April 15, (THEWILL) – The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has identified leadership failure as the major cause of the problems facing Nigeria.
El-Rufai disclosed this during the Capacity-Enhancement Workshop for Senior Government Officials in Borno State, with the theme: “Enhancing Skills of Government Officials in Policy Implementation and Productive Human Resource Management” held in Maiduguri, on Monday.
He pointed out that well-trained, educated, and committed civil servants would enhance the output of the country.
“What we lack is good leadership; the major aspect of good quality of leadership. We can see that in Nigeria, our problem is not food, hunger, exchange rates, or fuel subsidy removal but leadership deficit.
“The leader should get good people to get the job done. Only God can do everything by himself. No matter how good you are as a leader, you can be as effective as people around you and that’s why the saying that no country gets better than the quality of its civil service,” he disclosed.
El-Rufai maintained that he felt gratified seeing Maiduguri and Borno State get cleaner and better despite the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency which has cut the entire state from the national grid.
“What we have here shows you the quality of leadership that Borno State has, and I think Zulum is one of the best governors in the country. We have seen the energy and effort put in by Zulum,” he said.
Meanwhile, El-Rufai has said he does not want to be addressed as a Godfather in Kaduna State, adding he has only visited the state five times since he left office almost a year ago.
“I don’t want to be a Godfather and that’s why I don’t interfere in what is happening in Kaduna. I want him (Governor Uba Sani) to learn and get the job by himself,” he said.
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I am Ladi Dapson, a general writer with thewill. I cover Borno and Yobe states respectively.
I based Maiduguri, Borno State Capital.
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