NGF Vice Chair, Makinde, Attends UNDP Leadership Retreat For Nigerian Govs In Kigali
The governor of Oyo State and vice chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, Engr. Seyi Makinde, is in far away Kigali, Rwanda, taking part in the Executive Leadership Retreat, organised by the NGF in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP.
The Executive Leadership Retreat, a strategic collaboration between NGF and UNDP, is a pivotal three-day retreat that boasts of an impressive agenda, starting with a moderated dialogue themed: ‘The future of Pan-Africanism and Integration in a Changing World.’
Distinguished panelists to do justice to the theme include: Rwanda President Paul Kagame, former Presidents of Kenya and Tanzania, Uhuru Kenyatta and Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete respectively.
Highlight of the retreat includes a dynamic forum to engage private sector stakeholders with primary focus on investment opportunities for participants.
Governor Makinde averred that participants in the retreat “look forward to the collaborative insight and strategic moves that will undoubtedly shape leadership and development across the African continent.”
The UNDP has said that the executive leadership retreat is part of its commitment to raising the level of governance in Africa and other parts of the world.
It said, “In today’s dynamic world, the multiplicity of megatrends – ranging from invisible threats to democratic governance, the impact of an increasingly digital and innovation-driven society, a looming job crisis, a growing youth population with an elusive youth dividend, the rapid pace of urbanisation, a highly globalised world, to rising climate change, pose tremendous challenges for African countries.”
A UNDP official, Lealem Berhand, said of the programme, “A new leadership approach is required to transform these challenges into opportunities.
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