About the institute
Incorporated at the Corporate Affairs Commission as a Company Limited By Guarantee with RC: 1609397 on 15th August, 2019.
Historical background
No doubt, Providence has benevolently located Nigeria in one of the greenest belts of the global space, endowed with a multiplicity of abundant highly valued natural resources. And Nigeria is not bereft of good policy formulation.
But it is rather a paradox that in spite of all these development enablers, Nigeria, several decades after independence, is still globally perceived as a potentially great nation, instead of boldly taking advantage of her huge endowments to significantly transmute to a truly great nation.
She remains lean in physical and psychomotor-based human capital development. Besides, she is also terribly short in major indices of global competitiveness taken for granted in far less endowed but better led climes.
It was against this backdrop, driven by patriotic zeal, that some like-minded Nigerians cutting across the country — Associate Professor Tope Alabi, Alhaji Muhammad Abdulmumini Dada, Professor A.N Akwanya, Engr. Nwokolo S.P, Dr Bulus Baba Samuel, Engr. Emeka Nwokolo, and Chief Dr Mrs Gloria Laraba Shoda mni, MFR — met on several occasions in the closing quarter of 2018 to brainstorm on the possibility of corporately contributing towards changing the ugly national narrative.
Agenda setting
Following those initial meetings the group of 7, who later became the subscribers and directors of the emergent institute, set the stage for discussions on the appropriate agenda to:
Guided by the 6-point agenda, the group’s subsequent brainstorming sessions and wide consultations became more focused and fruitful, leading to the concrete realization of the overall dream of establishing the institute. In the process, compromised leadership and poor policy implementation were identified as the two critical factors responsible for Nigeria’s unimpressive developmental trajectory, despite her huge and diverse endowments.
Satisfied with this discovery, and aligning with the time-honoured agreement among all schools of thought in the subject of Leadership — that everything rises or falls on leadership — the group reasoned that the envisaged platform should reflect the operational key words, leadership and policy implementation, in its nomenclature, objects, vision, mission, motto, mandate, and core values.
This is why the institute raises proposals tied to the policies of various government agencies which seek to forge an interface between the agencies and the people for the implementation of those policies for the benefit of the society.
CAC registration
Having met all the official registration requirements, the Institute Of Leadership For Policy Implementation was duly incorporated at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) under the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990, as a Company Limited By Guarantee with RC: 1609397, on 15th August, 2019.
Operational set-up
The full attainment of the 6-point agenda by the founding 7-man board of subscribers and directors was realized on the 20th of October, 2020, when the operational office of the institute was formally set up and officially inaugurated in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, by the ILPI President, Professor A.N Akwanya, supported by the other board members and a handful of invited dignitaries cutting across the federal and FCT bureaucracy. During the ceremony Engr. Emeka Nwokolo was appointed as the ILPI Executive Vice-President to head the organization, charged with the overall strategy, direction, and management responsibilities.
What guides us
To rate leadership on policy formulation and implementation through monitoring and evaluation of government programs and projects.
To promote the entrenchment of transformative leadership culture of service delivery and accountability through reorientation, leadership education, and capacity building.
Leadership and policy implementation are sacred and inseparable twin tools for service.
Through carrying out leadership education, reorientation, capacity building, articulation and dissemination of ideas, recognition, and reward for excellence, the ILPI mandate is centered on promoting good political and corporate leadership, driven by people-focused and transformative policy formulation and implementation for a happier society. Our mandate is strongly anchored on the universal truth expressed by all leadership schools of thought that “everything rises or falls on leadership”, leadership being all about influence that can make or mar any nation or organization.
Our objectives / goals
Our core values
The core values which guide our organization’s corporate behavior or decision making are rooted in:
Being mindful of the ILPI corporate image by always doing what we say we will do, how we say we will do it, and when we say we will do it, realizing that one good turn deserves another.
Committed to delivering services, programs, or projects strictly in line with stipulated delivery timelines.
We do not cut corners; our services are delivered to guarantee satisfaction by strictly adhering to laid down specifications in quality and quantity.
We demonstrate expertise in the conceptualization and development of intended (proposed) service provision, and engage cutting-edge know-how in both manpower and technology to execute same.
We liaise with the policy owners (government agencies, the organized private sector, local and international development partners/donors, etc) to foster the implementation of their policies or corporate social responsibilities in critical areas of societal needs for the common good.
We are sticklers for good corporate governance or pragmatic leadership in service delivery, tacitly committing to the time-honored leadership credo: everything rises or falls on leadership.
We operate at an optimum level of measurable performance, conscious of time and energy.
We are open to public scrutiny, shunning graft and dishonesty in our dealings.
ILPI pays attention to details in service conceptualization, planning, and delivery; takes full responsibility for our actions; and gives regular verifiable clear-cut feedback as service delivery progresses; and submits programs-end reports to government agencies or organizations that collaborate/partner with the institute on such programs.
