Leadership has become a buzz word for practitioners, bureaucrats and theorists of African development. The term variously means a process of getting work done through people. Leadership may not be science but it is committed responsibility. Africans in civil service, in business schools, in NGOs, in the mass media, in think tanks, in academia, in… Continue reading Old Leadership, New Leadership
Tag: Goodluck Jonathan
TASK BEFORE A JONATHAN PRESIDENCY
As Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is inaugurated on the 29th of May 2011, for a fresh tenure of office, it may not be presumptuous to declare that the task ahead of him is an onerous one. Starting with the pre-election politics and even the elections that brought him in as President, the cumulative events that… Continue reading TASK BEFORE A JONATHAN PRESIDENCY
Election Tension in Nigeria
ELECTIONS are periodic democratic exercises that lead to the change of government in a robust competitive and transparent manner. But elections in Nigeria since in the 1960s, have been reduced to violent clashes either between or among political opponents, rival political groups and some times between communities. Many lives have been lost without justice done… Continue reading Election Tension in Nigeria
The 2011 Polls in Nigeria and The Opposition’s Lack of Seriousness
The political firmament in Nigeria looks bright, with flurry of political activities as the Nigerian people seem set for the polls once again come April 2011. It may be recalled that the People’s Democratic Party [PDP] has been in power since the advent of civilian rule in May 29 1999. The nearly 12-year rule by… Continue reading The 2011 Polls in Nigeria and The Opposition’s Lack of Seriousness