The Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has mentioned that lots of Nigeria’s previous leaders, together with President Bola Tinubu, Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, and Olusegun Obasanjo, rose to energy by chance.
In response to Kukah, these leaders weren’t adequately ready for the calls for of governance, that are continually evolving.
He made these remarks on Sunday whereas delivering a keynote handle on the commissioning of the brand new Begin-Ceremony Faculty constructing and the 4th Amaka Ndoma-Egba Memorial Lecture in Abuja.
“If we have a look at Nigeria’s management journey, you can find that just about each chief who got here to energy did so by chance,” he mentioned.
This phenomenon, in keeping with Kukah, is obvious within the transition from one chief to a different.
He mentioned for example, President Tinubu, who claimed to be ready for the function, remains to be discovering his footing.
His phrases, “President Tinubu, regardless of claiming to be ready for the function, is clearly struggling. We’re nonetheless looking for our footing. He took over from Buhari, who had already disengaged from governance.
“Buhari succeeded Jonathan, a person who by no means envisioned himself as president however was thrust into management resulting from circumstances. Jonathan took over from Yar’Adua, who deliberate to return to educating after his governorship.
“Yar’Adua succeeded Obasanjo, who was unexpectedly launched from jail to turn out to be president. Earlier than that, Obasanjo changed Abacha, who was poised to rule indefinitely till nature intervened. Abacha adopted Shonekan, a enterprise govt abruptly drafted to steer the nation. The cycle is obvious, and the lacking hyperlink in all of that is data and preparation.”
Kukah argued that Nigeria’s democratic course of has repeatedly didn’t ship competent management, regardless of embracing democratic rules like “one man, one vote.” He emphasised that fashionable management requires a deep understanding of the evolving setting and challenges.
In the meantime, the Chairman of the Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, who additionally spoke on the occasion, known as for the necessity to domesticate management qualities early in life. He attributed lots of Nigeria’s challenges to failures in management and accountability.