 There are other stakeholders in the African project have identified lack of training as one of the factors hindering good leadership in Africa. This was disclosed at the formal launch of the Ghotni Leadership Training Center in Abuja, our correspondent Emmanuel Ehidja in a report as presented from our studio. It was the launch of the GOTNI Leadership Training Center in Abuja as dignitaries added color to the event. Former president of Luchegong Basangel was the guest of honour and in his usual, Sir Jason Damina spoke glowingly about the center. He had more to talk about. Basangel bemoaned the leadership deficiency in Africa. Leadership can be taught, it can be acquired so that as you can teach anything else and anything that can be taught can be learned. So if leadership can be taught it can be learned so people must be ready to teach leadership and people must be ready to learn leadership. Other dignitaries also spoke in similar vein, added that African countries need such training institution replicated in their domains to enable the continent address leadership deficiency and reposition the continent for growth, productivity and progress. We have agreed that as a country we haven't done well in leadership. Our leadership's talk is very thin. We have not had consistent, enlightening, visionary, competent, courageous and leadership of integrity that should take our country from the third world situation, from the stagnated poverty reading nation to a nation that is globally competitive. We need efficient manner and this not going to be possible if we don't engage our young people, if we cannot help them to upgrade their skills in terms of management. The founder of the center, Mr Lionel Socorrie, said the institute has so far trained leaders in some public and private institutions. The investment that we are making today, some of it might not be speaking right now the political space, but in the organization we are already seeing stories of transformation and change going on. All I want is a critical mass of human beings investing in this journey where you can grow leadership from high school up to the political level. In fact, now that we are in the political world, anybody who has to sit for political office at whatever level, it's important that they come and sit down and understand what leadership is about. No doubt, place of training remains pertinent in growth and development.