Musa Shehu

Lagos is the most successful of Nigeria’s fourth republic. Its success is not just a product of random accidents but product of careful planning and design. One of the most important aspects of successful governance worldwide is predictability. Once an environment is stable, it makes businesses, economies, livelihoods and social structures attractive and productive. Without any much ado, everyone knows that the next governor of Lagos State is, insha Allah, His Excellency, Obafemi Hamzat @drobafemihamzat, the current deputy governor of the state. Dr. Hamzat is a person that is known, his profile is attested and his capacity is measured. This level of predictability attracts stability and confidence. The elders and leaders of Lagos have done a great job, over time to enable such a high standard structure. This also, won’t be possible without purposeful and deliberate leadership provided by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, over the course of the 4th republic journey. If other states can copy this model, atleast, tuned to the local realities, a succession planning around group of elders, not one single individual, but collection of statesmen in each state, without greed or selfish intend, organize themselves and make deliberate and committed efforts to produce successors in the interests of their states, then each state, regardless of limitations in resources, would have grown far better around a long term plan and organizational strategy. In every society, purposeful leadership comes first. Everything else follows. When those that are supposed to be leaders are fighting against each other, not to support one another for the benefit of their state, like we’ve seen in some states of Nigeria, then such a society is heading for a deliberate crash. There won’t be continuity in such a state, there won’t be predictability, there won’t be stability. Lack of these three will be replaced with uncertainty, instability and chaos. Nigeria as a whole have a lot to learn from the stable and highly effective leadership selection system provided by Lagos State. Adamu Garba II

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