Ebi Bright challenges youth to turn service into innovation.

The Mayor of Tema, Hon. Ebi Bright, has called on national service personnel to rise above uncertainty and lead Ghana’s transformation, declaring that “you are not the leaders of tomorrow, you are the leaders of today, with responsibilities for tomorrow.”

Speaking at the National Service Week celebration, she shared her own journey from media and private industry into politics. “I wanted to serve 10 African parliaments, but instead God led me to become Mayor — the first female Mayor of Tema. Like you, I stood at a crossroads, uncertain of the path ahead,” she said.

The Mayor commended service personnel for their diverse contributions in classrooms, hospitals, courts, industries and local government. “For one year, you invested your youth, energy and talent in Ghana. That makes you patriots in action, not just in words,” she noted.

Hon. Bright, however, urged the youth to go beyond job seeking and embrace innovation. “That inefficiency you documented is not just a complaint, it’s a company waiting to be born. Ghana doesn’t need more job seekers. Ghana needs job creators,” she stressed.

On patriotism, she was forthright: “We wave flags during football matches, but curse our country on talk shows. You chose to serve. And that makes you different.”

She ended with a charge: “The future isn’t something that happens to you — it’s something you create. Your time is now. Go lead the change you want to see.”