ABEOKUTA– A life coach, Abidemi Adeyemi has decries the lack of mentorship leading to leadership roles, as a bane of quality generational leaders in Nigeria.
Adeyemi stated this while speaking at the 2nd edition of her ‘Mentors Moment’ event held in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
The foremost event planner noted that leadership without mentorship creates a brain drain in the leadership ladder, thus limiting growth and continuity in governance, and other spheres of life.
She emphasized that most Nigeria leaders has neglected mentorship duties, but instead choose to hand over leadership roles to their children, without necessary quality training.
“Most of our leaders that are actually good needs to start mentoring others to take over from them, and not necessarily handing over to their children.
“The future of Nigeria lies greatly in the youth of today, and as such good mentorship is necessary to guide them into leadership roles.
“An unprepared leader cannot change the dynamics of leadership overnight. The wealth of experience from these aged good leaders is the very tonic needed by the younger generation.
“We must go back to our values, how our forebears lead, and train those behind them to take over”, she added
Adeyemi’s mentors moment, the second in the series is the convergence of youths from different spheres of life, for leadership training, and has since produced success in family, business and politics.
Meanwhile, a participant at the event, Oyinkansola Bada lauded the initiative, saying that generational baton exchange is the most sort after by Nigerian youth, just as mentorship is key.
