The fast pace of change and national development in countries across the world, especially over the past three decades, has been driven by paradigm transitions towards “thinking globally and acting locally”. Successful national growth and development have therefore been accomplished under inherently deft, visionary and people-oriented national policies and strategies. The Nigerian State had foreseen the need for qualitative input into the national policy making process by 1979.
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The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, has commenced three specialised four-day executive courses aimed at strengthening leadership capacity, enhancing institutional effectiveness, promoting technology integration, and advancing sustainable development across critical sectors of the Nigerian economy.
Dr Jacob Tsado, former Institute Editor at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, has charged participants of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 48 to internalise strategic thinking as a lifelong responsibility rather than a ceremonial outcome of training.
National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies today hosted the Honourable Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, who delivered the inaugural lecture to participants of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 48, 2026, charging them to rethink national development through the lens of the Orange Economy.
The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Barrister Manasseh Caleb Mutfwang, has described the Orange Economy as a strategic pathway to Nigeria’s economic diversification and sustainable development, urging senior executives to reposition creativity and entrepreneurship at the centre of national policy thinking.
Participants of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 48 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, have successfully concluded a two-day orientation tour across key institutions in Plateau State, as part of activities marking the commencement of the Course.
As part of sustained efforts to strengthen leadership capacity and enhance institutional performance across key sectors of national development, the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, on Monday, 9 February 2026, commenced three Strategic Leadership courses at its Kuru campus.
