LBS unveils public sector leadership programme

The Lagos Business School (LBS) Public Sector Initiative has launched its new executive programme intended to drive the advancement of senior public servants who need to broaden their capability, if they are to lead effectively in a dynamic world.

LBS Director of Executive Education, Victor Banjo, said the programme would begin in Lagos on June 19, 2023 with the final module to be held at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore in October 2023.

The Academic Director of the programme and Director of the LBS Public Sector Initiative, Dr. Franklin Ngwu, said: “The programme will focus on key leadership competencies such as the ability to create vision and strategy, to mobilize people, uphold integrity and respect; collaborate with partners and stakeholders; build cultures of excellence, effectiveness, achieve results and promote innovation and guide change.

“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, Dr. Suleyman A. Ndanusa, a former Director General and Chairman of the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission, delivered an insightful and thought-provoking paper on the consequences of poor and reactive public sector governance, and the need for change.

He noted that deeper private and public sector collaboration would 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”.