LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE: MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA

Christian Maduabuchi Umeanwe

Abstract


The  current  agitation  for  a  betterNigeria  motivated  the  choice  of  the  title  of this paper, especially now that there is global crisis in leadership, which is on the high side in Africa as a continent and its countries. Democracy represents the  most  viable  avenue  through  which  the  legitimate  aspirations  of  a  people for  a  better  quality  of  life  can  be  expressed  and  claims  for  redress  made. Democracy  is  therefore  critical  to  sustainable  human  and  nation’s development.  Nigeria  as  a  country  has  experienced  successively  a  failed democracy,  whichin  the  contemporary  time  calls  for  attention.  The  call  for leadership  by  example  in  the  political  setting  of  Nigeria  and  Africa  at  large may be indicative of a country and continent that have strayed far away from upholding  a  style  of  leadership  that  is  model  and  standard.  The  research findings  have  shown  that  Nigeria’s  real  problem  is  lack  of  leadership  by example  and  the  corruption  that  is  widely  acclaimed  is  part  of  failure  in Nigeria  leadership.  Nigeria  is  plagued  by  a  lot  of  challenges,  ranging  from being  ranked  as  the  third  most  dangerous  country  of  the  world  in  terms  of terrorism, banditry, unemployment, and dearth of healthcare facilities, among others.  This  paper  totally  disagrees  with  all  those  who  say  that  our  major national  disease  is  financial corruption;  rather,  by  research  findings  the  real disease  has  been  the  absence  of  true  leadership,  which  had  given  birth  to financial  corruption  and  public  fund  embezzlement.  Data  collection  method for  this  research  is  mostly secondary  data  collection  method.  This  paper therefore  examines  the  extent  bad  leadership  has  marred  the  country’s development and its citizens’ progress and in conclusion proffers leadership by  example  and  servant  leadership  as  remedy  to  the  leadership  problems  in Nigeria polity.

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