The Rwandan government together with the experts from Singapore has trained local leaders in leadership development training that have taken three weeks.
During the training, expert from Singapore Mr. Shahrill Aj emphasized that it is important leaders to be equipped with leadership.
“Leadership is a key to development so leaders should be equipped with leadership before leading others,” Mr. Shahrill Aj said.
During the closing ceremony the Minister of Local Government James Musoni reminded that trainees of unity in order to work towards one team a great nation.
“What you learnt from here should be put into practice because the country needs to develop as quickly as possible,” Musoni added.
”We are all here for one purpose and we are glad that now we will work out very well and we will fish the best fish to feed our people,” said Dr Aissa Kirabo Kacyira the Eastern Province Governor who spoke on behalf of the trainees.
“We are one team playing one game and aiming at winning,” Aime Bosenibamwe the Northern Province Governor told IGIHE.com.
During the training, the Singapore experts delivered examples from their small country that has acquired a big economy.
Local leaders were trained in leadership and management styles, stages of team development, key concepts of strategic and systems thinking, basic elements in resource management, budgetary reforms, learning and action planning.
The training was funded by the government through the National Decentralisation Implementation Secretariat (NDIS) in collaboration with development partners, namely the German International Cooperation and Swiss Cooperation.
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