Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
Chairman of the Aig-Imoukhuede Basis, Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, yesterday disclosed that the organisation was focusing on to encourage about 3,000 public servants in its bid to strengthen governance in Nigeria and the African continent.
Talking on the closing of the AIG Public Leaders Programme Class of 2023 on the Abuja Continental Resort, Aig-Imoukhuede, argued that Africa can extricate itself from the depths of underdevelopment with succesful and empowered public servants.
“As we collect right here at the moment for the closing ceremony of the AIG Public Leaders Programme Class of 2023, I’m deeply honoured to welcome every of you to this momentous event.
“Our journey collectively underscores a basic perception – that on the root of Nigeria’s myriad challenges lies a public sector in dire want of women and men who can lead the required reform and transformation.
“Certainly, we should recognise that Africa can extricate itself from the depths of underdevelopment with succesful and empowered public servants. This understanding drives the Aig-Imoukhuede Basis’s unwavering dedication to partnering with the general public service to impact lasting change,” he acknowledged.
The recently-appointed chairman of Entry Financial institution pressured that the partnership with the Blavatnik Faculty of Authorities on the College of Oxford additionally holds private significance.
In keeping with him, it represents a conviction that Nigeria can catalyse a constructive financial turnaround throughout the African continent by empowering its public sector leaders with the instruments and data wanted to excel of their roles.
By way of initiatives just like the AIG Public Leaders Programme, Aig-Imoukhuede defined that the inspiration goals to problem the established order and domesticate a brand new era of African public servants who’re proficient and principled leaders.
He pressured that these leaders, geared up with the abilities honed by way of the very best training delivered by a school of world class professors are poised to drive transformative change inside their organisations and communities.
The banker added that final 12 months, graduates of the inspiration included Zukiswa Mqolomba from South Africa, its first worldwide participant, expressing delight to announce that this 12 months’s graduating class additionally features a candidate from Kenya, additional exemplifying the programme’s attain and affect throughout the continent.
“Moreover, our dedication extends past capability constructing to actively help the civil service reform agenda. By way of collaborative initiatives with the federal authorities, we’re driving digitalisation, efficiency administration, and cultural change initiatives to foster a extra environment friendly and accountable public sector.
“The journey has been each difficult and fulfilling, however as every AIG PLP cohort graduates we edge nearer to our imaginative and prescient of constructing a neighborhood of three,000 AIG public sector leaders, occupying probably the most senior public sector positions in Nigeria and past. That is how the Aig-Imoukhuede Basis evokes, connects and transforms Africa,” he mentioned.
Because the celebration of the graduating class of 2023 continues, Aig-Imoukhuede emphasised that the inspiration was one step nearer to realising the imaginative and prescient.
He prolonged his heartfelt congratulations to the “Brave Cohort 3” as they named themselves, noting that he was blown away by suggestions he had been receiving of the affect they’re already making on account of what they learnt from the programme.
“ Your dedication to excellence and dedication to service encourage us all. Please carry forth the data and insights gained from this programme as you embark in your respective journeys to remodel Nigeria and Africa,” he exhorted.
Earlier, Aig-Imoukhuede took a second to pay tribute to the late Dr. Herbert Wigwe, a really shut buddy and enterprise affiliate of his.
“Herbert was a member of the Aig-Imoukhuede Basis management council, my enterprise associate, and a lifelong buddy. His unwavering dedication to remodeling our nation and continent will eternally be remembered, and his absence at the moment weighs closely on our hearts.
“Herbert was a stalwart supporter of our Basis who actively participated within the work we do. Final 12 months he was current on this very stage on the commencement ceremony for our AIG PLP cohort 2 graduates.
“ On that day, Herbert served on the panel judges who chosen the very best 5 capstone initiatives out of the XYZ initiatives embarked upon by Cohort 2 members, demonstrating simply how deeply invested he was in our mission to empower Africa’s public sector leaders.
“Immediately, I’m reminded of the profound affect that people like Dr Wigwe have had on shaping our shared imaginative and prescient for a greater Africa. Might his legacy encourage us as we forge forward with our Basis’s mission to remodel the African continent,” he pressured.