Leaders across all levels in Nigeria have been asked to be transparent, visionary and shun corruption to facilitate the Nation’s development.
A development economist and administrator, Tunde Fanimokun, made this call while delivering the 2025 Distinguished Personality Lecture of the Lagos State University
The title of the lecture is: `The Practicability of Incorruptibility under a Democratic Dispensation, Bridging a Good Leadership: A Case Study of Alhaji Lateef Jakande in Lagos State (1979 to 1983).”
Tunde Fanimokun who described the challenges affecting Nigeria as many with endemic corruption chief among them urged leaders to adopt the leadership model of late lateef Jakande.
He noted that Nigeria loses about $18 billion yearly to corrupt practices hence the need to act now.
Vice Chancellor of LASU Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello hailed late Jakande for running an administration that was committed to social justice, infrastructure development and educational reforms which led to the establishment of Lagos State University in 1983.
The Chairman of the event Prof. Elias Gbolahan said that the legacies of Jakande proved that incorruptibility was possible in a democratic dispensation.
The lecture series is a tradition of the university aimed at promoting an environment conducive for intellectual growth and cross-disciplinary learning. In attendance were traditional leaders, Lecturers, Students, political office holders.
