Aside from IBB's desperate attempt to convince Nigerians that he is now "a changed man", (I really do hope he has) I often find it interesting when I notice how quickly Nigerians rush to appoint "Professors" to leadership positions within the government. Where did Nigerians learn that professors make good leaders? Please don't get me wrong, professors are highly educated and knowledgeable people and some can make good leaders but from my experience, Nigerians often rush to these academicians for positions that require experience in people management, people development, experience working on team-based matrix organizations, experience in budget management, etc and when they fail as many do, we complain. This reminds me of discussions I had in college with some fellow Africans who believed that to be a good politician, one has to major in "Political Science." Somehow I found that belief to be inconsistent with what I then was observing among the makeup of the US legislature and other arms of the government and today, I find more reasons to believe that they were wrong. I also can see why many of our political personnel fail as "leaders" for they do not understand the law they are asked to interpret nor do they have any appreciable experience in any of the elements of leadership prior to their appointment or election (?election).Just wondering what Nigerian (and other African leaders) really learn from their interactions with other world leaders? (and I mean leaders of democratic countries) What do they learn from reading about successful leaders/governments? Do they even read about what make these governments/leaders successful? Or do they just say as many Nigerians say: "God endowed and blessed these governments/leaders and so let us pray so that God will also bless us? Or, "let us pray so that someday, God will send this 'born leader' who will deliver his people?"Joe.From: peter opara <ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com>
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We await Odid's great kick off for the master thief. All eyes and ears we are.
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Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 11:40 PMAbsolute rubbish- let us see how IBB's newly appointed minister of internet mis information and international sophistry will perform. And this is a man yet to win his parties primaries what and who will he appoint should he win PDP's primaries. IBB is spending his loot no doubtMSent from my BlackBerry smartphone from Virgin MediaFrom: Mobolaji ALUKO <alukome@gmail.com>Sender: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.comDate: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:35:43 -0400ReplyTo: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.comCc: <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>; <NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com>; <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>; <bunmifm@gmail.com>; <naijaintellects@googlegroups.com>; <ekitipanupo@yahoogroups.com>; <naijaelections@yahoogroups.com>; <stevek941@yahoo.com>; <mkghs@aol.com>; OmoOdua<OmoOdua@yahoogroups.com>Subject: [NaijaObserver] 2011: IBB Appoints Professor Odidi Director in Diaspora2011: IBB Appoints Professor Odidi Director in Diaspora
The Babangida 2011 Presidential Campaign Organisation has approved the appointment of Professor Isa Odidi as the director in charge of Nigerians in the Diaspora. By this appointment, he will preside over the affairs of Nigerians in the diaspora for the Babangida campaign project.
He is also expected to coordinate, mobilise, interact, and network with all Nigerians in the diaspora to enrich the campaign of General Ibrahim Babangida for the 2011 presidential election. As part of a deliberate policy to reach out to Nigerians in the diaspora, the appointment of Professor Isa Odidi becomes appropriate to, amongst other things, help drive the desire, intention and policy agenda of General Babangida to explore the potentials of Nigerians in the diaspora, with a view to making them part of the overall objective of the campaign.
Professor Odidi comes to this job with an impressive record of achievements, both within and outside the country. A former lecturer in the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Professor Isa Odidi participated in the political reform conference of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo's far-reaching decisions were taken to form a road map for political leadership of the country. A seasoned academic, Professor Odidi has contributed several articles and scientific papers in several journals and publications worldwide. He was the initiator of the New Democrats, one of the 64 registered political parties in Nigeria. He is married and blessed with children and is resident in Canada.
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re: [NaijaObserver] 2011: IBB Appoints Professor Odidi Director in Diaspora
I don't think that IBB believes that professors automatically possess leadership skills. What he thinks he needs from professors IS NOT leadership skills but rented and transferred credibility. Nigerians are likely to think that a professor would approach anything, including politics, with deserved thoughtfulness and present the outcome of his thinking with uninhibited integrity. Accordingly the politician who hired the professor can always say that his own utterances and designs have been informed by sober professorial analysis. Of course we know that he who pays the piper calls the tune.
Adeniran Adeboye
On Sep 25, 2010, at 11:12 PM, Joseph Onuorah wrote:
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