Shettima Backs Institute’s Reforms, Warns Against Compromising Standards

Vice President Kashim Shettima has endorsed ongoing reforms astatine the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), informing that the standards of the Senior Executive Courses (SEC) indispensable not beryllium compromised successful the sanction of inclusivity.

Shettima, represented by his peculiar advisor connected Economic Affairs, Dr. Tope Fasua, spoke astatine a two-day stakeholders’ league with nominators of participants for the SEC and different partners, held astatine the State House Auditorium, Abuja.

He said portion calls for broader introduction requirements were valid, the integrity of the SEC depended connected attracting leaders astatine near-peak positions who could signifier argumentation and thrust organization transformation.

“Flexibility indispensable not beryllium confused with compromise. The SEC is designed for those astatine near-peak enactment levels — argumentation shapers, determination influencers, and organization drivers,” Shettima said.

The vice president besides addressed concerns astir indiscipline, wellness challenges of nominees, and the rising request for slots, stressing that subject remained “non-negotiable.”

He urged nominating bodies to guarantee that candidates were physically and mentally acceptable for the rigours of the course.

Shettima disclosed that authorities reforms to fortify NIPSS, including the reappraisal of its enabling instrumentality and unit conditions of service, were already underway.

He described the Institute arsenic “a beacon of intelligence excellence, argumentation innovation, and enactment development” that indispensable beryllium preserved and reinforced.

In his keynote address, Nigeria’s imperishable typical to the United Nations, Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, called for a reimagining of enactment grooming astatine the institute.

He urged NIPSS to reassess its program and methods, amended the coordination of survey tours, and support backing arsenic a nationalist work alternatively than trust heavy connected paid programmes.

Muhammad-Bande besides raised concerns implicit allegations of ghost-written projects by participants and suggested that officers astatine lawman manager level with astatine slightest 3 years near successful work should beryllium prioritised for nomination.

Earlier, the director-general of NIPSS, Professor Ayo Omotayo, stressed that the prime and alignment of nominees straight determined the interaction of the SEC.

He said the Institute was committed to reforms and innovation but required beardown partnerships with nominating institutions, government, and the backstage assemblage to present connected its mandate of grooming leaders for nationalist transformation.