Nigeria needs value-driven leaders with a conscious commitment at all levels to create a corporate culture that optimizes financial performance, ethical practice, social contribution and environmental impact for the growth and development of the country.
This assertion was made by the International Consultant, Global Intellectual Consult Ltd, Prof. Mike Ikupolati while speaking on the need for leaders at all levels and especially the political leaders in Nigeria to imbibe the culture of Value-driven Leadership, in Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital.
According to him, “No Nation can develop beyond the leadership capacity available in the Country”.
“Human capital is a key requirement for development in this era of globalization and knowledge drives economy. Leadership is not about yourself but about the people you lead. If your leadership does not have positive impact on the people you lead, then you are an irrelevant leader that is obsolete on the stage’.
Speaking on the forth coming elections in Nigeria, Prof. Ikupolati urged citizens to look at the abilities of a new leader using two basic mandates of leaders.
“Value-driven leaders must be able to deliver on their Constitutional duties such as, protection of lives and Properties of the people or citizens they lead, Installing and Maintaining the Rule of Law in the society, Defending the fundamental Human Rights of the people, Providing the basic and necessary infrastructures needed to guarantee the wellbeing of the people, Good roads, well equipped Hospitals, well-funded educational institutions, Agricultural tools and seeds, etc. and accountability and transparency in governance,” he said.
“Following the constitutional duties are the campaign promises made to the people, Party Ideology observed and respected, Decisions in the interest of the greater good of all and respect for people’s sovereignty.”
He noted that at this critical stage of our lives in Nigeria and the complexity of the current political landscape, it is important to understand the criteria for selecting good leaders.
“The commitment of a leader to performance cannot be overemphasized. Leaders must communicate their manifestoes or in organizations their goals and objectives to their followers, every leader should be able to correctly direct the implementation of their programs with the courage to keep moving in the face of opposition, criticism and hard times until the needed growth and development is delivered to the people”.
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