Posted by : Emog in (Leadership and Politics)
Building a Model City
From my point of view, the highlight of the Lagos Economic
Summit was the lecture by Mr Enrique Penalosa who was the
former mayor of Bogota in Colombia. Bogota is a city that has
similar challenges faced by Nigerian cities like Lagos. He was
able to transform this city into a model city and he shared some
of his experiences and how major issues where handled.
The first thing he emphasized was the fact that in any democracy,
public good is above private interest. A city must be built and
planned around the needs of its people. The city must be
environmentally friendly. Nigeria as well as other developing
countries have the advantage of learning from the successes
as well as avoiding the mistakes of developed countries. Our
weakness, our advantage. Read the rest of this entry »