Otive Igbuzor.

Adejoke Adeleye, Ogun 

The Founding Executive Director, African Center for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Center LSD) Otive Igbuzor , PhD, has highlighted why infrastructure, institutional capacity,and diversity are tools for building good governance in Nigeria.

He was the keynote speaker at the 6th anniversary lecture of PenPushing Media held at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta capital of Ogun state recently  on the topic “National Balance: Infrastructure and Institutional Capacity and Diversity As Tools for Building Blocks and Good Governance in Nigeria”.

Otive described national balance as necessary for nation building, sustainable development and good governance in any country and Nigeria as a multi-religious and diverse society,achieving a balance apporach to development involves straightening infrastructure to enhance institutional capacity and embrace diversity.

He said every nation born through a process and require building through governance.

Adding that the concept of nation building has attracted the attention of political scientists especially from the 1950s which is primarily used to describe the processes of national integration and consolidation that lead up to the establishment of modern nation state as distinct from various form of tradional states such as Feudal states,church empires and so on.

Speaking on the challenges he said, “No doubt that Nigeria is a nation in process of being built, the building of the Nigerian nation has been hampered by challenges of development which scholars have identified the challenges to include: poor leadership, bad followership ,poor strategy for development,lack of capacity and effective state and bureaucracy, lack of focus on sectors that will improve the condition of living of citizens such as education, health, agriculture and the building of infrastructure, corruption, undeveloped , irresponsible and parasitic private sector,weak civil society emasculated labour and student movement and poor execution of policies and programmes.

Otive opined that adequate stock and quality infrastructure is important for every country,it stimulates economic growth by improving transportation, increasing productivity and attracts investors.

While Institutional Capacity refers to the ability of governmental institutions to effectively formulate and implement policies and deliver public services.

Meanwhile embracing and proper management of diversity with fairness, equity and justice will prove to be creative and innovative because they encompass a broad range of perspectives, background and experience which in turn lead to better ideas.

The Founder of Penpushing Media, Prince Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji,in his agitation against fake news revealed that one of the major reasons for he established the Penpushing Media was to curb fake news, blackmailing and other criminal events against dissemination of information but quack journalists.

Kayode-Adedeji however encouraged journalists to prioritize diligence and fact-based reports to maintain honor and credibility in their work.

He also addressed the harassment of journalists, advising them to focus on factual reporting rather than mere speculation, disclosing that a balanced report will continue to bring honor to any journalists who did their work diligently with fact-based reports.