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Former president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has lamented the prevalence of enactment shortage successful the country, describing it arsenic the bane of nationalist development.
Jega spoke portion reviewing the publication tilted: “Transformative Leadership successful Practice,” authored by the director-general of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies(NILDS), Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman to people his 60th birthday.
The erstwhile INEC brag said the publication offers a compelling lawsuit survey of however purposeful enactment tin rebuild institutions, animate efficiency, and reconstruct nationalist confidence.
“This publication provides empirical grounds that transformative enactment is not theoretical — it works. Professor Suleiman’s enactment astatine the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) shows that erstwhile imaginativeness meets courage, adjacent a nationalist instauration tin germinate into a halfway of excellence.
“Under Professor Suleiman’s six-year tenure, NILDS accrued its unit spot by much than 60%, analyzed implicit 1,300 bills, conducted much than 700 grooming programmes for lawmakers and civilian nine actors, and completed its imperishable office — a task stalled for implicit a decade,” helium said.
The prof of governmental science
said specified achievements opposition sharply with the stagnation and inefficiency that specify galore nationalist institutions, adding that Nigeria’s betterment docket indispensable statesman with changing the mindset and morals of its leaders.
“We cannot proceed to lament the weakness of our institutions portion rewarding mediocrity and governmental patronage. Leadership indispensable beryllium guided by service, not self-interest,”
he added.
In his remarks, erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan, lauded the erstwhile curate of nationalist readying for being an organization builder whose enactment of the National Planning Commission brought professionalism and operation to nationalist argumentation coordination.
Represented by a erstwhile Attorney-General Muhammed Bello Adoke (SAN), Jonathan said
although the assignment of Suleiman came towards the extremity of his administration, helium brought reform, ratio and accountability — values Nigeria’s nationalist institutions urgently request today.
He said: “although his assignment was astatine the twilight of the administration, helium rapidly stamped his authorization connected the enactment of the National Planning Commission. His innovations and transformative enactment attributes were brought to carnivore connected the enactment of the NPC, transforming it into an businesslike nationalist institution.
“As the main planner, helium ensured my authorities received each the inputs required for informed determination making. This made my task arsenic President little arduous than it should ordinarily person been.”
For his part, Vice President Kashim Shettima said Suleiman has acceptable a modular of committedness to nurturing aboriginal leaders and organization transformation.
Represented by the Special Adviser to the President connected Job Creation and MSME, Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, Shettima said the celebrant’s marque of enactment shows however mentorship and imaginativeness tin fortify governance and nationalist development.
“His tenure arsenic Minister of National Planning and presently arsenic the Director-General of NILDS has been marked by excellence, foresight, and transformative leadership.
“Under his guidance, the instauration has evolved into a existent deliberation vessel bridging the spread betwixt policy, legislation, and governance,” Shettima said.
Also speaking, erstwhile Senate President Ahmad Lawan described
the NILDS manager wide arsenic “a reformer who turned ideas into action.”
“We created caller departments similar the Institute for Legislative Security Analysis and the Democracy Lab.His tenure redefined NILDS arsenic a hub of knowledge, professionalism, and innovation,” Lawan said.
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi hailed Suleiman for demonstrating that motivation enactment remains imaginable successful nationalist life, describing him arsenic “a antheral of simplicity, empathy, and subject — a prof successful enactment arsenic overmuch arsenic successful politics.”
In his ballot of thanks, Prof. Sulaiman expressed heavy gratitude to each who celebrated him, particularly the erstwhile and existent Presidents of the Senate, calling for enactment to his volition of governing Kwara state.
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