Did you could have electrical energy in your space to observe the finals of 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) between Senegal and Egypt? I ask as a result of we stay in a rustic the place electrical energy is epileptic and largely not out there.
If you’re amongst these fortunate to have watched the match by no matter means, you could have witnessed the situation of the President of Cameroun, Paul Biya.
The man who had since 1982, made himself the supreme chief of Cameroun, couldn’t stand as much as carry out the standard function of handing over the trophy to the Senegalese National Team that gained the championships.
The second-longest-ruling president in Africa, the oldest head of state in Africa, and the longest-ruling non-royal chief on this planet was too outdated to carry out his presidential perform. The trophy needed to be taken to him on the VIP part, that was the place he made the presentation. He couldn’t rise up, his legs are too outdated to take action, but he nonetheless clings to energy!
I felt embarrassed as an African! It brings the state of affairs residence. Why will we elders who must be in nursing houses be operating total international locations?
The sorry state of Paul Biya on Sunday evening was additionally a reminder of the place of age in management and why we should always take that into consideration as we gravitate in the direction of 2023.
The president that Nigeria wants going ahead should be younger, energetic, and he ought to perceive the modifications in science and expertise with the intention to engender innovation that may drive the nationwide financial system ahead. He or she must be at residence with huge concepts resembling Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Tesla, Meta (Facebook) and others. He should be an individual that’s comfy with the trendy world, not those that will probably be telling younger individuals to return to the darkish ages!
A younger chief will prioritize schooling, he would perceive the necessity to equip our universities in order that they’ll produce tech savvy graduates that may match into huge techs which might be shaping our planet and the best way we stay.
We want a president who is aware of that jobs are shifting from a constructing the place individuals go to work from 8am to 5pm and are actually digital. The COVID-19 lockdown of 2020, the place head to head contact was not allowed brought on many to lose their jobs, whereas those that might perform just about or remotely made a great deal of cash. This foretells the brand new world that awaits all. Such a world requires a younger, viral and digital particular person to guide us into it.
I can wager that not lots of the elders who need to be president in 2023, know in regards to the emergence of jobs that let you stay in Ogun and work in America. It is named outsourcing and distant work!
India generates $150billion yearly from digital or distant jobs and has turn into the outsourcing capital of the world as a result of it has a big pool of Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering graduates that stay in India and work remotely for international firms.
In the United States corporations there have benefitted lots by hiring Indians who don’t have to go away their nation. Some of essentially the most generally outsourced companies are telehealth companies, information processing, photograph enhancing, e-commerce administration, web site design, and search engine advertising.
A latest report confirmed that the majority corporations in United States have now outsourced work to India to avoid wasting prices whereas upscaling their enterprise actions. From giants like Microsoft, Google and IBM to early stage startups, everyone seems to be doing it. With India’s effectivity and experience in dealing with outsourced work the nation is producing over $150billion yearly.
We want a president who would see the chance on the market and supply enabling setting for our younger graduates to reap the benefits of. That is why it is vital that these within the age bracket of Elder Paul Biya ought to step apart for many who perceive this unfolding world.
The new world is pushed by expertise and innovation and only a few gerontocrats can perceive it talkless of main us into it!
We want a president who will probably be working on the identical wavelength with the trendy world. We don’t want analogue or antiquated president in 2023 who could be at misplaced when presidents of the world are speaking about innovation, inexperienced financial system and outsourcing of expertise.
The fashionable financial system has gone past dependence on extraction of pure assets for development and growth. We are actually in data pushed financial system that requires a person or lady of sound thoughts, mental sagacity and presence of thoughts to drive the method and push the nation in the correct path.
To drive this innovation successfully, our nation would require an individual who shouldn’t be encumbered by age or vulnerable to sickness. We want a paradigm shift in our nation’s management.
The subsequent president should be urbane, cosmopolitan in outlook and never given to parochialism and nepotism. This nation shouldn’t be wanting women and men who might match into the president we want. We have a lot of them. The listing embody and never restricted to; governor of Cross River State, Prof Ben Ayade; governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Zulum; former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi; former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Prof Kingsley Moghalu; governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi; governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello; governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi; former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Malam Nuhu Ribadu; governor-elect of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo; former governor of Rivers State and minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi; former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; president of African Development Bank (ADB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina; director normal of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; political economist,
Professor Pat Utomi; director normal, National Automotive Design and Development Council, Mr Jelani Aliyu, amongst others. This shouldn’t be an exhaustive listing as said earlier, however to remind us that we’ve in our midst individuals that might match into the paradigm shift in our presidential recruitment course of.
Some of the aforementioned names are usually not your common politicians.
They are largely technocrats who as president would herald a shift in our recruitment course of.
We must abandon the current strategy of presidential recruitment if we need to make headway within the digital world that we stay and which is continually evolving. We can not proceed to do the identical factor each election circle and count on a distinct final result from what we presently have.
There is not any magic wand that may make the outdated system of foisting outdated males on the nation go away. It has to take our collective determination and braveness to say, sufficient is sufficient.
It implies that we should be capable to reject the aged moneybags who’re set to buyoff everybody to get to the coveted prize in 2023. For the sake of our nation and our peoples, this paradigm shift is important and needed.
Aluta Continua!
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