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BAD LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA
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BAD LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA
The continent of Africa is highly blessed. This is a continent that boast of some many natural resources and in large quantities. These resources are not just in abundance but also they are in their purest form. These resources are of high demand all over the world; their quality can’t be questioned. I will say with all confidence, that, during creation GOD ‘smiled' on Africa with the broadest and brightest smile compared to none.
The presence, in abundance, of diverse resources that are of high quality and demand in Africa; clearly shows that the current state of things are man made. The state of things in Africa is man induced, not that she lack the capacity to be better.
Leadership in Africa is an issue. When leaders are corrupt, they will stop at nothing when accumulating wealth for themselves and children unborn. On a scale of 1 – 100, 98.5% of emerging and current serving leaders have only one aim to loot like their predecessors.
Apart from Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Thomas Sankara of Burkinà Faso, Jerry Rawlings of Ghana and Julius Nyeyere of Tanzania; leadership in Africa has taken the back seat of importance and impact on the people. Whenever African leaders are “elected”, appointed or forcefully take over the mantle of power/leadership; they assume a position of lordship over the same people they are to serve. They see it as an opportunity and a right to enrich themselves and amass wealth for generations unborn.
“leadership is not a call to be served; it is a call to serve”
A leader is a servant; a servant as in utilising your best managerial skills and intellect to maximise output for all; from the limited available resource and not the other way round. If you are elected or appointed as a leader; the people believe a mandate has been given to improve the standard of living and the well being of the populace.
“Whenever African leaders are “elected”, appointed or forcefully take over the mantle of power/leadership; they assume a position of lordship over the same people they are to serve..”
The poverty state in Africa has contributed immensely to the mental state of its people. This has hamper their myopic vision; not being able to look beyond the now and into the more buoyant future with the right leaders along the corridors and seats of power. The mentality has affected their vision so much that all they think of is what they can get now from the aspiring or incumbent leaders; regardless of the clear personal ambition of the leader. Until this mentality is changed, we will continue to have the wrong pegs in the right holes.
We have discussed so much about leadership and negative effect of bad leadership. It won’t be complete without discussing the underlining aspects of it like dictatorship.
We are no longer strangers to dictatorship and authoritarianism, all these ideology have one thing in common denominator and that is Power! Looking at the flip side of Power, it's not so attractive, however, it can be, when judiciously applied. The ideal definition of Power underlines 'Authority' and 'Leadership', however what we do with this authority and position changes everything! The adage: 'Absolute power corrupts absolutely' sure speaks volumes.
Being power drunk is so easy and intoxicating. It is very easy for an African to fall prey to the evil monster called Dictatorship, a state of absolute power. Some of the attributes of being power drunk are as follows
§ When you no longer listen to those you lead!
§ When you no longer seek good counsel!
§ When you no longer consider other opinions before you take certain decisions!
§ when only your opinion counts!
§ when you see and listen to just yourself!
§ When you feel more important than others!
§ When you deceive people!
§ When you take advantage of the vulnerable!
§ When you are deaf to truth!
§ When you are blind to justice!
§ When you use your position to defraud people!
§ When you do not have the interest of those you lead as a priority and all you care about is the national treasury!
§ When you sway the truth to make blue become black! When you turn the definition of Power to soothe yourself!
§ When you promote mediocrity and spite ingenuity!
§ When you reward diabolism and hate Godliness!
§ When you suddenly become shady and divorce credibility!
§ When it's time for you to quit deceiving the People and turn a new leaf and you don’t!
Then you know your Power is Drunk!
Leadership position should not be abused or misused. It is not a period to oppress your enemies, oppositions or other ethnic groups. We need to realize that as leaders it is equally not an opportunity to amass wealth.
emy1010
The continent of Africa is highly blessed. This is a continent that boast of some many natural resources and in large quantities. These resources are not just in abundance but also they are in their purest form. These resources are of high demand all over the world; their quality can’t be questioned. I will say with all confidence, that, during creation GOD ‘smiled' on Africa with the broadest and brightest smile compared to none.
The presence, in abundance, of diverse resources that are of high quality and demand in Africa; clearly shows that the current state of things are man made. The state of things in Africa is man induced, not that she lack the capacity to be better.
Leadership in Africa is an issue. When leaders are corrupt, they will stop at nothing when accumulating wealth for themselves and children unborn. On a scale of 1 – 100, 98.5% of emerging and current serving leaders have only one aim to loot like their predecessors.
Apart from Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Thomas Sankara of Burkinà Faso, Jerry Rawlings of Ghana and Julius Nyeyere of Tanzania; leadership in Africa has taken the back seat of importance and impact on the people. Whenever African leaders are “elected”, appointed or forcefully take over the mantle of power/leadership; they assume a position of lordship over the same people they are to serve. They see it as an opportunity and a right to enrich themselves and amass wealth for generations unborn.
“leadership is not a call to be served; it is a call to serve”
A leader is a servant; a servant as in utilising your best managerial skills and intellect to maximise output for all; from the limited available resource and not the other way round. If you are elected or appointed as a leader; the people believe a mandate has been given to improve the standard of living and the well being of the populace.
