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September 7, 2020 | News
ON TEGA ONOYAKE’S PRAISE OF GOVERNOR OKOWA AS HAVING GOOD LEADERSHIP QUALITIES WORTHY OF EMULATION – PLEASE WHAT LEADERSHIP QUALITIES?
When it was recently reported that the Chairman of Uvwie Local Government Council, Hon. Ramson Tega Onoyake, has described the Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, as a man with “good leadership qualities and values worthy of emulation” by every citizen of Nigeria, I cannot help but wonder what exactly are the leadership qualities being referred to by the said Council Chairman, which we are not aware of, and that is worthy of emulation? Is there something that the people of Delta State and Nigerians are not aware of, as regard the person of Governor Okowa, which Onoyake wants to bring to our attention to learn from him?
What leadership qualities of Okowa is Onoyake pinpointing to us that is worthy of emulation? Is it Governor Okowa’s Political Appointing spree (even in the midst of the Covid-19 negative impact), of his party’s faithful/loyalists, who end up as hangers/attaches of his Government, which only drain and destroy the already fragile Delta State economy? Is it Governor Okowa’s failure of a Government that is without vision? Is it Governor Okowa’s failure in good governance, accountability, transparency, credibility and reliability as Custodians of Public Trust and Public Funds? Is it Governor Okowa’s inability to aggressively drive the development of needed amenities and infrastructure, which would on their own, attract foreign and domestic investors to the State, without the Government running after them with no results? Is it Governor Okowa’s penchant to give more focus and attention to his Delta North areas than other urban and community parts of Delta State, in the area of the little infrastructural development executed? Is the Okowa’s Government idea of empowerment that focuses on the NOW, without any regard and consideration for SUSTAINABILITY and the FUTURE?
I can go on and on, to elaborate the realities on ground and the factors which clearly suggest that, when it comes to having and exhibiting good and admirable leadership qualities, the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led Government is the worst example that anyone should pick and advise others to follow/emulate. Has Onoyake asked himself vital questions before coming out to make such public statement about Okowa? Has he bothered to ask why are the oil and gas companies and servicing companies relocating from Delta State to other States? Has he ever wondered - If these oil and gas companies that have left Delta State, are still in Rivers State today, then why did they leave here in the first place? What role did the Delta State Government under Okowa, play in this regard? Has Onoyake bothered to ask why has the oil city of Warri and environs (which includes his own Uvwie Council) become a shadow of itself, and practically turning into one of the dirtiest and disorganized cities in the South-South areas of the Niger Delta region?
The truth is that, all these praise-singing and trying to look good in the eyes of the Government of the day, will not help us as a people, or our future generation. While I do not have anything personal against Governor Okowa as a person, but I believe he cannot be used as a good example of what good leadership is all about, that others should emulate from. Everything about the Governor Okowa-led Delta State Government is what leadership ought not to be. I recently wrote a piece on leadership, where I mentioned a shot video of a program which featured the great Myles Munroe while he was alive, in which he made some thought-provoking statements about leadership. And I believe every Delta State and Nigerian politician, including everyone in any leadership position, seriously needs to ponder on, absorb and make the necessary adjustments in their lives. According to Munroe: “The greatest act of leadership is what happens in your absence. If everything you have done dies with you, you are a failure.
“True leadership is measured by what happens to you after you die (or leave that position). This is why TRUE LEADERS, DO NOT INVEST IN BUILDINGS OR THINGS, THEY INVEST IN PEOPLE. Why? Because success without a successor or sustainable legacy that outlives you, is failure. SO, YOUR LEGACY SHOULD NOT BE IN BUILDINGS, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND OTHER EPHEMERAL THINGS, YOUR LEGACY MUST BE PEOPLE – WHOSE LIVES YOU HAVE GREATLY IMPACTED/CHANGED… True leaders, make themselves unnecessary. A true leader work themselves out of the job. So, great leaders measure their greatness by their absence. Study Jesus, the greatest leader in the Christendom of all. Listen to His Words: “It is better for you that I go. If I do not go away, you will not be great. My absence is your greatness. He proved His greatness by leaving. He left, and His organization grew tremendously in His absence.
“My question is, if you die (or leave that Public Office) today as a leader (Politician), what happens to that your organization? What happens to the people, your business? If it dies when you die, then you are a failure. So, I encourage you right now, identify and cultivate the habit of investing in people. What happens in your absence? That is your legacy.”
It is really sad that Nigerian politicians see public office/government as an enterprise of some sort for their overnight amassing of riches, rather than seeing government/public space as an opportunity to ‘SERVE’ by investing in human resource development. This is because it is only a developed and well-equipped human capital/resource that can outlive them as politicians in their absence, which ultimately becomes a legacy worth leaving behind. Sadly, what we have in our hands are politicians who are more interested in amassing public wealth and acquisition of luxurious properties across the country and all over the world. No wonder they do not see the need and importance in investing in our educational sector and other human capital development ventures. Our supposed political leaders forget that no nation can develop without viable human resources.
