Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administrative actions has continue to inspire others to dream more, learn more, and act more. He is a global leader by all indications having demonstrated much competence and credibility in driving the wheel of leadership in Enugu state as governor for over the past 6years, hence his genuine commitment and uncommon qualities stand him out for Nigeria’s big project, come 2023.
Over the decades, Enugu state could not compete with global competition in peace building and employment generation. Among the past successive government in the state that did not succeed well in building bridges with the citizens, most could not sustain their position in the overall analysis on government relationship with the led. Leaders like Gov Ugwuanyi and late great Nnamdi Azikiwe, shared same vision, unshakable determination, and persistent hard work, led their respective categories in leadership to great heights. With their belief and strong leadership qualities, they gave a new dimension to the world of business.
Gov Ugwuanyi’s leadership qualities that will help to transform Nigeria to great, achieve greatness, and bring the desired new transformations in the African continent when elected as President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Before deep-diving into the leadership qualities that stands the current Enugu governor out as best in human management and crisis restorer, let’s understand leadership in brief terms and what you could imagine what Ugwuanyi will do for the Nigerian people if elected President.
What is leadership?
According to John Maxwell, ‘leadership is influence-nothing more, nothing less.’ Warren Bennis called it the capacity to translate vision into reality. If you Google the term ‘leadership, ‘you will find endless leadership_ definitions by the great minds and leaders. After working with some good leaders and being in a position myself to have followed His Excellency, Rt. Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi with keen interest to learn his art of governance, the understanding I have developed is that leadership can influence the crowd to believe, act and work with perseverance to meet the greater good.
Being a good leader like Ugwuanyi of Enugu state, is not a cakewalk. One must possess effective leadership qualities that help them achieve higher goals and objectives. Be it resistance and persistence of His Excellency, Rt. Hon Dr Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi or the vision.
Ugwuanyi’s Integrity in mastering the governance of Enugu state over the years, is a core quality that will change the ugly political narrative of this country, a contending qualities other leaders must possess. You cannot run any business successfully if you lack integrity. Self-development, author Brain Tracy says that whenever he holds a strategic business meeting, the first value every executive agrees on is integrity. Political leaders know-integrity is the foundation of good leadership, and one must stand for their beliefs. No matter how hard a situation, a good leader inspires with his principles without compromising; they refrain from making false promises, or choosing thoughts and actions over personal gain. Governor Ugwuanyi, delivering his administration’s promises to the people of Enugu state since assumption into office, has ethically and morally grounded and his necessity has paid the dividend in the state craft.
Governor Ugwuanyi as an innovative leader; is a creative genius with deep-thought provoking ideas that gives others freedom to develop their ideas. Ugwuanyi would always find people with great ideas who lack the will, determination, and fear of taking any actions and configure them into such an instrument of greatness. Governor Ugwuanyi as President, will open new ideas and discussions with the people of Nigeria to find the best approach of diversifying the country’s economy, thereby create massive employment generation that will outlive him. Ugwuanyi listens to everyone and also motivate others to think out of the box. His quality has given Enugu the edge over others since since other states have always been hunting for creativity and innovations. As an innovative leader, governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi distinguished himself between a leader and a good follower.
One of the best qualities viruses of His Excellency, Rt. Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuany, is his honesty in dealing with people. This icon has no substitute when compared to sincerity and being a just man. Honesty is a quality that has signified Ugwuanyi as a true leader. This is exactly what the Nigerian people are looking for to pilot the affairs of this country, especially now that our national cohesion, peace and unity are being seriously threatened by bad leadership since our returned to a democratic governance. Ugwuanyi’s greatest essential leadership qualities is his possession of honesty. Honesty is expected from leaders to garner trust and respect from people for reliability. Moreover, we look upto people who are loyal to their words and are accountable. Thus, honesty is the most valued traits for any political leader or any leader in general. I therefore, urges the Nigerian community to learn from the Ugwuanyi’s shining legacy in honesty and trust even as he holds political position and currently serving as an Enugu governor. It is an unfortunate in this country that some of our political leaders lacks integrity, sincerity, honesty and trust when dealing with their subjects, but governor Ugwuanyi has defined this as a best attitude to entrenching reliability between the leader and the led.
Ugwuanyi’s active listening to all matters; the roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to people demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their ideas and are willing to hear them. Ugwuanyi’s active listening, is an excellent quality to have when comes to leadership. Ugwuanyi as a good leader, listen to people with great attention and sincerity. It has help him to understand people more and their perspective about his administration. His Excellency, Rt Hon Dr Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, builds trust and relationships in the long run when dealing with his subjects. The governor communicate with care, focus on the person and message till he transform the person to a productive material. Ugwuanyi has never left his subjects halfway, especially when confronted with uncertainties. He don’t interrupt, but acknowledge what is being said. And that is what Nigeria needs at this our political life. Nigerians must consider a political leader who listen to its people. It need self-awareness and humility to respect others thoughts.
Governor Ugwuanyi has mustered self-confidence: self-confidence is found abundantly amidst true leaders; hence he know about his competence and leadership capacity. Nigerians can be very sure about Ugwuanyi’s competence and leadership skills. He have a sense of self-assurance and self-esteem and, most importantly, believe that he can always make a difference where others had failed. Ugwuanyi as political game changer ‘you have to have confidence in your ability to be tough enough to follow through. Self-confidence is critical for leadership because it gives wings to take risks, accomplish goals and fly high. Also, the governor as a conflict manager; he takes good and full responsibility and quick actions without passing on issues of blame, ignoring, or procrastinating.
Governor Ugwuanyi’s visionary in economic recovery, is a great potential to the genuine economic and political stability of Nigeria; A leader should be visionary and have more foresight than an employee. Ugwuanyi’s visionary is farsighted and driven and inspired by what a country can become. His vision can expressly work hard for the greater good and development of Nigeria. The governor has the ability for problem-solving skills; leadership is not only limited to management or delegating. Today for any leader, the spectrum of leadership responsibilities have evolved. For the proper functioning of government, leaders must have problem-solving mechanisms just like His Excellency, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and an eye for analyzing the situation to make better decisions. When it comes to effective leadership, problem solving skills are crucial. Then consider Ugwuanyi as best in this factor because he has learned and mastered the arts of good governance.
Ugwuanyi has this innate ability to respond to problems. He is equipped with the ability to identify and define problems, make the analysis, use data, and communicate to solve the issues. Ugwuanyi’s cultivating strong problem-solving skills is vital for Nigeria to eliminate barriers. As we continue to draft possible names for the open contest of the seat of a President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023, let us also consider Ugwuanyi’s fair attitude to all Nigerian tribes. His performance based promotion of unity and his constant advocacy and uncommon practice of national peace and harmony, remains the best among others. Let us not be deceived by a mere sentiment of regional lines and religious bigotry. Governor Ugwuanyi is the answer for Nigeria when considering the next President.
As we all person biases. Governor Ugwuanyi is one who can think and act beyond this loop is what make him different from the crowd. These biases are one of the factors why some Nigerian leaders fail to achieve greater heights. Governor Ugwuanyi is fair to Nigerians and the system. He has acknowledge the good and always make room for everyone to thrive together. He understand that nothing significant has ever been achieved with an attitude that is unfair and biased. The governor has never exhibited an attitude that its sustainability of outcome is questionable.
Let support His Excellency, Rt. Hon Dr Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Governor of Enugu state, for President.
Bibian Anekwe News added: “True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well”.
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