POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF ỤWA BỤ AGHA

Charles Azubuike Nneke

Abstract


The  study  is  one  of  the  attempts  to  use  literary  work  to  offer  solution  to  the ugly  state  of  the  Nigerian  political  system.  The  work  sets  out  to  analyze  the depth  of  political  leadership  struggle  in  Nigerian  society  as  it  is  portrayed  in the  Igbo  literary work  understudy,  with  the  aim  of  making  it  public.  It  also reflects on the spirit of the season as it concerns  corruption among the ruling class. Although the author’s choice of setting is the University Community of Odenigbo, the political factions observe amongst the characters in the work is a food for thought in the present day Nigerian situation. One would appreciate the work more from the author’s ability to foreground the real life situation for the reading pleasure of the public. The study is provoked from the passion to unearth some of the evil practices at work amongst the political classes on the altar of politics, governance and leadership, mostly as it concerns the present day political culture of Nigeria. This will serve as an eye opener to Nigerians and their processes leadership selection and or election. The area of the study is  on  Written  Literature,  hence  the  data  for  the  research  work  are  sourced mainly from the library, using “Marxists’ Literary Theory†for its analysis. The  study  would  be  of  great  value  to  the  public,  mostly  to  people  who  are interested in the study of politics leadership in Nigeria

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