
Message from the President
Fellow Nigerians,
Thanks for visiting Nigerian Leadership Council, NIGERLEC.
Together, we will achieve that greatness, using all the
resources bestowed upon us by nature.
NIGERLEC was formed on September 1, 2004. The goal is to
remake Nigeria, where leaders will always bear in mind that:
(a) leaders are the parents of their own people;
(b) leadership is action, not a position;
(c) if leaders lead well, followers will follow well (and,
in turn, lead well when their time comes);
(d) development is civilization; and
(e) civilization can only be brought about by those leaders
who truly recognize that leadership is parenthood.
To bring that civilization to Nigeria means to produce
intelligent, and energetic leaders -- i.e., leaders with
common sense -- who will recognize that leaders of the
"developed" countries have no penny in Nigerian banks, and
therefore, wisely invest Nigerian money in Nigeria.
You see, foreign leaders, say in Europe, North America,
Middle East, or Asia take care of their own people first.
That is, they do not abandon their own banks only to open
and maintain huge bank accounts in Nigeria or any other
African country. They know the consequences of capital
flight; they know that investing their capital abroad, say
in Nigeria, is suicidal for their own people. They
understand the implications of "shipping a country's jobs
overseas"; they want their own citizens to have full
employment. They know that investment is the engine of all
developments; as such, it makes no sense for them to invest
in other countries. Above all, they know that leaders must
be good role models, i.e., they, the leaders, must lead well
so that their followers will follow well, and be good
leaders when their own time comes.
Fellow countrymen and women, knowing that some of our
leaders abandon our financial institutions only to open huge
bank accounts abroad and/or invest abroad when so many of
our people are poor and jobless is too painful and
shameful. This behavior defies simple logic; it defies
common sense. This behavior is not leadership; it
underscores self-hatred and self-destruction. A leader
should not be an instrument of destruction to his own
people.
Leading well amounts to patriotism in action. Indeed,
leadership is action, not a position. This is the time for
action, and we ask for your support, as we work diligently
on recruiting effective leaders who will consider themselves
the "parents" of Nigerians. Thanks for your support.
Your Fellow Compatriot,
Bedford
Nwabueze Umez, Ph.D.
President, NIGERLEC
Website:
www.Umez.Com
Phone: 832-731-7061