THE IMPERATIVE OF REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA
A fundamental challenge of leadership failure, arguably, undergirds Nigeria’s sociopolitical and economic misfortunes. At this time, where the forces of bad leadership have saturated the Country with mass destitution of the people, general disillusionment, anger and violence, and the impeding threat of the Country’s total collapse, nothing short of revolutionary leadership is needed to halt the slide and move the Country forward. This paper attributes the problems facing Nigeria today to the endemic cycle of bad leadership. It exposes the essence of true leadership in the society and present to the nation some models of revolutionary leaders in history, who revolutionized leadership in their time and moved their societies to new frontiers. The paper urges such revolutionary spirits among the ruling class in Nigeria, whereby, motivated by the desire for the progress of the people, they say and do revolutionary things, crucially needed at this time to save Nigeria and move it forward.
Keywords: imperative, leadership, nigeria, revolutionary