By Rukayat Moisemhe
Stakeholders in management growth have urged higher funding in mentoring younger individuals to advertise accountable management and sustainable nationwide progress.
They made the decision on the Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy (LJLA) Mentors Meet-Up on Sunday in Lagos.
The Executive Secretary of LJLA, Mrs Ayisat Agbaje-Okunade, described mentorship as a legacy funding that might equip younger individuals with the capability and alternatives to contribute meaningfully to society.
Agbaje-Okunade stated many younger individuals had the ambition to steer and make a distinction however lacked the assets, steerage and entry wanted to grasp their potential.
She stated completed people had a duty to create alternatives for younger individuals by permitting them to imagine management obligations and acquire sensible expertise.
She urged professionals, enterprise leaders and public workplace holders to commit their time, data and assets to nurture the following technology.
“Every young person must have someone to pour into them. I am a product of people pouring into me.
“As a young person, you may have the ambition but not necessarily the means to get there.
“The importance of someone allowing you to lead, even as a young person, cannot be overemphasised,” she stated.
She disclosed that the Academy’s mentorship programme, which commenced in 2023, had progressed to its fourth cohort in 2026, with individuals with disabilities additionally included.
She stated the initiative had uncovered younger individuals to governance constructions, management experiences and alternatives to take part in impactful tasks throughout Lagos State.
She urged mentors to exhibit dedication to the programme, stressing that mentoring needs to be considered deliberate social funding fairly than occasional goodwill.
Agbaje-Okunade additionally urged political leaders to prioritise funding in younger individuals as a method of selling financial transformation and sustainable growth.
Princess Damilola Sonayon-James, the APC deputy gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State, stated society would profit if profitable people intentionally dedicated to mentoring not less than 5 younger individuals.
She regretted that many individuals benefited from society with out making commensurate efforts to offer again.
She described mentorship as an efficient technique of transferring data, expertise and values to future generations.
“If everyone who has succeeded takes at least five persons to mentor, the world would be a better place.
“Many people take a lot from society but are yet to give back,” she stated.
Sonayon-James stated mentorship would assist younger individuals keep away from errors made by earlier generations and put together them to take duty for the longer term.
She urged professionals, business leaders and different completed people to embrace the tradition of mentoring.
She added that management growth ought to encourage younger individuals to determine and handle challenges inside their speedy communities.
“Meaningful contributions to society need not begin at the national or state level, as individuals can drive change by identifying needs and serving their communities,” she stated.
Mrs Titi Oshodi, Special Adviser on Climate Change and Circular Economy to the Governor of Lagos State, stated social funding required people to construct a future they may not personally profit from.
Oshodi burdened the necessity to equip younger individuals with data and abilities to take part within the rising inexperienced economic system.
She famous that sustainability concerns would more and more form financial actions throughout totally different sectors.
She stated investments in local weather schooling, digital transformation, synthetic intelligence and enterprise growth would strengthen younger individuals’s capability to deal with rising financial and environmental challenges.
Also, Mrs Ayo Fatoki-Maji, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Africa Leadership Initiative West Africa, stated LJLA was established to develop the following technology of leaders.
She stated exposing younger individuals to management schooling, mentorship, sensible experiences and completed leaders would put together them for accountable participation in society.
Fatoki-Maji stated the programme inspired fellows to replicate on societal challenges and recognise their capability to drive constructive change.
Also talking, the Managing Partner, Verraki Partners, Mr Niyi Yusuf, urged the mentees to translate their management coaching into sensible group interventions.
He stated they may develop tasks able to creating sustainable impacts past their participation within the Academy.
The Deputy Chief of Staff, Lagos State, Mr Sam Egube, stated management growth required steady studying and the power to adapt to altering governance constructions and societal realities.
He burdened that people should consistently develop themselves and perceive evolving governance dynamics to stay efficient leaders.
Another speaker, the Group Managing Director, A.G. Leventis Nigeria Ltd., Mrs Seun Oni, emphasised the necessity to introduce enterprise considering into authorities constructions to advertise innovation and enhance public service supply.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that LJLA was established in honour of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, Lagos State’s first civilian governor.
The Academy goals to develop younger individuals with the technical experience, integrity and management capability to drive constructive change throughout totally different sectors.
It supplies sensible experiences, mentorship and publicity to governance and societal challenges to arrange younger Nigerians for accountable management. (NAN)
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Edited by Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma
