Leadership Problem and National Development: Is Nigeria A Failed State?
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This paper discussed the problem of leadership failure in Nigeria and its impact on the social,
economic and political development as well as on unity of the Nigerian state. The objective was to demonstrate that leadership failure was responsible for massive killings and death of many innocent citizens by the Boko-Haram insurgence and Hausa-Fulani herdsmen under the guise of religion. The government of the day seems not to have done enough to protect the lives and properties of the citizens as demonstrated by the fact that most of those involved in these crimes and atrocities are hardly brought to book. The paper employed both the library and observatory research methods in its investigation and analysis. It was documented that the most dangerous aspect of this leadership failure is that the majority of Nigerians suffer from dangerous diseases and malnutrition as a result of corruption, embezzlement, bad planning and the misuse of the economic resources of the Nigerian state. It recommended improvement in the living standards of the people and to strengthen some of the government institutional agencies that are unable to prosecute and arrest those who have committed murder and other offences.
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