Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, says Nigerians must stop electing transactional leaders for the country to make progress.
Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun capital, on Saturday as the
special guest of honour at the leadership empowerment international conference
(LEIC).
The former president said the country is presently plagued
at all levels by a band of “self-centred leaders” who lack the idea of what a
true sense of leadership style entails.
Obasanjo said these kinds of leaders must loosen their hold
for Nigeria to move forward.
“There is no end to
leadership and service to your community until you breathe the last. And you
can never be too old to be a leader and to give something to the community in
which you lead and serve as a leader, to serve your state, your country, the
continent, and the world,” he said
“And if you ask me in one word, what is the bane of Nigeria
today? I will not think about it twice. I will say it is leadership. Leadership
that is self-centred, leadership that is a deficit of knowledge and
understanding and leadership that does not see service as the centerpiece of
what leadership is all about.
“If we can get the leadership right, we will get all other
things right. This is what LEIC is doing that is commendable and very good. We
must encourage and inculcate good leadership into every level of our national
life.”
Obasanjo challenged Nigerians to seek an end to the culture
of enthroning transactional leaders as opposed to transformational leaders who
will deliver good governance.
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