www.odogwublog.com reports that the
former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has advocated an aspect
of the Chinese model of electing their leaders, based on their past
performances at lower levels of government, for Nigeria. He made this
known at the weekend during an international conference with the
theme of Philosophy, Law And Politics, at the Claretian Institute Of
Philosophy(CIP), Maryland, Nekede. Saying that since leadership was the
fundamental problem of Nigeria, all hands must be on deck in the
efforts to devise better ways of electing the leaders of the country.
Mr.
Obi who spoke on Human Development Index, Nigeria and the World said
that its improvement was directly proportional to the level of each
countries’ investment on education. Affirming Norway as ranking highest
in the world HDI indicator with almost $80,000 per capita income. and
life expectancy of over 80 years, he said it was due to their heavy
investment on education where they had virtually literacy level of
virtually 100% with HDI of 0.95
Obi who went
further to compare Nigeria with those countries he said had the same
developmental trajectory with her in the eighties, regretted that they
had all done better than Nigeria.
His
words: “Indonesia, with a population of 260 million people has a GDP
of $1.0 trillion and per capita income of $3800. Her life expectancy is
69 years while her literacy level is 93%. Her HDI is 0.689 and ranked
113 in the world. She is classified as medium.
‘’Turkey,
with a population of 80 million people, has a GDP of $880 billion and
per capita income of $10,800. Her life expectancy is 76 years and
literacy level of 97%. Her HDI is 0.767 and ranked 71 in the world. She
is classified as high.
‘’Now,
our dear country Nigeria. With a population of about 190 million
people, we have a GDP of $420 billion and per capita income $2,100. Our
life expectancy is 53 years with literacy level of 55%. Our HDI is
0.527 and ranked 152 in the world. We are classified as low!’’
Concluding,
he said the reason for our low HDI was simply because Nigeria had not
made the right investment on education and human resource development
thus reaping poor governance – leaders and followers – in return.
Other
notable speakers who participated in the three-day event are Prof. Pat
Utomi, Rev Father Prof. Izu Marcel Onyeocha, Prof Uchukwumaeze and Prof.
Obasi Igwe.
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London Photo:
The Former Gov. of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi(right), with the former
Lord Mayor of London, Alan Yarrow(left), after the Commonwealth
Strategic meeting in London
We need Chinese Leadership model in Nigeria - Obi
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