I have followed with particular interest the trend in Nigeria. It’s particularly interesting that a country with so much worth in terms of content could be rated as being so worthless. It’s not such a hopeless case, however, it only shows that we have not done so much in terms of co-coordinating all of our resources (human beings, natural resources, time & money) to meet a specific target or project a specific brand for the betterment of our country and citizenry. The end result is a country having treasures but perceived as being impoverished; having a dynamic, talented and explosive citizenry that are seen by the international community as poor, unintelligent and uneducated. It’s very simple: We have a lot but we have not been intentional in using what we have to move ourselves forward.
Now’s the time to be intentional in creating a change. The country will get better with better leadership, but there is the issue of the kind of citizens that make up the country. If we have 140.8 million developed persons in our country, what we have is a country that can be called developed.
Have we thought about how we can have the entire citizenry of this country developed? I believe a developed citizenry consists of individuals who have developed their raw giftings and talents into major strengths and core competencies. The best way to start is to start with yourself; grow whatever it is that you have. Let us not focus on getting a bigger slice of the cake, let us focus on creating a bigger pie for our nation. Let us have something big contributed by all citizens of this country, something that constitutes our brand, something that attracts the right kind of perceptions from the international community. Key message for this 51st anniversary: Transform your gift & talent to a Core Competence. A Core Competence is a major strength – something you do so well that no other person can copy.
Before we start looking at driving a major Leadership Nuclear Reaction, let us ensure that we have a citizenry that is properly developed. What will the leaders coordinate if the citizenry are not the kind that can be coordinated? What if we have wonderful leaders with premium visions, but the followers have nothing they can contribute to making the country wonderful? If we succeed in rebranding the leadership of the country but the content called the citizens remain under developed, we have a failed rebranding attempt because the brand will fail. The most important component of a brand is not the logo or visual effects but the performance of the brand. If your laptop comes in an attractive packaging but cannot accommodate software that processes simple text documents, the brand of that laptop fails. So, what we should be looking at is the performance of the citizenry of our dear country; our performance will increase with increased development, and the best focus for our development are our strengths, talents, and giftings.
Let’s take steps towards our targets. Last independence day, I took one major step: The launching of the Legacy Leadership Syndicate focusing on the Leadership Development of the citizenry. This independence, I’m launching a weekly address series to serve as continuous inspiration for the student body of landmark University and the members of the Legacy Leadership Syndicate. In these seemingly little steps, I’m moving towards the change we’ve been dreaming off; let’s do same.
Leaders, we will BLOW this country positively and SHAKE it terrifically, but the best approach is an emphasis on the development of the citizenry; start with yourself and encourage everyone around you to do so, build an army of empowered and developed persons, and Nigeria will have no other option but CHANGE.
Long Live Nigeria,
long live mum,
happy birthday Nigeria,
happy birthday mum,
Nigeria is 51
mummy is 51
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