About Us
The relationship between positive leadership and development have since been underscored and validated by the critical place of the former in the transformation of society. For a young University such as the Federal University of Lafia that is in search of new spheres of knowledge to conquer, the specific focus on leadership studies is therefore well placed. The Federal University of Lafia Centre for Leadership Studies was established in July, 2023 to identify, harness, coordinate, package and propagate leadership values for the transformation of contemporary Nigeria and Africa. Specifically, the Centre seeks to be a leading research and training hub in Africa by providing relevant leadership knowledge and skill-sets from a broad spectrum and diverse perspectives. The Federal University of Lafia Centre for leadership Studies (FCLS) would prioritise research and capacity building as they relate with building positive leadership values, norms and skills for social change and development.
In executing the above, the Centre engages in numerous often inter-related activities including capacity building workshops, symposia, field research and conferences on numerous subjects and themes relating with leadership; networking and collaborating with national and international corporate bodies, research centres and institutions; residential fellowships and the publication of journals and cutting edge books on leadership, social change and development.
The Centre is poised to provide innovative solutions to the challenge of positive leadership in accordance with the core mandate and commitment of the Federal University of Lafia to academic excellence. Against the backdrop of the collapse of values and the consequent dearth of effective leaders in our society, the Centre is also sets out to instrumentalise positive leadership development through building capacity and nurturing requisite leadership skill-sets, anchored on sound innovative knowledge impartation, training and deliberate networking with disciplinary specialisations in the humanities in Federal University of Lafia and other allied research institutes in Nigeria and across the globe.
In executing the above, the Centre engages in numerous often inter-related activities including capacity building workshops, symposia, field research and conferences on numerous subjects and themes relating with leadership; networking and collaborating with national and international corporate bodies, research centres and institutions; residential fellowships and the publication of journals and cutting edge books on leadership, social change and development.
The Centre is poised to provide innovative solutions to the challenge of positive leadership in accordance with the core mandate and commitment of the Federal University of Lafia to academic excellence. Against the backdrop of the collapse of values and the consequent dearth of effective leaders in our society, the Centre is also sets out to instrumentalise positive leadership development through building capacity and nurturing requisite leadership skill-sets, anchored on sound innovative knowledge impartation, training and deliberate networking with disciplinary specialisations in the humanities in Federal University of Lafia and other allied research institutes in Nigeria and across the globe.
Activities
1. Regular capacity building programs straddling periodic workshops, Seminars, symposia and national and international conferences on leadership and its intersections with social change and development
2. Establish the flagship peer review journal of the Centre, the African Journal of Leadership and Social Change, to be published at least twice a year
3. Develop and mount certificate courses on leadership ethics
4. Develop academic curricula for some academic programs
5. Publish academic texts on leadership occasionally
6. Provide consultancy services to state, the Federal Government, Non-governmental and Civil Society Organisations on leadership and related subjects/themes
7. Partner and collaborate with other research institutes to expand and deepen the activities of the Centre
8. Establish a website for Centre's online visibility and outreach
9. Participate in radio programs on leadership and related subjects as part of its enlightenment and advocacy action plan.
10. Robustly engage with government agencies such as the National Orientation Agency, the National Youth Service Corps, the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police, Civil Defence Corps and Road Safety and Drug Law Enforcement Agency, etc on leadership issues.
2. Establish the flagship peer review journal of the Centre, the African Journal of Leadership and Social Change, to be published at least twice a year
3. Develop and mount certificate courses on leadership ethics
4. Develop academic curricula for some academic programs
5. Publish academic texts on leadership occasionally
6. Provide consultancy services to state, the Federal Government, Non-governmental and Civil Society Organisations on leadership and related subjects/themes
7. Partner and collaborate with other research institutes to expand and deepen the activities of the Centre
8. Establish a website for Centre's online visibility and outreach
9. Participate in radio programs on leadership and related subjects as part of its enlightenment and advocacy action plan.
10. Robustly engage with government agencies such as the National Orientation Agency, the National Youth Service Corps, the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police, Civil Defence Corps and Road Safety and Drug Law Enforcement Agency, etc on leadership issues.
Aims & objectives
i. To become a renown centre for leadership studies in Africa
ii. Prioritise capacity building as a response to the leadership gap and challenge in contemporary Africa
iii. Elevate the image and reputation of FULAFIA as a centre of innovative learning through research, capacity building and community service.
iv. Deepen and expand the Internally Generated Revenue capacity of FULAFIA
v. Promote research synergies and collaborations between FULAFIA scholars and other scholars in the global community
vi. Improve the international visibility of the University
vii. Improve and deepen the leadership knowledge, experience and skill-sets of all categories of staff in FULAFIA
viii. Promote a healthy dialogue between leaders and followers thereby fostering institutional integration
ix. Provide contents on positive leadership values and best practices to stakeholders
x. Provide career support services to all categories of students in the University.
ii. Prioritise capacity building as a response to the leadership gap and challenge in contemporary Africa
iii. Elevate the image and reputation of FULAFIA as a centre of innovative learning through research, capacity building and community service.
iv. Deepen and expand the Internally Generated Revenue capacity of FULAFIA
v. Promote research synergies and collaborations between FULAFIA scholars and other scholars in the global community
vi. Improve the international visibility of the University
vii. Improve and deepen the leadership knowledge, experience and skill-sets of all categories of staff in FULAFIA
viii. Promote a healthy dialogue between leaders and followers thereby fostering institutional integration
ix. Provide contents on positive leadership values and best practices to stakeholders
x. Provide career support services to all categories of students in the University.
News
The Centre received a donation of two hundred text books and journals from Prof. Donald O. Omagu of the Centre for Achieving Future Education, New York and Maj. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, former Director General of NYSC and now Director of Research and Innovation in TRADOC, Minna, Niger State as a mark of identification with the Centre. The books and journals were presented officially to the Vice Chancellor, Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman on 15th September, 2023 by the Director of the Centre, Prof. Okpeh O. Okpeh Jnr.
Welcome Address
Permit me to specially hail and salute you as you navigate our page. This is the Federal University of Lafia Centre for Leadership Studies where we prioritise leadership and followership as critical components of societal advancement and personal growth and development.
At the Centre, we recognise everyone as a leader, if not now then in the near future; bearing in mind the fact that, leadership is a dynamic and multi-layered phenomenon. In addition, our notion of leadership resonates with followership since the latter foregrounds the former in the change process.
Arising from this, the Centre commits to producing the next generation of leaders who are not only effective and well motivated, but adequately equipped with the requisite capacity to deliver on our development aspirations as a people and a nation in an ever-changing and complex world.
While acknowledging you as an important agent of change in this endeavour, we implore you to make the most of the opportunities the Centre would offer you to make that all-important and critical difference; and please, do remember to create and leave behind useful memories for posterity.