{"id":165537,"date":"2025-06-03T22:51:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T21:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/my-leadership-institute-movement-to-reclaim-africa"},"modified":"2025-06-04T00:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T23:10:34","slug":"my-leadership-institute-movement-to-reclaim-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/my-leadership-institute-movement-to-reclaim-africa","title":{"rendered":"My leadership institute movement to reclaim Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Nigeria President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said, his new Olusegun Obasanjo Leadership Institute, OOLI, is not only an institute, but also a movement aimed to reclaim Africa\u2019s leadership narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo stated this at the formal inauguration of the Governing Board at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, Ogun State capita.<\/p>\n<p>The former president in a statement made available to newsmen by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Wednesday, advised board members to be guided by the conviction that Africa\u2019s greatest asset is its people- and with the right leadership and collaboration, there is no limit to what can be achieved.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo, the Institute\u2019s Board Chairman recalled that the establishment was borne out of his over seven decades of understudying leadership development and commended the President of Ghana, John Mahama, President of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, former President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe and former President of Senegal, Macky Sall for their roles in leadership developments in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that while the leadership gap has often been the difference between progress and stagnation, between peace and conflict, between prosperity and poverty, the institute would strengthen leaders and prepare them to navigate the complexities of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads, \u201cToday marks not just the inauguration of the Governing Board of the Olusegun Obasanjo Leadership Institute (OOLI), but the formal launch<\/p>\n<p>of the operational phase of a vision\u2014a vision that has been shaped by my experiences and convictions spanning over seven decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor more than 70 years, I have observed and engaged with the complex tapestry of Africa\u2019s developmental journey. While our continent is rich in human and natural endowments, we have persistently fallen short in translating this potential into sustainable development, peace, and prosperity\u2014largely because of deficits in leadership at various levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c Through the triumphs and the trials, one fault line has remained stubbornly persistent: the deficit in effective, ethical, transformational, inspirational and visionary leadership. This leadership gap has often been the difference between progress and stagnation, between peace and conflict, between prosperity and poverty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe establishment of the Olusegun Obasanjo Leadership Institute (OOLI) is one of my earnest responses to this challenge. I conceived OOLI as a platform to raise and strengthen leaders who are not only equipped for today\u2019s realities but also<\/p>\n<p>prepared to navigate the complexities of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mission is clear: to equip leaders at all levels with the skills, capability, understanding, technology, values, orientation and vision necessary to transform our nations individually and our continent collectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe OOLI will be a hybrid, though initially headed by a former Military General, it will not be a military organisation but borrow what is good from the military. It is blessed by NUC as an affiliate of Bellstech, but not an entirely academic university. It will copy the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in some ways but not entirely like NIPSS. It will be unique in every way\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Nigeria President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said, his new Olusegun Obasanjo Leadership Institute, OOLI, is not only an institute, but also a movement aimed to reclaim Africa\u2019s leadership narrative. Obasanjo stated this at the formal inauguration of the Governing Board at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, Ogun State capita. 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