INTERVIEW: Hope_Uzodimma1 engages well with ideas, exhibits practical wisdom, says Kenneth Amaeshi | TheCable
the European University Institute; Visiting Professor of Leadership and Financial Markets in Africa, London School of Economics; and Extraordinary Professor of Business in Africa, University of Cape Town. He was tapped as chief economic adviser to the governor of Imo state, Chief Hope Uzodinma, pursuant to the governor’s economic drives, about a year ago.
I was appointed in November 2021 but sworn in on January 5, 2022. So, you are correct. It is exactly one year I started the role as the chief economic adviser to the Imo state government. I do the job pro bono and on part time. The start was rather sudden. I just got a call from the governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, sometime in in October 2021 from the blues to consider contributing to the development of Imo State. Initially, I was pleasantly very surprised.
From what I have seen so far and my direct experience of him, I am convinced he is a people-centered person. This is something we share. Perhaps, his perspective affords him the rare opportunity to see the sufferings of others and do his best to alleviate them. I wish one day he would articulate his governance ideology and philosophy perhaps as Hopism. It would be a valuable contribution to practical political philosophy – at least in Nigeria.
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