Dear Friends,
I have seen calls from various corners this past 10 years for 'technocrats' to be recruited into Government at both federal and State levels. Technocrats according to our'Analysts' mean people like me and you! You get my drift i suppose!
The proponents of this 'novel' idea are of the view that 'technicrats' are better exposed and prepared to 'deliver' than 'politicians'.
In my second book 'Another perspective' (I'm also an Author .. you must know by now) published in September 2013, I had stated that our major issue is incompetence and mediocrity both in private and private sectors. As I traverse sectors and states and countries .. I am more convinced my hypothesis is largely correct.
My take has been that our private sector is as poorly managed and inept as our public sector to a large extent and so the call for so called 'Technocrats' to be infused more and more into public sector though it is an initiative to support and have been the case since our democracy kicked in in 1999, should not be swallowed hook line and sinker we should take it with good thinking.
However, big however, I am not aproponent of the idea that so called Technocrats are better than 'others' at delivering good performance.
I want your perspective on this very topical issue as we evolve as a nation!!
Let us tackle the issue you raised from another perspective. If your hypothesis is largely correct, what then might be the cause? It is not as if Nigeria lacks bright minds despite the massive brain drain. Is the problem the fact that we do not think or do not know how to think? Or is it that corporate Nigeria kills creativity due to entrenched nepotism and a largely abscent system of meritocracy?
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