My leadership Institute a movement to recover Africa – Obasanjo

The former president Olusgun Obasanjo has declared that the new Olusanjo Leadership Institute (Ooli) is not only an institute, but a movement aimed at claiming the leadership of Africa.

Obasanjo declared this Tuesday at the formal inauguration of the Board of Directors at the Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital.

The former Nigerian leader has warned the members of the Board of Directors to be guided by the sentence that the greatest African resource is its people and that with the right leadership, there is no limit to what it can reach.

The dissemination came, even if the former president praised 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 the developments of the leadership in Africa.

Obasanjo, the President of the Council of the Institute, recalled that the establishment was born from its over seven decades of the leadership development.

“Today he marks not only the inauguration of the Board of Directors of the Obasanjo Leadership Institute (Ooli), but the formal launch of the operational phase of a vision – a vision that has been modeled by my experiences and beliefs that last over seven decades.

“For more than 70 years, I have observed and engaged with the plocker complex of the African development path. While our continent is full of human and natural equipment, we are persistently persistent in translating this potential into sustainable development, peace and prosperity, largely due to deficit in leadership at various levels.

“Through the triumphs and tests, a fault line remained obstinately persistent: the deficit of effective, ethical, transformational, inspiring and visionary leadership. This leadership gap has often been the difference between progress and stagnation, between peace and conflict, between prosperity and poverty.

“The institution of the Obasanjo Leadership Institute (Ooli) is one of my most serious responses to this challenge. I conceived Ooli as a platform to collect and strengthen leaders who are not only equipped for today’s realities, but also prepared to navigate in tomorrow’s complexity.

“Today I am pleased to formally announce that the Institute, which has received the blessing of the Commission of National Universities as a affiliate of the Bells University of Technology, is now ready for the entire take -off of its programs. This is not only a institutional milestone, but it is a personal dream made.

“Our mission is clear: to equip leaders at all levels with skill, ability, understanding, technology, values, orientation and vision necessary to transform our nations individually e

Our continent collectively, “he said.