For
those who thought former President OlusegunObasanjo’s anger towards
Nigerian rapper, Eidris Abdulkarem’s 2004 hit song, “Nigeria jaga jaga”,
has subsided and gone with the years goofed because the dust is yet to
settle on the matter.
According to him, “One of the worst problems Nigeria is facing is disbelief.
Nigerians
no longer believe in themselves neither do they believe in their
country. That takes me back to that song ‘jaga jaga’. How could a sane
man dare to call his country jajajaja? It is the height of blasphemy.
We are grooming our youths for tomorrow’s leadership and with such persons I don’t think the country can move forward.
Concretely
put, leadership connotes ability to inspire, direct, move, motivate,
propel and encourage others positively to the targeted end. It is simply
the ability to lead others.
An
effective leader strives to avoid failure by guarding against inability
to organize details, unwillingness to render humble services, fear of
competition from followers, lack of imagination, selfishness,
intemperance, living on rumors and gossips, favoritism and nepotism,
emphasis on title and authority, excessive stress and burn out....
He
must also remember that leadership is an interaction between the
characteristics of the leader himself and the characteristics of the
situation in which leadership takes place.”
Conclusively, the Ota farmer buttressed that, “leadership should be a relay race and not an obstacle race.”
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