Emerging report indicates that a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, seems to wish President Muhammadu Buhari had not been elected in 2015, over former President Goodluck Jonathan, as he has described the Federal Government under the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as “clueless and visionless”.
Prof. Jega spoke in Lagos, during the first Memorial Lecture in honour of the first Civilian Governor of Lagos State, late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, organised by the Federal Social Democrats, FSD, with the theme: “Selfless Leadership and Good Governance: Jakande as an exemplar”.
Prof. Jega who joined the Lecture virtually, said that the absence of visionary Leaders presently in the country, has stunted the development of Nigeria.
His exact words: “We must first and foremost acknowledge that Nigeria has been afflicted by the misfortune of having characters in governance who are neither selfless nor visionary, who are rather greedy whether for power or money who are essentially clueless about matters of governance, and reckless in the way they handle governmental affairs and consolidators of bad democratic governance.
“One of the major challenges of good democratic governance in Nigeria, is that of having selfless, patriotic, inclusive and effective Leadership, in order to drive Nigeria national affairs and the development of the political economy towards the goal of democratic governance. Getting things right would require selfless and visionary Leadership.”
“He (Jakande) was a Leader with great foresight, he was impactful. One can say he touched lives and indeed one can say he was focused in implementing policies, his legacies and his memory lives forever.”
