THE IRONY OF LEADERSHIP, OBSERVANCE OF CIVIC VALUES AND APPLICATION OF RECIPROCITY IN NIGERIA
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in her governance structure are far from been determined. Bad leadership yields nothing
good in the society, ranging from poor and discriminatory selection of those who man our
various government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), where squared pegs
(leaders) are placed in round holes to the formation of unprogressive, irritant clique,
popularly called cabals which make them not to perform according to the yearnings of the
governed. Governance is misapplied through the practice of the constitution and laws
negatively; paying no regard to good policies as enshrined in Chapter 2, section 17,
subsection 3, and section 18 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended). This paper
adopted historical and hermeneutical approaches to highlight the failures of leadership
and lack of observance of civic values in Nigeria as noted in the polity. A theory of
reciprocity was also applied with a notable example from a text in the Bible to explain the
irony in the leadership and observance of civic values in Nigeria. The paper recommends
that good governance; provision of social amenities, adequate security, equitable
allocation of amenities and gender/age equity in democratic politicking would result to
multifarious development and signify positive observance of civic values in Nigeria.
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