March 24, (THEWILL)- The Chief Executive Officer and President of Vision International Christian Ministries, Rev Francis Olubambi has called on President Bola Tinubu to think of new way to tackle the problem of insecurity, bad economy and other problems confronting the country.
Olubambi who was speaking at the “Transformational Leadership Conference 2024 with the theme, Innovative Leadership”, organised by the Vision International Christian Ministries in Lagos on Thursday said leaders in organisations and governments need to strategise and plan ahead of time.
He said it is true that Nigeria is facing economic and insecurity problems, but these problems can be tackled in a new way
“We are facing a lot of problems in the country, but the political leaders can do something better.
“The government needs to think on how best these problems can be handled. It calls for strategic planning, calls for innovative leadership, calls for doing things in a new way to really meet the needs of the people. Any economy that will grow needs planning. It requires people coming together brainstorming on the best way to pilot it”, Olubambi said.
Speaking on the reason for organizing Transformational Leadership Conference, Olubambi said things keep changing from day to day and anybody who want to progress cannot remain static, saying “We cannot use old method, yesterday’s method, we need to be innovative and think of new ways of doing things.
“The whole goal of the conference is to help people to strategise, help people to plan, help people to understand what it will take for them to really win. We are all in the game of winning.
“As leaders, we don’t want to be obsolete. We don’t want to be yesterday’s leaders. We want to show that we are still alive , we are not dead as leaders. That is why we bring people together, to energise them, encourage them and empower them, so that they can be current leaders.
Also, while speaking on innovative leadership at the conference, the General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, Rev. Dr. Sam Aboyeji said the solution to the problem of coping with changes is innovative leadership.
“We need innovative leaders much more than before because our world is grappling with more complex problems now than ever before, thus compelling the need for different approach to solving them.
“Leading in this season calls for innovation and not tradition. The success of any leader at this moment will depend on how well he/she can adapt to change. If our leadership will dominate an industry, change the face of our community or city, hel our nation solve its myriad of problems and meet the needs of thousands of hurting people, them it must influence and inspire the followers to embrace innovation and not tradition”, Rev Aboyeji said.
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