Cameroon Government needs to update its Leadership and Security Principles, says Dr. Richard Tanto

Dr. Richard Tanto, International Peace Consultant and Director of Ecumenical Service for Peace Yaounde, says the government of Cameroon needs to update itself with new principles in Leadership and security.

According to the Peace Engineer, most leaders of Cameroon who think that leadership is measured by command rather than by service are still lagging behind.

“Gone are those days when leadership was measured by the command leaders had on those they led; leadership has undergone a paradigm shift and good leadership is nowadays measured by how well leaders serve their people rather than how well they command their people. In the current Anglophone crisis, the government needs to see the problems posed by activists as an existing vacuum that needs to be filled rather than always reacting to situations without proper analysis to the causes ” says the Peace Guru.

On the other hand, many African governments sometimes define their security only by the size of their forces of law and order. According to Dr. Richard Tanto, they are leaving a very important aspect out.

“There is a marked shift from security which depends on the forces of law and order and security which depends on providing people’s basic needs and ensuring their human rights. The Cameroon government should lay emphasis on meeting the needs of the governed and not repressing them” says Dr. Richard.