Followership And Leadership As A Means Of National Development

Followership And Leadership As A Means Of National Development

Chapter One

Preface

Background to the Study

Leadership and cult are collective conditioning of great influence to public development in all corridor of the world. In Nigeria, after her independence in 1960, Nigeria moved from Administrative system of government to Presidential system of government, she has endured both mercenary and military administrations yet, her leaders have been unfit to deliver to her citizens the quality of life commensurable with her multitudinous endowed coffers. In Nigeria, government has failed to give movable drinking water, electricity, good roads, effective service delivery, employment, casing scheme, quality health care, quality education, believable electoral systemetc.

According to Ngwube( 2010), the trouble with Nigeria is simply and exactly a failure of leadership. There’s the incapability of Nigerian leaders to rise to the challenge of particular illustration which according to Achebe( 2001), is the hallmark of true leadership. In fairness to Achebe, our leaders haven’t led by illustration. Ngwube affirmed that, sycophancy; and bare oratories haven’t helped the situation but have rather compounded it. The quality and imagination of a country’s leadership can make or mar a country’s development or growth.

Leadership can decisively impact the quality of life of her people and her public power vis- à- vis annihilating them through war and poor governance( Irikana, 2012). The perception of the followers of their leaders in Nigeria is an issue of great significance. In utmost cases the followers hold the view that their leaders lacks the skill needed for governance, and that the leaders act not in agreement with the requirements and bournes of the people but in agreement with their particular docket or interests not unconnected with imperialistic forces.

cult in Nigeria has not generated important debate. But there have been cases of resistance movements that have been commanded by followers. These resistance cases are kick against poor governance and incompetency of Nigerian Leaders( Irikana, 2012). Nigerian followers are veritably pious and probative to leadership and have shared laboriously in the achievement of the nation’s pretensions. Though when a people are destroyed by poverty, it’ll weaken their capability to rise up to their challenges of discomfiting the surpluses of their leaders. This acquiescence will have a great negative impact on Leader- cult relationship.

Leaders that are discomfited by their followers will limit their surpluses and realign themselves to public opinion. But in the midst of acquiescence and sycophancy, leaders will be getting down with their misappropriations and incompetency. But competition among elites seeking leadership status can be a major source of conflict and check on leadership( Lawal, 2011). Leadership can be conceived both from the macro and micro position. Macro position refers to societal governance; while micro refers to group or organizational governance. This exploration will be agitating Leadership at the macro position which encapsulates the ultimate. It’ll look into the conception of leadership, types, rates, functions and problems of leadership from the Nigerian perspective. The study is aimed at enlightening political leaders and their followers of their liabilities in promoting good governance in Nigeria.

Statement of the Problem

It remains a fact that Nigeria is still under counted among the under advanced nations in the world. It has been observed, and rightly too, that the bad followers has also contributed to this problem of public development. Nigeria has endured both mercenary and military administrations yet, her leaders have been unfit to deliver to her citizens the quality of life commensurable with her multitudinous endowed coffers. In Nigeria, government has failed to give movable drinking water, electricity, good roads, effective service delivery, employment, casing scheme, quality health care, quality education, believable electoral systemetc.

Exploration Questions

Arising from the foregoing, the following exploration questions have been drawn- up for the study viz

i. What are the rates of a good leader?

ii. How can the good and security of the people be bettered?

iii. What are the challenges of leadership in Nigeria?

iv. What are the functions of a leader and a follower?

Purpose of the Study

This study is aimed at examining cult and leadership as a means of National Development. Specifically, it will

Examine the rates of a good leader and a good follower.

ii. Determine ways of perfecting the good and security of the People.

iii. Identify the challenges of leadership in Nigeria.

iv. Indicate the functions of a leader and a follower.

Compass of the Study

The compass of the study is limited to the part of cult and leadership as a means of public development with particular reference to Public Administration Department, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi.

Significance of the Study

There’s no mistrustfulness about the fact that a study like this will be of benefit to some set of people and reality. Meanwhile, it’s hoped that this exploration will profit the following people the millions, prospective leaders, security agencies, and government and unborn experimenters.

millions the millions who are the followers will at the end of this work realize the significance of good cult and being law abiding which can also help in fostering public development.

Prospective Leaders The exploration findings will enable people that have the intention of getting leaders, not to see leadership as a means of perfecting themselves but as way of promoting the general good of the people.

Security agencies It’ll help the Nigerian Armed Forces, Police and other forces in the country to put all hands on sundeck to secure the lives and property of her people because no nation can attain public development without safe guarding the lives and property of her citizens.

Government Government at all situations will see reasons for perfecting the good of her citizens inorder to attain public development.

unborn Experimenters Experimenters who’ll be exploring on this or related Research will find the work intriguing and as a reference point.

Limitation of the Study

During the course of carrying out the exploration, the experimenter encountered some problems similar as plutocrat, time and energy.

Functional Description Of Terms

cult Is the virtue of supporting leaders and helping them to lead well.

Leadership The action of leading a group of people or an association.

Government Is the whole ministry through which a state is being governed or ruled.

National Development National development is the capability of countries to ameliorate the social weal of the peoplee.g by furnishing social amenities like quality education, drinkable water, transportation structure, medical care,etc.

Leader A person that have administrative capability to lead or govern a group of people,