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The Cost of Incompetence in governance. A wake-up call to governors.

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Kflt7GlA" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Yusuf Auwal Saleh Lulu<&sol;p><div class&equals;"jigSqYq8" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>In the intricate dance of governance&comma; the appointment of key officials holds the power to shape destinies and professional service&period; However&comma; when political expediency trumps competence&comma; the consequences can be dire&period; This seems to be the case of many appointments for chief executive officers even for critical professional organisations in the Heath&comma; media and educational sector in most states in Nigeria&period; This appointment of incompetence tenure&comma; embodies a stark lesson in the perils of appointing leaders devoid of expertise and integrity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Handling the reins of authority with little regard for meritocracy&comma; lead to character flaws that quickly come to the fore&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Most of these kinds of appointments are characterised by Selfishness&comma; total incompetence to handle or administer professional tasks assigned and driven a voracious greed for personal enrichment&comma; the ill-suited for the weighty responsibilities entrusted turns vaque and rather than stewarding the organization with wisdom and vision&comma; they mostly embarked on a reckless pursuit of quick riches&comma; heedless of the long-term repercussions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Compounding their incompetence was a glaring lack of proficiency in the field they are appointed to oversee&period; With scant knowledge of the subject matter&comma; they stumbled through unknown duties&comma; leaving chaos and disarray in his wake&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Most of the organizations where these kinds of appointments are done&comma; are those meant to be a beacon of hope&comma; progress and some even a fighting tool under the government&&num;8217&semi;s auspices&comma; languished under these kind of misguided leadership&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zWADNhD5" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Despite mounting evidence of their ineptitude&comma; with lust most governors remained oblivious and lost to love shadows for their appointees and to the havoc wrought by these kinds of ill-conceived appointments&period; While some are Blinded or blindfolded to the damages inflicted upon the organization and the broader community&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Oftentimes&comma; most governors turned a blind eye to the signs of impending disaster&period; Ignoring all signs with complacency shields these kinds of appointments&comma; either from accountability point of view&comma; to subject proficiency and capabilities&comma; prolonging the suffering of those affected by the illusions of their mismanagement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Yet&comma; time is a relentless arbiter of truth&period; As the days pass and these kinds of stoothed leadership&&num;8217&semi;s failures become increasingly apparent&comma; the veil of deception woven by political expediency&comma; will inevitably fray&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;There will be a time that it will be too late to reverse these kinds of damage wrought by their misplaced trust with a lot of repercussions<br &sol;>&NewLine;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the annals of governance&comma; the cautionary tale of a selfish&comma; impatient&comma; and greedy leadership may serve as a poignant reminder of the imperative to uphold principles of meritocracy&comma; professionalism&comma; commitment and integrity in service&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;For&comma; in the absence of such virtues&comma; the dreams of progress and prosperity risk being dashed upon the rocks of incompetence and folly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just because incompetence is elevated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; 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