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villages in chartered helicopters to the bewilderment ascertain their correctness. And when he is convinced of the hapless villagers whom they have denied access they are not, he must display the courage to effect to portable water and other essential amenities as changes and refocus in the right direction irrespective outlined in the Millennium of inherent resistance to Development Goals change. To deal with such (MDGS) Leaders are institutional resistance expected to face facts and requires absolute attention reinforce responsibilities, from the leader. cultivate collaboration and H o n e s t y , inspire initiative and truthfulness, sincerity and innovation. While these all other components of attributes prevail character must be elsewhere, in Nigeria identifiable traits of a leaders dwell on worthy leader. Do we have intimidation, acquisition leaders with character? and exhibition of raw You can determine be that power. Even their minor simply putting their GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON subordinates and aides act lifestyle, utterances and in similar way in their temperament to this simple absence. character test. Leaders are Leaders have a people who do the right vision and are obsessed with thing and are measured in acts to communicate that that regard but let's carry vision, but in our out a brief check; environment any suggestion YAKUBU GOWON 1967 to be on such path usually – 1975. A young Army attracts sanctions, Officer aged 32 years with sometimes in very severe leadership thrust on him by proportions. Leaders here confusion from politicians are noted for pursuing self of the First Republic. He interest as their fundamental prosecuted the civil war in a activity with zero patience boom era for the country. for any diversion. Had a cabinet of GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA While leaders are technocrats who on expected to focus on the hindsight appears to be the right people to drive most pragmatic of modern processes and systems for era in Nigeria. But Known efficiency and productivity, for publicly confessing that our leaders are parochial in his leadership didn't know thinking and outlook, how best to spend the huge filling every available space revenues accruing to with relatives and cronies, Nigeria. Short form for more as a favour rather than planlessness M U R I T A L A effect. This is disastrous, as MOHAMMED 1975 – nothing is more 1976. Another young demoralizing than a leader military officer 38 years who cannot articulate what who replaced Gowon in a his followers are doing or coup embarked on whirl chooses to be unconcerned. GENERAL ABDULSALAM ABUBAKAR wind style leadership that Another factor in effective decimated everything he leadership is courage. touched. Most visible is the damaging impact of his According to Winston Churchill, “Courage is rightly regime on the Civil Service. His objective was to esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the create a balance between the North and South who quality which guarantees all others” Leaders are dominated the service at the time Mediocrity was the therefore visionaries with a poorly developed sense of result of the massive spree of retirements he carried out fear and no concept of the odds against them. A Leader OLUSEGUN OBASANJO 1976 -1979. Another must possess the ability to be critical of decisions to 14
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