Good Governance Begins Where We Stand

@Good Governance Begins Where We Stand 


For about four weeks recently, I was at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), and I encountered a lesson in governance that required no political speech, campaign promise or press conference. It was written on the roads, reflected in the cleanliness, expressed in the orderliness and demonstrated in the facilities. Beautiful layouts. Neat surroundings. Equipped classrooms, lecture theatres, libraries and laboratories. Fairly regular electricity. A visible commitment to repairing what is damaged. Whatever the imperfections, successive administrations have left behind evidence that leadership can make an environment more conducive to learning, work and human development. Good governance is not merely announced; it is experienced.


And this raises a question we must not run away from: What are we doing with the little jurisdictions entrusted to us? If we lead a state, can people live and work there with dignity? If we lead a school, can children learn in an environment that inspires possibility rather than reinforces deprivation? If we lead a business, workplace, church, mosque, market, association, organisation or club, have we made that space more orderly, functional, safe and conducive to growth? Leadership is not the size of the territory; it is the quality of life we create within it.


We must stop treating good governance as a miracle that can only descend from the Almighty Federal Government. Yes, national leadership matters. Government at every level matters. Public institutions must be held accountable. Yet, the responsibility to improve our immediate environments cannot always be outsourced to Abuja. A principal can fix what is within the school’s reach. A community leader can mobilise people to restore order. A business owner can improve working conditions. An association executive can bring transparency and functionality to its operations. A religious leader can make the worship environment more welcoming and dignified. We may not be able to solve every problem, but we can refuse to become custodians of avoidable problems.


Imagine a Nigeria where every leader, in every sphere of influence, makes their corner of the nation cleaner, fairer, safer, more functional and more conducive to fulfilment. Imagine leaders who do not merely inherit offices, but improve the environments attached to those offices. Perhaps then, our national complaints would reduce—not because the Federal Government has become irrelevant, but because responsible leadership would no longer be absent from the places where we ourselves have power. Good governance begins wherever responsibility begins. And the transformation of Nigeria must not only be demanded from those above us; it must also be demonstrated by those of us who lead where we stand.


Yours in fulfilment,


@Otunba Dr Femi Abiola, MCE

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