Zik Gbemre.
August 19, 2020.
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes
When it was recently reported that the Chairman of Uvwie Local Government Council, Hon. Ramson Tega Onoyake, has described the Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, as a man with “good leadership qualities and values worthy of emulation” by every citizen of Nigeria, I cannot help but wonder what exactly are the leadership qualities being referred to by the said Council Chairman, which we are not aware of, and that is worthy of emulation? Is there something that the people of Delta State and Nigerians are not aware of, as regard the person of Governor Okowa, which Onoyake wants to bring to our attention to learn from him?
What leadership qualities of Okowa is Onoyake pinpointing to us that is worthy of emulation? Is it Governor Okowa’s Political Appointing spree (even in the midst of the Covid-19 negative impact), of his party’s faithful/loyalists, who end up as hangers/attaches of his Government, which only drain and destroy the already fragile Delta State economy? Is it Governor Okowa’s failure of a Government that is without vision? Is it Governor Okowa’s failure in good governance, accountability, transparency, credibility and reliability as Custodians of Public Trust and Public Funds? Is it Governor Okowa’s inability to aggressively drive the development of needed amenities and infrastructure, which would on their own, attract foreign and domestic investors to the State, without the Government running after them with no results? Is it Governor Okowa’s penchant to give more focus and attention to his Delta North areas than other urban and community parts of Delta State, in the area of the little infrastructural development executed? Is the Okowa’s Government idea of empowerment that focuses on the NOW, without any regard and consideration for SUSTAINABILITY and the FUTURE?
I can go on and on, to elaborate the realities on ground and the factors which clearly suggest that, when it comes to having and exhibiting good and admirable leadership qualities, the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led Government is the worst example that anyone should pick and advise others to follow/emulate. Has Onoyake asked himself vital questions before coming out to make such public statement about Okowa? Has he bothered to ask why are the oil and gas companies and servicing companies relocating from Delta State to other States? Has he ever wondered - If these oil and gas companies that have left Delta State, are still in Rivers State today, then why did they leave here in the first place? What role did the Delta State Government under Okowa, play in this regard? Has Onoyake bothered to ask why has the oil city of Warri and environs (which includes his own Uvwie Council) become a shadow of itself, and practically turning into one of the dirtiest and disorganized cities in the South-South areas of the Niger Delta region?
The truth is that, all these praise-singing and trying to look good in the eyes of the Government of the day, will not help us as a people, or our future generation. While I do not have anything personal against Governor Okowa as a person, but I believe he cannot be used as a good example of what good leadership is all about, that others should emulate from. Everything about the Governor Okowa-led Delta State Government is what leadership ought not to be. I recently wrote a piece on leadership, where I mentioned a shot video of a program which featured the great Myles Munroe while he was alive, in which he made some thought-provoking statements about leadership. And I believe every Delta State and Nigerian politician, including everyone in any leadership position, seriously needs to ponder on, absorb and make the necessary adjustments in their lives. According to Munroe: “The greatest act of leadership is what happens in your absence. If everything you have done dies with you, you are a failure.
“True leadership is measured by what happens to you after you die (or leave that position). This is why TRUE LEADERS, DO NOT INVEST IN BUILDINGS OR THINGS, THEY INVEST IN PEOPLE. Why? Because success without a successor or sustainable legacy that outlives you, is failure. SO, YOUR LEGACY SHOULD NOT BE IN BUILDINGS, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND OTHER EPHEMERAL THINGS, YOUR LEGACY MUST BE PEOPLE – WHOSE LIVES YOU HAVE GREATLY IMPACTED/CHANGED… True leaders, make themselves unnecessary. A true leader work themselves out of the job. So, great leaders measure their greatness by their absence. Study Jesus, the greatest leader in the Christendom of all. Listen to His Words: “It is better for you that I go. If I do not go away, you will not be great. My absence is your greatness. He proved His greatness by leaving. He left, and His organization grew tremendously in His absence.
“My question is, if you die (or leave that Public Office) today as a leader (Politician), what happens to that your organization? What happens to the people, your business? If it dies when you die, then you are a failure. So, I encourage you right now, identify and cultivate the habit of investing in people. What happens in your absence? That is your legacy.”
It is really sad that Nigerian politicians see public office/government as an enterprise of some sort for their overnight amassing of riches, rather than seeing government/public space as an opportunity to ‘SERVE’ by investing in human resource development. This is because it is only a developed and well-equipped human capital/resource that can outlive them as politicians in their absence, which ultimately becomes a legacy worth leaving behind. Sadly, what we have in our hands are politicians who are more interested in amassing public wealth and acquisition of luxurious properties across the country and all over the world. No wonder they do not see the need and importance in investing in our educational sector and other human capital development ventures. Our supposed political leaders forget that no nation can develop without viable human resources.
Zik Gbemre.
August 19, 2020.
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes