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The programme aims to empower individuals and transform
politics in Africa, by building a massive, new value-based and
disruptive-thinking political class with the requisite knowledge and skills to
solve complex development problems.
According to Alero Ayida-Otobo, the Chief Executive Officer
of SPPG, the #SPPGClassOf2024 applications portal is open for registration till
September 30, 2023.
She said, “The entire application process for SPPG is
conducted online. SPPG is 100 per cent virtual; so, individuals, who make it
through the competitive application process to become students, can attend
classes from anywhere in the world.
SPPG’s diverse global faculty ensures that students get the
highest quality of education in politics, policy, and are equipped for the task
ahead.”
The core vision of SPPG, she stated, is to create a Nigeria
with competent and responsible public leadership that is firmly rooted in
ethical principles and committed to serving the common good.
“The SPPG course is focused on educating present and future
leaders, who are dedicated to the good of the nation and are ready to serve for
the wellbeing of all Nigerians.
“SPPG seeks to create an enabling environment for an
inclusive civil society, where citizens are aware of their rights and obligations,
and emboldened to act in the public interest,” she added.
Individuals, who wish to apply, must have a minimum
educational qualification of a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts or Higher
National Diploma, and applicants must be able to demonstrate commitment to
public leadership.
Applicants are required to upload the originals of their
credentials and academic qualifications, a personal statement, Curriculum Vitae
and details of two guarantors to the SPPG online application portal
(thesppg.org).
The CEO also noted that; “students of SPPG are awarded
Certificate in Public Leadership and Policy upon graduation, which is a
10-month curriculum of carefully selected courses that are analytically and
empirically relevant to solving Africa’s complex development problems.”
“SPPG is fully committed to educating a new cadre of
political leaders dedicated to reforming the political sector of Africa and
beyond”, she said.