A former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade, said in Abuja on Thursday that the Federal Government’s proposal to expand the Abuja Airport road to 10 lanes was out of place, saying that the neglected Ore-Benin road was more important and would take the country to Vision 2020.
According to Kolade, who spoke during the Abuja Zonal dinner/alumni session of the Lagos Business School, “What do you want to carry on the 10-lane Abuja Airport road? There is the Ore-Benin road, we don’t touch it. That is the road that will take us to Vision 2020. The expanded road will only enable you zoom into town and you crawl as soon as you get into town”
The foremost industrialist, who delivered a lecture titled, “Building Lasting Institutions,” said results in any endeavour could only be achieved when the mission and vision of an entity were effectively implemented, adding that vision and mission statements indicated purpose, intent and ambition.
He also regretted the fact that most Nigerians including the leaders had allowed the figure 20 in the Vision to keep deceiving them, saying they had forgotten that the date was just 10 years from now. He said the people should be properly carried along as the programme would not be successful except the people were fully involved.
He said, “It is the people that will move this economy to where it is going but many people don’t know why the 2020 was chosen. It cannot happen unless we are all pushing for the vision.”
He also said that one factor that dragged organisations backward was their inability to find, recruit, develop and retain talented and committed employees.
According to him, “Failure of leadership is one of the problems in Nigeria. We have not been able to find, recruit talented people in leadership positions. The organization should be supportive and have the culture to make people perform.”
Speaking earlier, the Dean, LBS, Dr. Enase Okonedo, said that the school had continued to grow from strength to strength and that it would continue to do its best.
She said, “Since the last dinner, we have made significant strides. We have been ranked by Financial Times as one of the best 55 business schools globally. We have a mission, and as Alumni, we spread the core value, one of these is the professionalism with which those who passed out of LBS do their job.
“In Nigeria, we have a problem. We are renowned worldwide for corruption. We have a duty to change that impression by doing things right. People always say it is a Nigerian thing but we do not believe that there is a way of Nigerians doing things. We can start changing that through the way we relate outside.”
The President of the LBSAA, Mr. Udeme Ufot, said that the session offered opportunity for continuous learning, which the school was known for.
Source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201010252194312
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