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Who says we lack good leaders?

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Many Nigerians

would read-
ily concur

that we suffer
from lack of
visionary leadership. This is in
tune with the postulation of late
novelist, Chinua Achebe in his
famous writing entitled, ‘The
trouble with Nigeria.’ Aside from
the first republic when we had
visionary and dispassionate men
and women at the reins of affairs,
it appears successive republics
have not had a good share of
sound leader, hence it has been

difficult for us to grow at the ac-
celerated pace expected of us.

The truth is that we do not lack
capable men and women who

understand the dynamics of good
governance and are blessed with
the right charisma and visionary

acumen expected of 21st centu-
ry leaders. Though the records

clearly show that we have some
of the most outstanding human

resources that can be found an-
ywhere in the world, in practice,

these outstanding brains are not
allowed to function in their areas
of competence when it comes to
governance.

Our major challenge, there-
fore, seem to be our inability

to harness the skills and exper-
tise of these outstanding men

and women for the good of all.
Also, our growth appears to been
stalled, albeit intentionally, by

faulty constitutional arrange-
ments meant to relegate com-
petence to the background in

place of ethnicity, quota system
and other sectional flaws that
have made it impossible for us to

field our best eleven. It is no ex-
aggeration to say that in virtually

all sectors of the economy and
the public service, we have been

pushing aside excellence and en-
trenching mediocres in top lead-
ership positions. How then do

we hope to thrive when we fail to
provide the needed environment
for excellence to thrive.
No matter how you may view
him, the truth is that former
President Olusegun Obasanjo,
appreciated the importance of

having competent individuals
in public service. In this regard,
while in office, he opened wide
the gate of his administration to
welcome the services of some of
the very best brains within and
outside the country to help him
in the task of nation building.

We had women like Ngozi Iwea-
la, Oby Ezekwesili, Aruma Otte

to mention a few. The men were
also not left out; Prof Charles
Soludo, Akinwunmi Adesina,
Olusegun Aganga, etc. These are
men and women who, but for

political jobbers, have the nec-
essary finesses to transform the

country’s fortunes for better any
day.
There is also a governor from

one of the South West states

who is attracting unprecedent-
ed attention on the social media

circle for his impressive style of
governance these past 100 days.
Humble, urbane and dutiful, he

readily comes to mind as a fo-
cused leader who appreciates the

importance of sound education
and who is desirous to transform

the state under his care to a mod-
el in good governance. There are

many more like him in virtually
all sectors of our economy and
even in the academia. All we
need to do is to put aside political
colouration, bring them together

and tap from their wealth of ex-
periences. The question is, are we

ready to do the right thing?

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