The key failure of the post-colonial state in Africa – transcending both ideology and individual personality – is a refusal to grasp the importance of succession planning. This failure haunts every sector, from politics to the economy, to the very way our society is held together. Without a plan for the future, there is no map and no compass, and we are steering the ship of state blind, which results in a hapless situation where no one on board knows where we are going, or why we are even on…
Governance, national ethos and succession planning (1) By abiodun KOMOLAFE
