The Lagos Business School Public Sector Initiative, has unveiled a new executive programme intended to drive the advancement of senior public service officers who need to broaden and deepen their capability if they are to lead effectively in a dynamic world.
A statement by the school said the programme would help equip existing top-tier public sector leaders and develop a sustainable pipeline, improved leadership, policy formulation and implementation, and create platforms to foster understanding and networking between the public, non-governmental and private sector.
According to the Academic Director of the programme and Director of the LBS Public Sector Initiative, Dr Franklin Ngwu, “the programme will focus on key leadership competencies. Senior public leaders who serve as accountable officers in a ministry, agency or as appointed heads of statutory government agencies and parastatals (ministers, permanent secretaries, chief executives, director general, executive secretaries, or equivalent), or are likely to move into such a position within the next two years are invited to attend.”
The keynote speaker at the event, a former Director General and Chairman of the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria, Dr Suleyman Ndanusa, spoke on the consequences of poor and reactive public sector governance, and the need for change.
He noted that “deeper private and public sector collaboration will strengthen the business environment and with the right public sector policies in place, Nigeria will be transformed into an economic powerhouse with social stability and an improved standard of living for all”.
The LBS director of Executive Education, Victor Banjo, announced that the programme would start in Lagos on 19 June 2023 with the final module to be held at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore in October 2023.
