Julius Ihonvbere

Julius O. Ihonvbere (born 25 June 1956) is a Nigerian professor and politician born in Oyo in the old Western Region. He attended CMS Primary School in Oyo, St. John's CAC School, Warri, and Edo Boys High School in Ugbowo, Benin City, where he obtained the West African School Certificate. He took his B.A. Combined Honors degree in history and political science from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He is the lawmaker representing Owan Federal Constituency of Edo State and the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education. Quotes Effective leadership is being able and ready to serve at any level made available to you. Anyone who is not ready to serve his people at any level has no business with leadership. On leadership. Insecurity has the capacity of reducing the nation to a failed state. Speaking on the impact of insecurity. The real issue is that they (security agencies in Nigeria) have not been able to deploy contemporary approaches in the battle. They are dealing with bandits, they are dealing with people you don’t see; they are dealing with people whose methods sometimes are not statutory. You don’t know what new methods and tactics they want to adopt; you don’t know the sophisticated nature of their weaponry; you don’t know the nature of the terrain they have gained ground on. You don’t know their priorities and the content of their thoughts. Speaking on the challenges the Nigerian security forces face in tackling insecurity. A bad democratic arrangement is better than military rule. In spite of the transition difficulties and the fault lines, we managed to waddle through. But some of the things that we inherited continued to remain with us till today. The political fault lines have remained with us. There are still tensions about religion, ethnicity, and corruption. Addressing comparative leadership in Nigeria beginning from 1999. If you look at the level of impunity in the country, you will understand why the country is not making progress. People do things believing that they can get away with it. They believe that if you have money you can buy justice, you can buy rule of law. There must be a culture of constitutionalism. The culture of constitutionalism is when the people are mobilized and sufficiently educated and sensitized to understand the constitution as the grundnorm of governance and engagement of state institutions with the people. On the rule of law and order in Nigeria. External links Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:Academics from Nigeria Category:Living people Category:1956 births