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- Arewa Research & Development Project N~~ff<t(J(J<&!f Quarterly Publication ofArewa Research & Development Project Vol.1 No.2 JULY- SEPT 2013 In earcha IESPllSllllEllEllllP I~~o-w. • Science and Technology _/ • The Youth • The Media Contact Us HEAD OFFICE UnityBank Tower, Plot 785, Herbert Macaulay Way Central Business District Abuja, FCT Telephone: 09-4616700-5, 09-2342553 Fax:09-4616730,09-2347957 Website: www.unitybanking.com Email: [email protected] HEAD OFFICE ANNEX UnityBank Pie .Plot 290A,. Akin Olugbade Street Victoria Island, Lagos Telephone: 01-461-9201-4, 01-2703321-4 Fax: 01-4619210 Courtesy of Malam Falalu Bello, OFR Sarkin Bai of Zazzau and Former Managing Director/CEO, UnityBank Pie .r ~-'ft p · Arewa Resea -~oject JULY- SEPT 2013 . v lt!~w._~ll~f(j~J? . EDll"ORIAl. .. - ' ~ -: Editor-in-Chief 1. From the Editior-in-Chief ________________________ 2' Dr. Kabiru S~hafe Executive Assistant Mal. Usman Suleiman 2. Values and Leadership - ... .. -... -....... · · -· · · -4 by Bishop ldowu Fearon EDITORIAL BOARD Dr. Usman Bugaje 3. Values and Leadership •\ Chairman by Dr Usman Bugaje .................. _........ -6 Dr. Yima Sen Member Prof. Abdullahi M. Ashafa 4. Skill Acquisition and Promotion of Science Member &Technology . Prof. Nuhu Obaje by Engr. Umar B. Bindir, Ph.D ..... _... _ . _•.. _ .. _.. .9 Member Hajiya Rabi Adamu Eshak 5. Northern Youth and Need to Reclaim Nigeria Member by Prof. Abdullahi Ashafa _.. __. _... ~ ..... _.. -. 26 Mal. Isa Modibbo - ~.- Member : ~ I • Mr. G.S. Pwul, sAN 6. Repert on the Arewa Media Forum Member 3rd Annual Lecture_ . _.. - - --- -. - - - -·-- -. -. --- -- 7. Progress Report on Syndicate Groups' Activities All Enquires: . ''~ Arewa Research and ~ F T ECO Development Proiect 8. Interview I: Malam Liman Ciroma _____ ... ___ . __ .as C/o Arewa House Centre for Historical Documentation and Research, ,... Ahmadu Bello University, _.,.. 9. Interview II: Chief Sunday Awoniyi- --· · · · -· · · · -· - 3 ~ -- - ~ f' r- ~ . ...... "~'":-. No. 1 Rabah Road, Kaduna, • _-;. ·. ,.,.. ·~ -....... '<.r."' Kaduna State - Nigeria ' .. ~ - ' -- G$M (Text only) 08027865025 10. Report on the Conference on Governance and ernail. [email protected] Security in the Sahelian State. -· -· · · · ·. -· · -· · · · - · · ·61 Arewa Researc D el ent Project N&Wol!rt;f;U!ff JULY- SEPT 2013 ·From The Editor-in-Chief NlGERIA: EXPLORING LEADERSHIP IN ·TIMES OF PARADOX AND COMPLEXITY... ost African societies, and Empirical studies all over the globe tend to indeed Nigeria, certainly need suggest strong positive correlation between M leadership skills. We do need value based leadership and effective general leadership skill development, but corporate governance capable of short and most prominent on the list is the long term planning and guaranteeing equity, · development of the leadership itself. growth and development. Leadership goes beyond basic skills; one does not need degrees in engineering or Over the last 20 years or so, Nigeria has physical sciences to deal with basic witnessed gradual collapse of public popular issues such as sanitation and institutions of governance and social toilet issues, with electricity generation services. And, the most worrisome and distribution, with provision of safe consequences of this state of affairs is the drinking water, with basic education, total disorientation of public service as the with basic housing, with basics in health instrument of governance, which would have · care and disease prevention, etc. to ensure that governance (at all levels) runs · as corporate scientific business. With the But, today Nigeria·needs 'leadership' to total collapse of the appropriate bureaucratic solve these very basic social issues. More system in Nigeria today, our politicians, as particularly, however, it needs leadership public officers, operate with neither the "art" vision, courage and commitment to nor the "science ofpolitics". create leadership values in public governance and economic value-added. As we approach 2015, Nigeria is, indeed, in Nigeria needs more than just search of leadership in times of paradox and "transformational" leadership of complexity. We are in search of leadership representing the people, of growing amid constraints of trust. Empirical accounts political involvement and of political of public institutions consistently identify technicalities. In contemporary political leadership as a crucial explanatory variable. and socio-economic global order, Conventional wisdom in the field of public Nigeria faces the added challenges of administration research, on the other hand, values-based leadership: leadership that suggest it is impossible for leaders to single­ is focused on economic wealth creation; handedly create an organization that on