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Title: | Perspectives on Nigeria's leadership crisis |
Authors: | Adelusi, Olufemi Saliu, Hassan |
Year: | 1997 |
Periodical: | Savanna: A Journal of the Environmental and Social Sciences |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 1-16 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subject: | leadership |
Abstract: | The crisis of Nigerian leadership can be traced in the footsteps of the leaders without vision who have governed Nigeria since independence in 1960. The emergence of indigenous leadership was characterized by the politics of ethnicity, mutual distrust, deceit and greed, all with their roots in the period of colonial rule. The main causes of leadership failure include the crisis of followership, poverty of thought, social injustice, and the cult of mediocrity and compromise of principles. Among the consequences of leadership failure are stunted economic development and a fraudulent foreign policy. Every nation-State gets the type of leadership it deserves. Nigeria is no exception. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |