For those who thought former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s anger
towards Nigerian rapper, Eidris Abdulkarem’s 2004 hit song, “Nigeria
jaga jaga”, has subsided and gone with the years goofed because the dust
is yet to settle on the matter.
The two time president of Nigeria while speaking at a forum
organized by Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI)in Lagos on Tuesday,
condemned the attitude of our modern day youth towards Nigeria.
Still so embittered over Abdulkareem’s hit track, which ruled the
airwaves in 2004, Baba, as many would call him affirmed that it shows
that the singer doesn’t believe in future of the country.
While lamenting the rate of corruption and suffering of the masses,
Obasanjo maintained that with such mind set our youths are carried away
with so much venom and hatred for their country.
According to him, “One of the worst problems Nigeria is facing is
disbelief. Nigerians no longer believe in themselves neither do they
believe in their country. That takes me back to that song ‘jaga jaga’.
How could a sane man dare to call his country jajajaja? It is the height
of blasphemy. We are grooming our youths for tomorrow’s leadership and
with such persons I don’t think the country can move forward.
Concretely put, leadership connotes ability to inspire, direct, move,
motivate, propel and encourage others positively to the targeted end. It
is simply the ability to lead others.
An effective leader strives to avoid failure by guarding against
inability to organize details, unwillingness to render humble services,
fear of competition from followers, lack of imagination, selfishness,
intemperance, living on rumors and gossips, favoritism and nepotism,
emphasis on title and authority, excessive stress and burn out. He must
also remember that leadership is an interaction between the
characteristics of the leader himself and the characteristics of the
situation in which leadership takes place.”
Conclusively, the Ota farmer buttressed that, “leadership should be a relay race and not an obstacle race.”
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