Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman
Many countries are undoubtedly unhappy with their leaders. The situation is perplexing to political scientists, philosophers and thinkers. Predictably questions are asked about perceived shortcomings in leadership. Have these to do with character? Have they to do with education, knowledge or capacity? Has the flaw to do with vision and wisdom? Has it to do with lack of love for all men or inability to rally the populace or carry them along for a good and uplifting cause as it arises? What are the dreams of the leader? Has he a sense of beauty and what are his thoughts about the environment?
What the world has settled for is representative democracy. Two weeks ago, this column adverted its mind to considering what was called “The leaders of tomorrow.” As the column stated, a great deal of thinking has, for centuries, gone into the issue of leadership recruitment. Philosophers have propounded theories in the course of the development of man about how…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
