Senate Tourism Committee Chairman, Raji Rasaki, bags Harvard Kennedy Fellowship

The Chairman Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, Chief Fatima  Olufunke Raji Rasaki was one of the successful global students who passed the Harvard Kennedy Executive Education Training Programme held in Cambridge, MA, USA  and bagged a Certificate in Leaders in Development.

Senator Raji–Rasaki who joined other world’s executive students at acquiring knowledge under the mentorship and tutelage of the Centre for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School, has been conferred with a Fellow of the School having successfully passed the examination and participated actively at every session.

The 2018 set has the singular opportunity of being tutored by past presidents, faculty leaders and researchers who took those courses in leadership, followership perception, policy formulation, implementation and assessment.

The former President of Ecuador, Jamil Mahuad, one of the lecturers commended Senator Raji–Rasaki for her diligence and studiousness noting that ‘she has demonstrated a rare quest for education advancement  and comprehension of concepts.”

In a telephone chat with Tribune Tourism Magazine (TTM), Senator Raji Rasaki who gave glory to God almighty for opening the door for the study said “Coming to study at Harvard Kennedy is a great opportunity for me. It is another milestone in my life and a purely mental refurbishing adventure which has opened my intellectual horizon beyond the micro level of thinking and reasoning”.

She revealed “Harvard Kennedy Executive Education leverages you with intercontinental and global reservoirs of knowledge which is opened in a very conducive educational environment that stokes the vibrancy of your cognitive acumen”.

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Senator Raji Rasaki said “The lecturers here are world past leaders and seasoned global researchers who opened ones mental plate for one to understand what essence of leaderships, what it entails, the role of leaders viz–a viz followers and the need for a platform for leaders and followers to rub mind”.

She revealed “This study is invaluable. It is necessary for one to always engage in intellectual laundry of his mental plate. I am better off than before. The reasoning faculty has been richly laundered and sharpened. My vision and focus has been honed. It will be to the advantage of me, my state, the nation and my work at the Senate”

Senator Raji Rasaki said “The Centre for Public Leadership (CPL) engaged us in leadership development (LD) programmes that create opportunities for us to practise and apply leadership concepts learnt from the Harvard Kennedy School context in our different milieu and communities.

“The co-curricular programmes  which include activities designed to promote experiential leadership, peer-learning, deliberate and intentional self-reflection, and the cultivation of critical leadership competencies  will enable us  to lead and impact the communities where we  serve. It is a new deal”.