Ghana to develop her inland waterway system in order to move freight efficiently and timely. Source: GNA