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Leadership And The Challenges Of Development
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The problem of leadership and its pervasive bearing on social cum
economic development inBenue State and Nigeria is multifaceted. Now, the
root cause of underdevelopment in Nigerian problem is attributed to bad
leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian
character. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land, climate,
water, air, or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness
or inability of its leaders to rise to their responsibility, to the
challenge of personal example, which is the hallmark of true leadership.
Political
analysts, policy watchers and developmental researchers indicate that
Nigeria is fraught of poor leadership, corruption and weak bureaucratic
institutions. It is an axiom that since attainment of political
independent, Nigeria has never been governed by selfless, truly
transformational and intellectually endowed leaders. That is, Nigeria
has never selected its best sons to positions of leadership and mediocre
leadership can only lead to mediocre government without any meaningful
development. It is against this backdrop that this research study seeks
to explore the relationship between leadership and the challenges of
development in Benue State from 1999-2015 with a special reference to
Makurdi Local Government Area.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
major objective of this study is to examine the effect leadership on
development in Benue State from 1999-2015. Other specific objectives
are:
i. To examine the relationship between leadership and development crisis in Benue State.
ii. To investigate the effect of leadership on socio-economic development in Nigeria.
iii. To determine the effect of leadership style on grass-root development in Benue State.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
This research work shall be guided by the following research questions:
a) Is there any significant relationship between leadership and development crisis inBenue State?
b) Is there any significant relationship between leadership and socio-economic development in Nigeria?
c) Does leadership style have effect on grass-root development in Benue State?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Benue
State is among the states in Nigeria endowed with natural and valuable
resources that are capable of improving socio-economic status and living
standards of the people.
It conceptual, theoretical and empirical
studies will be a furtherance of understanding of salient issues in the
parlance of leadership and developmental challenges in Benue State.
The
outcomes of the study will also serve as a useful tool for students of
the Benue State University, who would want to carry out further research
in this domain.
Finally, the outcomes of the investigation would be
significant to policy makers and implementers at large, as they would
find the result and policy recommendations of this study as a call to
action.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The scope of the study is the
research boundary of the study. The scope of the study concerns the
thrust of Leadership and Development Crisis in Benue State having
Makurdi Local Government Area of the State as its study area.
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