“My father was killed at the Asaba/Onitsha bridge during the Nigeria/Biafra civil war in 1967 and the Nigerian military did not have the decency to inform my family.
“His death was treated with levity; even to get his entitlement from the military, my brother had to bribe his way through. Is this the kind of country you would want to die for?”
He described Nigeria as “a five-talent nation being perpetually led by one-talent leaders” and regretted that willing Nigerians who have good plans to develop the country were regularly frustrated by some privileged few.
“Nigeria’s problem is because culture influences how we choose leaders. Culture puts age before ability to choose leaders. This as not only wrong, but also outdated. Weak leadership is the single reason why Africa as a continent seems to be trapped.
“Europe would not survive if it was not for Africa. Most of the things they need to survive are in Africa," he said.
“A good leader does not need a four year term to make a difference. You can do that in a year,” he added.
He spoke at the recently concluded Excellence in Leadership Conference organized by Daystar Christian Centre, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos state.
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ReplyDelete“A good leader does not need a four year term to make a difference. You can do that in a year,”
THANK YOU SIR, WELL SAID;
FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, NIGERIANS MUST DELETE 'QUOTA SYSTEM' FROM THEIR LEXICON.
EFFECTIVE NATION BUILDING SHOULD BE DONE BY MERIT AND NOT BY TRIBE OR STATE OF ORIGIN.
NIGERIA WILL NEVER PROGRESS BECOS OF THE NEPOTISM FACTOR CALLED 'QUOTA SYSTEM', INSTEAD WE WILL CONTINUE GOING ROUND AND ROUND LIKE A SMALL BLIND RAT IN A BIG BOX