Former Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has challenged Nigerians to outline the idea of success, questioning the standards residents use to recognise a profitable chief. Fashola raised these robust questions whereas talking through the 2025 Independence Lecture and Award Evening hosted by the…
Former Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has challenged Nigerians to outline the idea of success, questioning the standards residents use to recognise a profitable chief.
Fashola raised these robust questions whereas talking through the 2025 Independence Lecture and Award Evening hosted by the Island Membership.
Whereas talking, the previous governor acknowledged that Nigerians have by no means been happy or appreciative of any administration or governance, regardless of having a number of leaders.
Acknowledging that success will not be static, Fashola emphasised the essential want for Nigerians to redefine and set up new objectives for his or her expectations and nationwide aspirations.
He stated, “I don’t imagine in sorcery, I imagine we are able to obtain the whole lot we set our thoughts to. Can we agree on what the Nigerian dream is, and what it seems like?
“If we now have a measure of what the dream seems like, we are able to have settlement on what success will seem like. In order that once we get to the vacation spot of success, we actually say and stamp our chest that we now have hit right here.
In fact, success will not be static, so we are able to redefine and set new objectives for these which might be vital resolutions I would like us to ponder about whether or not we are able to attain.
“Now we have had all kinds of leaders, and we appear to not be happy with what we now have had.”
Fashola additional charged Nigerians to work in direction of a decision to set a gold normal for good management.
“Can we outline what the profitable chief seems like in order that once we see him, we could recognise him, we could converge round him so that we’ll not find yourself in these afterthoughts, with due respect to the good women and men who stated worse to the impact, like one of the best president we by no means had.
“I feel it is very important have decision round these quite simple however profound concepts: what’s our gold normal for good management, what’s our definition of success, and what’s the Nigerian dream.
“We are able to then start to propagate to those that care to pay attention.” He defined
