BY LORETTA B MANELE
Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Vice Chancellor, Dr Transform Aqorau said we are guided by our motto “to lead is to serve”; a founding principle Solomon Islands conceived at independence.
He made the statement earlier this month whilst delivering his “New Academic Year Opening Adress” at SINU’s Panatina Campus.
Aqorau said the motto reminds us that leadership is not about power or prestige, but responsibility and sacredness.
“A leader’s greatness lies in their willingness to serve others.
“As a country, if we hold on to servant leadership in government, in communities and yes, in the university, we will foster trust and unity,” he said.
Aqorau said the motto “to lead is to serve” is to challenge those who are in positions of authority.
He then posed the question.
“Are we here to lift our people up or to lift up ourselves?”, noting that he poses the question to every leader in Solomon Islands today, whether political, civic or educational.
The Vice Chancellor then asked of how true we are to the idea that leading means serving our people’s highest good.
“Let us be committed to that ideal, especially in this era when cynical power struggles in the wider world, threatening to erode the standards of public life,” he said.
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