Maduako Igbokwe l Thursday, October 01, 2020
ONITSHA, Anambra, Nigeria – Founder and Chancellor of Gregory University Uturu (GUU), Abia State, Prof. Gregory Ibe has urged Nigerian leaders at all levels of governance to be patriotic in delivering impactful dividends of democracy to the people.
In a statement issued by the Media & Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Sleek Ogbonnaya Ogwo, Prof. Ibe made the call recently at his country home , Amaokwe Achara Uturu in Isuikwuato local government area of the state.
Prof. Ibe who also is the chairman of Committee of Proprietors of Private Universities in Nigeria stated that provision of critical social infrastructure by leadership at all spheres of governance in Nigeria would stem the alarming rate of restiveness and agitations in the country.
According to Prof Ibe, “As we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the birth of our nation, I want to wish Nigeria our motherland a prosperous diamond independence anniversary. Let me however use the opportunity of the anniversary to charge our political leaders to recommit themselves to the task of addressing the huge infrastructural deficiency currently plaguing the nation as a means of reducing the escalating degree of restiveness”
He said the leadership should prioritise the level of infrastructural deployment that directly impact on the quality of life of the citizenry.
According to him, the leaders should also justify the number of years chronologically credited to Nigeria with equal amount of social amenities to assuage frail nerves of the people.
In his words, “Benefitting from many years of consultancy to multinational agencies and personal interactions with leaders across the globe, I know that a development minded leadership automatically secures the peoples buy-in. Nigerian leaders should therefore work to secure public acceptance and willing participation in the act of governance through the delivery of impactful dividends of democracy”.
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The Chancellor, further said that given the enormous potentials of Nigeria, especially in the Human Resource sector and against the backdrop of the current deployment of technology and virtual platforms for knowledge transfer, the nation at sixty definitely has immense potentials going forward
