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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on Ghanaians to abandon rhetoric and focus on building a productive and sustainable economy driven by discipline, innovation and enterprise. Speaking as a public lecturer at the maiden Ghana Business Leaders’ Conclave organised by the Otumfuo Centre for Traditional Leadership in Accra, he said the next decade must be devoted to ethical leadership, industrial growth and value creation. The Asantehene who spoke on the theme, “Leading with integrity, negotiation, mediation and ethical governance for business sustainability” said enterprise, innovation and responsible leadership were keys to prosperity. “Trust was still key to nation-building,” he said, warning that the loss of faith in leaders had impacted politics, business, banking and education. He said honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage are important pillars for business success and asked leaders to practice humility and collaboration. He also urged the students to prize honesty, service and discipline more than money, power and titles gained without integrity.
