The Vice Chancellor Lead City University, Professor Kabiru Adeyemo, has said Nigeria needs leaders who will be proactive and not the selfish types.
Professor Adeyemo stated this Tuesday at the 6th L.L Ali Annual/2nd Memorial Lecture, organised by the Oyo state branch of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (N.I.S), Ibadan.
The vice chancellor warned that come 2023, Nigerians should be cautious of politicians whose interests are not for the progress of the country but for selfish gains that could bring more economic and social crisis to the country.
Professor Adeyemo stated that with the present state of the nation, whoever will become the next Nigerian president must be proactive and ready to pioneer people- oriented programmes that will rescue the economy.
He stated that most of the politicians presently jostling for the post of Nigerian president are not worthy of the role, as they have shown their selfish attitudes in public offices they have earlier held.
He said: “We expect leaders who will be proactive, not the selfish types that will be only interested in their own selves and their families. Look at the problem we are having in Nigeria. Most of our leaders are failures because they have put selfish interests above the collective interest.
“We are not blaming the leaders alone, the followers also have their own portions of the blame and in my recommendations I said we need leaders who are committed to the progress of the nation.
“The followers should rededicate themselves, be focused, do not vote for people because of money, vote for that who is credible, the one with good vision, that can deliver the bigger future that we all dream and not the one that will give you N10,000. We are saying the future should be paramount to us.”