SOLUDO'S TRANSFORMATIONAL REGIME: WHAT ADVISERS MUST KNOW

SOLUDO'S TRANSFORMATIONAL REGIME: WHAT ADVISERS MUST KNOW

By Okey Emmanuel

Recently, I was driving on the street of Lagos with my Google Voice Road Guide on. It just occurred to me that most times when Google would ask me to turn left or right I intentionally disregard its advice. 

True, the Google guide is always right but for one reason or the other I chose not to obey it - not because I wanted to be stubborn or arrogant but because there are things I know that my wonderful, impeccable adviser/guide did not know. 

But one thing that surprises me is that this great expert on road network does not take offense, grumble or even protest and, perhaps, threaten to boycott its role after I have disobeyed it. Rather, it goes on and on in its responsibility. Google simply understands that its role is advisory and not command. 

This is one lesson that experts in advisory must know especially the enthusiastic professionals who are poised to advise Prof. Soludo. Of course the governor-elect has given an open invitation to all meaning Ndi Anambra and beyond to bring their expertise to assist in the enormous job of transforming Anambra - a task he has sworn to undertake. In the words of Mr Joe Anatune, Soludo's Chief Media aid, "Ndi Anambra are welcome to partner with the new administration using their time, talent and treasure".

It is interesting to note that so many Anambra professionals are showing interest in heeding to this call but one thing is certain - not all the advice administered must see the light of the day. All will end at the table of His Excellency whose job it is to decipher which to accept and which to keep-in-view or trash outrightly. 

Like my Google guide, those whose advice are not accepted should not see the rejection as failure in their expertise but as being overtaken by certain circumstances. For instance, I may have chosen to take left against Google's expert advice perhaps because I need to pick up some cash from my bank on the left street or drop off an invoice in a client's office. These, my adviser would certainly not be privy to. In fact, there could be a number of reasons why my decision runs perpendicular to the expert's advice.

Nonetheless, let's join hands in the building of our dream prosperous Anambra with Prof Cee Cee Soludo as the chief driver.

@okey.ODEWAIWAI.com