Nigeria needs critical mass to fight graft, say Obasanjo, Aig-Imoukhuede

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Previous President Olusegun Obasanjo (left), establishing dignitary of the Blavatnik School of Government and educator of Global Economic Governance, University of Oxford, Prof. Ngaire Woods and Chairman, Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG), Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede at the AIG board of counsels roundtable in Lagos… yesterday PHOTO: FEMI ADEBESIN-KUTI

For Nigeria to effectively handle unite, there is the need to put the right individuals with great character in general society division, previous President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said.

Obasanjo talked at the board of admonitory roundtable of the Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) in Lagos yesterday. He said: "In these regions, we have to upgrade the nature of men and ladies, nature of administration, character, demeanor and execution to revive corporate administration."

As per him, "That we have failed to meet expectations as a nation is not on the grounds that God has not given us the capacity to perform better. The issue is not that of God, the flaw is our own.

"When we have government with the minimum amount of the right individuals in the common administration, parastatals, authority of all levels, we are moving. "Nations where progress has been made like Singapore, Rwanda in Africa; the initiative has originated from the administration. On the off chance that the administration is not originating from the administration, let government be an accomplice, let government not disappoint the endeavors, rather it ought to empower activities like this," he said.

AIG's Chairman and Founder, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, included: "We can't battle defilement on the off chance that we don't put into government individuals who have been prepared and are set up to battle debasement. We have to put a minimum amount since one man can't change a country. One man can fortify the change of a country however one man can't change a country. In spite of the fact that we have great individuals in government, we don't have enough, the great individuals in government are not permitted to take off to their most noteworthy purpose of goal.

"We are attempting to make a pipeline of men and ladies who have been set up to go up against the difficulties required to construct an extraordinary country and help the legislature make an empowering situation for the great individuals to come and stay without their abilities being thumped out."

AIG, a non-legislative association will subsidize 25 graduate degree grants in broad daylight arrangement as a major aspect of another five-year organization with the University of Oxford, which depends on the mutual reason for building great administration and open initiative in Nigeria.

The activity, which will have five Nigerians financed each year for graduate degree grants in broad daylight arrangement at the eminent Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK from 2017 – 2021 is a mediation went for handling Nigeria's test of poor open part authority.