What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get kids to schools, and have access to medicine and hospitals. Government may not directly provide these public goods and services, but government must be accountable for whether or not they are delivered to citizens.
More Quotes by Mo Ibrahim
There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.
For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programmes, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy.
The Nobel Prize is worth $1.5 million, but that's not the issue. Do the distinguished scientists who win the Nobel Prize need the money? Probably not. The honor is more important the money, and that's the case with the prize for African leadership as well.
Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.
I am not a politician. I am not in politics. I'm just a citizen.
I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.