Leadership Institute Partners UNILAG for Student Leadership Training

The Olusegun Obasanjo Leadership Institute (OOLI), in partnership with the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has concluded a four-day intensive leadership training for newly elected student leaders.

The programme, held from Feb. 19 to Feb. 22, was themed “Leadership for the Future.”

According to a statement issued in Lagos by the institute’s media consultant, Prof. Elvis Otobo, the training was designed to nurture a new generation of responsible, visionary and values-driven leaders.

The programme opened with a keynote address by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, founder of OOLI.

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Obasanjo delivered a lecture on the role, objectives and values of leadership, outlining his 55 objectives of a true leader.

He highlighted qualities such as achiever, analyser, arranger and communicator, as well as decision-maker, encourager, enquirer and giver.  He also emphasised core leadership values including integrity, honesty, dependability, patriotism, tolerance, trustworthiness and peace.

The training featured facilitators drawn from academia, civil society, mental health, finance, law and business leadership.

Sessions covered governance, activism, emotional intelligence, financial stewardship, constitutional literacy and global leadership trends.

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The programme combined plenary sessions, interactive engagements, emotional intelligence laboratories, constitutional literacy workshops and financial management training.

Senior officials of UNILAG attended the event, including the Vice Chancellor, Folasade Ogunsola, and the Dean of Student Affairs Division, Musa Obalola. In her closing remarks, Ogunsola commended Obasanjo for his contribution to leadership development in Nigeria and across Africa.

One of the facilitators, Anne Welsh, Chief Executive Officer of Painless Universal, United Kingdom, delivered a session on resilience and goal pursuit in leadership.

A highlight of the programme was a guided visit to the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, as well as excursions to the zoo and Olumo Rock, to broaden participants’ cultural and historical perspectives on leadership.