Policy Briefs

“Ndi Anambra we must not be in denial. Ife emebigo! I will rewrite the wrong.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze
“The remarkable truth is that we live in a multi-sectarian nation. We pay lip service to governance, when we have examples to borrow from. Our social development indicators point to our arrested development.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“There must be uniformity for our youths. If at 21, Nigerian youths are qualified to vote, drive, fly a plane, smoke, drink alcohol, get married, join the military to fight and die for their country, they ought to be qualified to lead.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“Nigeria’s governance challenge is that we often put in public offices people who are still seeking relevance. We need people in public office who no longer need government as much as government needs them.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“A nation’s resort to prayers to resolve its ills, even if it offers succor, only underline the failure of governance when it’s not a redemptive process.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“Absence of policy synergy between the federal government and the state and local governments in pressing areas continue to pose immense challenges.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“Insofar as the federal and state governments continue to connive to asphyxiate the local governments, prevailing challenges will subsist.”~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“Anambra governorship contest is like a premier league finals. With a second or third team you risk losing. With your best or most qualified team you are assured to win.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“We must restore our value system in our youth. Their resilience, strength of character, commitment and values will make the difference. They must strive to uphold their integrity against all odds.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“Managing the Nigeria-Biafra narrative is easy, if Nigerian policymakers and politicians can think clearly.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“As Nigeria struggle to situate herself positively in global affairs, dissonance in her governance modalities remain all too common. Such dissonance is symptomatic of extremely weak institutions.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“Another reality is that Nigeria struggles at all levels with governance challenges. Rule of law inevitably, becomes the most easily flouted, ignored or manipulated, and often made inapplicable to common interest.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“Good governance is about unfettered commitment to inclusivity, rule of law, transparency, responsiveness, consensus-building, equity, effectiveness and efficiency in service delivery, as well as accountability, and of course, sustainable strategic vision.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“Purposeful leadership requires reframing our governance modalities. Doing so requires confidence without attitude – attitude towards the governed; attitude towards the political opposition and attitude towards the so-called traducers.”         ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

Save Anambra’s Future; Governance, Not Hype; Don’t Mortgage Anambra; Anambra Deserves Better! ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

Regardless of what we do as a nation, no matter how much we covet the inspiration and vision that transformed Singapore and Dubai, if we have leaders who lack vision and commitment, we remain at risk of underperforming and underdevelopment.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“We cannot therefore speak of infrastructural development without first grasping sectoral priorities and sectoral niches, affordability and areas where we must strive for comparative advantage. We must, of necessity, determine what our focus sectors are, those being areas where we can exact high impact value.” ~ Oseloka H. Obaze

“We must transcend our collective and individual comfort zones to speak up when things go wrong or are going wrong. We must speak truth to power. We must not accept, for the sake of getting along and belonging; or for gratuitous handouts, when governance is shoddy and does not pass the litmus test of transparency, ethics and accountability.” 

~ Oseloka H. Obaze

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