Tinubu Advocates For Visionary Leaders For Nigeria

The Nation Leader of the All Progressive Congress APC Bola Tinubu has emphasized the need for visionary leaders for Nigeria.

Tinubu noted that Nigeria needed a leader who would be able to make sacrifice having in mind the future of country.

He stated this at the The Niche Annual Lecture in Lagos.

Tinubu who was represented by former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Dele Alake spoke on the theme; “Business and Accountable Governance; Obligation of Leadership.”

He noted that people need to understand that leadership must be visionary to achieve the goal of nation-building. Adding that, a knowledgeable leadership would discharge its functions accordingly.

Tinubu said “The leadership must be visionary, it must be knowledgeable and must have the courage to do what is right. A leader must come into the office, not just for the conceptualizing and formulating policies for immediate needs.

“A leader must plan for the future generation and that is where visionary attribute is important. If you are a knowledgeable leader, you will attract elites and will have broader horizons.

“When you have a broad engagement on policies and issues, you will arrive at logical deduction and conclusion. You must have the will to carry it through, more often than not when you are given good policies and lack the will, you will falter along the line.”

Tinubu however lamented that Nigeria has not been lucky to have visionary leaders. Adding that, expect the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo who had encapsulating attributes of a visionary leader.

He said “In 1959 Awolowo brought the television technology to Ibadan. It was present at Ibadan before France, Belgium and other countries. There was liberty stadium and many other first that Awolowo brought to Nigeria. South Africa that we are talking about today has its television in 1972.

You have the first sky scrapper in African in Nigeria; the country would have gone far if the process was not distorted along the line. Incidentally, Nigerians are making waves in another part of the global. We must create the environment by taking our future in our own hands.”