Gov Yahaya Bello Shares ‘’ 12 general Principles On Leadership For Youths To Celebrate 45th Birthday

Today is the 45th birthday of the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.

The Governor shares what he labeled ‘’ 12 general principles on leadership for our youth’’ as part of a narrative he summed up as ‘’  These reflections are simply my own way of saying that I have learnt so much already and that I am only just getting started. ‘’

The ‘’ 12 general principles on leadership for our youth’’ shared by Governor Bello reads..:

‘Not Too Young To Run’ will become ‘Much Too Old To Run’ faster than you think, so if you must get somewhere soon, stop loitering and start running.

Give life your best shot always and stop dealing with a slack hand.

‘Busy-ness’, that is, to be busy doing nothing, is the worst enemy of business and the most formidable foe of achievement.

Avoid the rocking chair life of constant motion and zero progress.

When actors or actions have no strategic objectives they will always fall short of greatness. How can you catch what you are not chasing?

Always aim for an ultimate prize every time you aim and make every prize you aim for as ultimate as you can possibly make it.

Always want more, always strive for more and stop begging for rights and privileges which are already yours by citizenship or humanity.

This Country belongs to all of us so stop waiting to be invited to a banquet paid for with your money.

Take a seat at the table, in fact, show your mettle and sit at the head of the table.

Start ignoring narratives which preach the myth of invincible supremacy – be it of the white man over the black, one tribe over another or of the older generations over the younger. They thicken your chains of non-performance or under-performance through passivity.

There is no circumstance that cannot be changed if you get your mind free, your thinking straight and you actions right so go ahead and emancipate yourself from mental slavery. Bob Marley (the original Marleyan) says so.

Never settle. Your youth is for making mistakes until you get it right.

The Governor also disclosed that ‘’I hope to finish writing and release the book on these 12 leadership principles soon, but for now I call them the ’12 Unorthodox Pathways To Power’ and they will help any youth interested in politics to leapfrog some of the tedium inherent in the process. ‘’

Touching on his dream for the nation on his birthday Governor Bello stated ‘’I look forward to a future of greatness for the Nigerian youth, for my dear Kogi State and our nation, Nigeria. I am going to be working with willing compatriots around the nation to see how far God will take us in meeting these objectives.’’

And self-appraised himself with the assertion ‘’45 looks good on me and I consider it a good age for where I am now.’’