{"id":37389,"date":"2018-04-28T15:12:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T15:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-urges-heads-of-states-on-accountable\/"},"modified":"2018-04-30T18:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T18:37:52","slug":"kagame-urges-heads-of-states-on-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-urges-heads-of-states-on-accountable\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame urges Heads of States on accountable governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kagame was speaking yesterday while attending the opening ceremony of a three day Ibrahim Governance Weekend meeting which is taking place in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>At the event that took place in Kigali Convention Centre, Mo Ibrahim Foundation awarded Former Liberia\u2019s President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for her outstanding leadership during her two terms in office.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame congratulated Sirleaf for being selected as the 2017 Ibrahim Prize Laurette.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of State said that all leaders share the conviction that accountable governance and service delivery are the core responsibilities of government. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight is about underscoring that shared commitment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to congratulate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for her selection as the 2017 Ibrahim Prize Laureate. The committee\u2019s choice recognises her achievements in leading Liberia through a particularly consequential period of its history,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame saluted former President Sirleaf and said they wish the people of Liberia all the best in the years ahead as they build on the good foundation laid during Sirleaf\u2019s tenure in office.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame said that Leadership is both a privilege and a duty, adding that it is best measured in terms of concrete results that citizens can feel in their everyday lives as well as in the level of trust that they have in public institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring our time in office, we must work as hard as we can to do the right things for our people\u2019s future no matter how difficult,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the focus of the Ibrahim Forum taking place this Saturday on public service in Africa and the civic contract, is entirely on target.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where our energies should be directed and I am very much looking forward to participating in the discussions, together with many of you,\u201d Kagame said.<\/p>\n<p>The Mo Ibrahim Foundation was started by African billionaire Mo Ibrahim in 2006 with a focus on the critical importance of leadership and governance in Africa.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24996 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b9576-fe05d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24995 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-738-a992e.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24998 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b0164-4-169c6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24997 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b0229-2-df93d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame has said that Heads of States must work as hard as they can for their people\u2019s future regardless of the difficult situations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37389"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37389"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}