“Whenever African leaders are “elected”, appointed or forcefully take over the mantle of power/leadership; they assume a position of lordship over the same people they are to serve..”
The poverty state in Africa has contributed immensely to the mental state of its people. This has hamper their myopic vision; not being able to look beyond the now and into the more buoyant future with the right leaders along the corridors and seats of power. The mentality has affected their vision so much that all they think of is what they can get now from the aspiring or incumbent leaders; regardless of the clear personal ambition of the leader. Until this mentality is changed, we will continue to have the wrong pegs in the right holes.
We have discussed so much about leadership and negative effect of bad leadership. It won’t be complete without discussing the underlining aspects of it like dictatorship.
We are no longer strangers to dictatorship and authoritarianism, all these ideology have one thing in common denominator and that is Power! Looking at the flip side of Power, it's not so attractive, however, it can be, when judiciously applied. The ideal definition of Power underlines 'Authority' and 'Leadership', however what we do with this authority and position changes everything! The adage: 'Absolute power corrupts absolutely' sure speaks volumes.
Being power drunk is so easy and intoxicating. It is very easy for an African to fall prey to the evil monster called Dictatorship, a state of absolute power. Some of the attributes of being power drunk are as follows
§ When you no longer listen to those you lead!
§ When you no longer seek good counsel!
§ When you no longer consider other opinions before you take certain decisions!
§ when only your opinion counts!
§ when you see and listen to just yourself!
§ When you feel more important than others!
§ When you deceive people!
§ When you take advantage of the vulnerable!
§ When you are deaf to truth!
§ When you are blind to justice!
§ When you use your position to defraud people!
§ When you do not have the interest of those you lead as a priority and all you care about is the national treasury!
§ When you sway the truth to make blue become black! When you turn the definition of Power to soothe yourself!
§ When you promote mediocrity and spite ingenuity!
§ When you reward diabolism and hate Godliness!
§ When you suddenly become shady and divorce credibility!
§ When it's time for you to quit deceiving the People and turn a new leaf and you don’t!
Then you know your Power is Drunk!
Leadership position should not be abused or misused. It is not a period to oppress your enemies, oppositions or other ethnic groups. We need to realize that as leaders it is equally not an opportunity to amass wealth.
emy1010
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PLENTY NONSENSE: Volume 2
~2.8 mins read
. PLENTY NONSENSE: Volume 2
Plenty nonsense; can someone please explain to me, yes! To me, I don’t know about you, what is going on at the seat of power. It is quite disgusting, outright shameful, and doesn’t portray a good image for the country as a whole. What goes on there, are things that cannot happen in the most remote community/nation. There is no perfect marriage, but it does not mean we should go dancing naked in public. Our parents in those days, go behind closed doors to settle their differences without the children or neighbours having a glimpse of what is happening or happened. We used to look up to them as our role model, but now the reverse is the case. It becomes worse when the couple involved are tagged “first” in the community. Being tagged “first” should have made them exceptional but rather they throw shame and courtesy to the wind leaving it bear for all to see and gossip about. Well since no one has deem it fit to caution them; I am saying, enough is enough. We are tired of the show of shame and he should focus on good governance while she concentrates on her NGO. If I may go local for emphasis “e don do, shue!” or do we need to set up a “committee” of elders to intervene as usual, creating more avenues for more “chopping”.
Plenty nonsense; whenever I see him, hear his name or hear about what he did, I tend to wonder how we were all deceived or fooled by our then assumed leader or voice of the mases. He fooled us all to believe he was fighting for our course. He spoke so eloquently that we got so carried away without reading in between the lines. We marched through the streets behind him, our then assumed leader, defying the military junta. We were busy dancing to the drum of war and the beautiful rhythm from his shekere, but in real sense we were fanning his political ambition. In our foolishness we voted for him massively into power; thinking that we have created an opportunity for him to practise what he preached. Efian! Another big error on our part. The “Edo king maker” is at it again, trying to dethrone what he initially enthroned. The young man’s undoing was because he focused on good governance and he out rightly refused to pay homage to the powers that be. I watched some of his past videos and current ones where he spoke on public issues. I was dazed at the huge contrast; two different personality and with so much arrogance now without a blink of an eye. He verbally attacks the people now, with no remorse; on one occasion he publicly told a widow “to go and die!” I can’t help but wonder; the beast we all groomed.
Plenty nonsense; why rape? Why on earth should a man rape a woman? The most disheartening of it all is that, there is no age limit as a rape victim. The crave to rape now is so high as if there is a competition out there to beat a record set by who knows, who?. . The society, friends and relatives, are not helping matters either. The society tend to berate rape victims more than the rapist, the criminal!. With their new tactics, it seems as if nowhere is safe anymore. Is it not shocking that rape could occur in places of religious worship? This is daring! I strongly believe, those involved just nailed their own casket. At this point we may ask, are there laws against rape in Nigeria? If any, why are they not being applied appropriately? Why are rapist walking freely on our streets? These questions are necessary because of the manner with which the Nigerian Police is hurdling rape cases with kids gloves. If there are no laws to prosecute rapists in Nigeria, the time is now, to pass stern bills against rape into law. This is necessary to check mate the rate at which victims are on the rise.
Abeg! plenty nonsense must stop.
emy1010
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