equitable wealth distribution values; effectively serves multiple, complex and and, purpose and meaningfulness of mutually exclusive goals in a volatile leadership's actions to society. environment. Curiously, however; the role of leadership in institutionalization processes is It is important to stress that the more widely recognized. Hence, as Nigeria economically-oriented values-based marches through to 2015 - which, perhaps, is leaderships is rather new but is critical. the defining moment of its hundred years of A-<- ;p Arewa Resear~ e ent -. ~reject _ 7 N~~ JULY- SEPT 2013 · existence - it faces the critical leadership presentations on "Values and Leadership" challenges to whither through the needed during the December 2012 Conference on institutionalization.processes. "the North and Strategies for Sustainable Development" by Bishop Idowu Fearon Nigeria now needs a leader with a planned and Dr. Usman Bugaje. In addition, we organizational change. That is, a leader also produced transcripts of Interviews ·with a purposeful consideration to bring with the Late Malam Liman Ciroma and about the desired change in the country in the Late Chief Sunday Awoniyi conducted the most effective manner with specific by Malam Abdulkarim Mohammed, strategic goals in mind. There are three Managing Director of Moving Image dimensions to societal change: content, Company based in Kano, in 1995 and process and context. The first two 2003 respectively. The contents of these dimensions refer to the choices related to interviews will, I hope, give some formulating a change strategy, that is, how reflections on the substance of leadership to bring about change and which changes that gave political and social direction to should be made. How change is brought Northern Nigeria. It is intended here, that, about often refers to the strategies and we reflect on the past with the view of the tactics that are used. Which changes should present in order to prepare us for the be made refers to a focal point where future. "The future is always entwined change needs to occur, such as in the with the past and by definition takes place political structures, personnel, technology, in the present". quality management, physical environment, etc. The change context is the context in which change will take place. The main focus of this issue of ARDP Newsletter is on leadership. It contained Dr. Kabiru S. Chafe the abridged versions of the two Director, Arewa House :.Y• •• p JULY- SEPT 2013 personality in the society. Consequently, the individual is permitted to do whatever he/she wants within the rules of the society to achieve the expected high societal needs. Today in Arewa there seems to be a very serious disconnect between these two among our leaders, they fail to demonstrate this connection and so our youths Introduction: lack good role-models. The roles families used to play in ermit me to express my appreciation to the modeling the children along this line seems to be eroding organizers for this privilege to present a paper to very rapidly. The scenario is very frightening indeed and Pthis group of eminent indigenes ofArewa at this there is a need for an urgent remedy! point of our national history. The situation in our country Relationship between Religion and Human Values. calls for a serious soul-searching exercise among our The given in Nigeria is that of pluralism - both political, .traditional and religious elites. There is a need religiously and tribal. Each given religion is unique with to come together, reason together and chart a new path so adherents maintaining their own religious values and views. The question we need to consider is how the two as to give hope to our teeming youths who seem to have major religions in Nigeria work together to live by the lost confidence in their elders. I do hope this conference core values enshrined in our constitution. will produce a blue-print for these youths so as to regain Chapter 11, Section 23 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria states: the National ethics confidence and compete confidently with their shall be Discipline, Integrity, Dignity ofLabour, Social colleagues from the other parts ofthe country. Justice, Religious Tolerance, Self-Reliance, and Patriotism. , Some Working Definitions: Arewa is blessed with adherents of both Islam and In order to communicate adequately, it is essential to have Christianity, in this part of the country are found very some understanding of the two main concepts in the serious-minded adherents who will not compromise topic assigned to me which are, Values and Leadership. their faith, beliefs and practices. One would therefore How are these concepts used in this presentation? expect this part of the country to be the most peaceful
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