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