Stakeholders have advocated solutions to many challenges confronting the country . Speaking at the tenth Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series the various speakers were of the view that playing politics to promote good governance, political education, visibility of non-partisan actors, formalisation of leadership training and re-ordering of Nigerian constitution would help solve some of Nigeria’s problems.
Government House Correspondent, Ejike Abana reports that the event held at Professor Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Center, Awka, had Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano in attendance as the chief host.
The event had ‘Leadership and Good Governance In Nigeria’ as its theme.
Declaring the event open, Governor Obiano said his administration has made efforts to carry the lamp of excellence for which Chief Emeka Anyaoka represents in the international stage with dignity and honour.
Governor Obiano assured to continue exploring innovative and effective ways of touching lives and changing the landscape of the state with good governance , adding that his administration have rolled out policies, programmes and projects that have become monuments to his vision and mission in government.
He expressed satisfaction that in his final year in office, his administration can hold its head up high and proudly look at how far it has come.
In a Keynote address, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank Professor Kingsley Moghalu who spoke on the topic, ‘Leadership and the challenge of development in Nigeria”, identified leadership as the bane of good governance, stating that leadership creates the destinies of nations, without which good governance is far fetched.
Professor Moghalu who defined true leadership as the ability to influence, inspire and mobilize people for action and manage risks, stressed that effective governance requires transparency, accountability, rule of law, inclusion and participation, which according to him help to check corruption.
Earlier, former Governor of Cross River state and Chairman on the occasion, Mr. Donald Duke stated that Nigeria’s problem is that of inadequacy which has led people into using what they have to get what they want, adding that people who have passion for leadership should be motivated in the process.
He opined that everyone has a role to play in electing the right people to lead them which he said was why the lecture is imperative.
Also speaking, a lawmaker Senator Ben Murray Bruce commended Governor Obiano for good governance in the state.
Responding, the former Secretary General of Commonwealth Chief Anyaoku expressed depression about developments in the country in terms of high level of insecurity, declining sense of unity, unemployment, poverty and impoverishment, proffering restructuring of the country as the only way forward.
He thanked the governor for hosting the lecture in his final year in office ,stressing that the state is fortunate to have him.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku is the third Commonwealth Secretary General, elected by Heads of Government at their meeting in Kuala Lumpur in 1989. He served for two terms of five years.
The Annual lecture series was instituted as a way to honour the icon, in celebration of his achievements and all he stands for.
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