In a bid to produce the next generation of leaders with disruptive thinking, School of Politics, Policy & Governance (SPPG) at the weekend held a graduation ceremony for 133 students for the 2022 academic year in Abuja.

At the ceremony, Chief Executive Officer of SPPG, Alero Ayida-Otobo, said the institution was designed to transform the quality of political and public leadership in Nigeria and the rest of Africa.

She disclosed that the 2022 graduating class comprised 133 students who underwent 10 intensive months of training and learning.

“For the class of 2022, there are about 133 students graduating. The pioneer class was 160 and they have gone through 10 intensive months of training and learning. They studied 140 topics, seven thematic areas. Research shows that there were certain gaps in the knowledge base of lots of public leaders. So, this is our own contribution in building the knowledge base of future leader’s and we are very pleased that we have 133 graduates.

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“A lot of them are already doing great work. They are already community organisers serving at the community level and recruiting individuals that have the potential to be part of our community. We also have among them at least three that scale through the primaries conducted by parties.”

Meanwhile,  former Minister of Education, Dr. Obi Ezekwesili has linked the root cause of Nigeria’s leadership problem to distorted political culture where leaders place personal interests above public good.

She said  there must be a change of mindset by leaders to tackle the growing economy and security challenges in the country.

Ezekwesili, who is also the founder of SPPG, observed that character, competence and capacity was the missing link in producing good leaders in the African continent.