Edo: The Quest for Refreshing, Visionary Leadership via thisdaylive
According to Thomas Hobbes, life for man in the state of nature was, solitary, poor, brutish, nasty, and short. It was an era marked with great trouble as men, in their natural instinct for self-preservation, found right in might. Yet, chaos can neither be sustained nor controlled, hence men began to evolve towards civil society. It is this evolution, onward and continually marching, that has brought forth tools of civilized living like government, laws, institutions, etc.
Nevertheless, as in America, so it is in Nigeria—a country practicing federalism. The various states of the country strive and aspire, differently, to the mission of greatness. There is Lagos, the torchbearer in socio-economic advancement, and followed by other states locomoting in various stride towards the ambition. Some states are beginning to increase their pace, beginning to dream bigger, beginning to aim higher.
In the article titled ’Edo Without Allocation’, Pastor Ize-Iyamu had stated that the ”true test of a viable state is the ability to be financially self-reliant” after he raised questions like: ”Can Edo state survive without Federal allocation? Does Edo state qualify amongst the few states in Nigerian that can truly be called viable entities?”
Continuing, the widely-read pastor revealed that “many governments have deliberately created tax holidays and incentives for new companies in order to attract them to their locations. What are we doing in this direction and who have we attracted? Where are the business districts or parks in our state and what is government relationship with the private sector if they exist? Edo without allocation must go beyond the stigma of a civil service state to a more commercially oriented state.
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