By Dada Ahmed.
With political pendulum swinging gradually towards 2023 general elections in the country,training of politicians on quality leadership has been identified as the panacea to end bad governance in the country.
A chieftain of the APC in Kwara State and the founder of the Nation’s leadership institute,Chief Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo,stated this at the closing ceremony of weekly political dialogue for some selected politicians organised by the Institute held today in Ilorin.
He stated that people going into politics must be well prepared for governance inorder to be good leaders when ever they found themselves in the helms of their state or the nation.
Iyiola Oyedepo, emphasised that anyone aiming to hold a political position must be well prepared for the rigours of political office.
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa, in his good will message said the programme came at a point where the need for training of politicians was needed in the state and the country as a whole.
According to him, since the country is practicing democracy, the people being put forward for political position should be those qualified to hold such positions.
Bolarinwa, however, warned that same mistakes might be repeated in 2023, if careful attention is not given by political parties to ensure the calibre of people angling to fly their flag for the 2023 general elections.
A former gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of APC in the 2019 election, Professor AbdulRaheem Ọba, commended Akogun for his foresight and his quest to ensure that people in position of leadership were well equipped for the job of governance.
He stated that for Nigeria to be free from the shackles of bad leadership and Mal administration, political leadership training should be given priority in the scheme of things to prevent “charlatans and unqualified individuals from being in the position of policy making for the country.”
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
