Lagos Business School (LBS) has trained senior public officials in Lagos State through a specialized capacity-building initiative designed to accelerate public-sector reforms and improve the overall investor experience.
Organized alongside J. Soji-George Consulting, the program emphasized that attracting and retaining investments depends heavily on how public officials execute policies, communicate regulatory expectations, and resolve administrative bottlenecks.
The curriculum covered two strategic pillars: market-facing transformation (understanding investor expectations, crafting investment propositions, and executive communication) and institution-facing transformation (managing stakeholder interests, cross-MDA collaboration, and performance execution). To ensure practical application, participants engaged in investor simulations, stakeholder mapping, and launched a 90-day reform sprint across participating Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).
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Key Insights & Program Focus
- Investor Perception: Local and international investors evaluate destinations based on regulatory clarity, agency responsiveness, policy consistency, and the speed at which operational hurdles are eliminated.
- Overcoming Implementation Barriers: Speaking at the event, LBS economist Dr. Azuka Elvis Ozegbe highlighted inter-agency friction, inadequate stakeholder communication, and administrative inertia as major threats to successful policy execution.
- Public-Sector Digitalization: Prof. Olusoji George and LBS Programme Manager Adenihun Bankole urged public servants to move away from outdated administrative methods, adopt digital tools in policy design, and foster continuous learning.
- Action-Oriented Commitments: The training incorporated a 90-day reform framework to help participants translate strategic learnings into measurable public-service delivery improvements within their respective MDAs.
Program Structure & Outcomes
- Institutional Collaboration: Organized by LBS, Pan-Atlantic University, in partnership with the Lagos State Government and J. Soji-George Consulting Nigeria Ltd.
- Core Competencies Built: Policy execution, digital transformation, stakeholder management, inter-agency coordination, and investor engagement.
- Post-Training Implementation: Deployment of 90-day reform sprints across participating Lagos State MDAs to monitor ease-of-doing-business metrics.
Official Information & Platform Access
To learn more about Lagos State business reforms, institutional capacity programs, and economic development initiatives, visit the official portals.
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