Leadership Factor in National Socio-Economic Development and Building: A Biblical and Contemporary Perspective
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https://doi.org/10.18533/journal.v3i3.345Keywords:
Leadership, Nation-Building, Nigeria, Biblical and RepublicAbstract
The thrust of this paper is on theological concept of leadership. It enunciates the leadership adroitness of Joseph and the acuity of Moses in Jewish nation-building. The aim and objective of the paper is to contextualize leadership astuteness of these biblical icons (Joseph and Moses) with the contemporary leadership in Nigeria in relation to nation-building. The focus of the paper was to assess the performances of Nigerian leaders in socio-economic development of the nation from her independence in 1960 to 2013. The work, having employed historical and contextualization methodologies, discovered that Nigeria is backward and at the verge of collapse due to the selfishness and nonchalance of its leaders to rise to the responsibility of the hallmarks of true leadership. To avert disintegration and collapse of the nation and to build an enviable prosperous nation, the paper recommended that Nigerian leaders must respect, uphold and obey the law of the land, the nation must execute corruption revolution that will force all Nigerians irrespective of their status to declare their assets, all ill-gotten wealth must be confiscated to remove the culture of corruption, the inequality in income distribution must be rectified to alleviate poverty. Servant-leadership exemplified by Joseph and Moses must be imbibed in Nigerian culture of leadership.
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