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Political Leadership And Economic Development In Developing Countries
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instance, India today is the fourth fastest growing economy of the
world and a member of a group popularly known as the BRICS (Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Korea). They are sometimes referred to as
Newly Industrialised Countries (NICS), while Nigeria is still regarded
as an underdeveloped nation and grouped among the poorest countries of
the world as the 94th poorest country. Nigeria is still struggling to
develop socially and economically. If these two countries had things in
common at Independence, then, the major questions today are “what†and
why†the difference. The answer lies in the way the political leadership
of these two countries have evolve strategies and policies that are
capable of economic transformation and development by way of rightfully
combining both its abundance human and material resources to achieve its
economic goals and success. Thus, this research seeks to explore what
Nigeria’s political leadership has failed to do over the years in
contrast to India in confronting development. It is observed generally
that failure of Nigeria’s political leadership to address some vital
issues like the nationality question, religion, ethnicity, intra and
inter-ethnic violence, terrorism, corruption, physical insecurity,
social injustice, has contributed a great deal to the fundamental
problem of the survival and sustenance of democracy as an instrument of
political leadership for the achievement of economic development.
However, the main contention of this study is that, a pervasive sense of
alienation, marginalization, exploitation, internal colonization,
corruption and terrorism has adversely combined to challenge the
capability of the political leadership of Nigeria to achieve economic
development for the country. These factors mentioned above and the
prolonged period of military rule created the environment that hampered
the capability of political leadership in Nigeria.
The above scenario prompts the following research questions;
i.
What are the sources of these fundamental factors identified above that
militated against the emergence of good political leadership in Nigeria
and how can they be re-addressed?
ii. Can Nigeria evolve an effective political leadership without sustainable democracy?
iii. Can Nigeria achieve meaningful economic development without corresponding political leadership?
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]At independence, the economies of Nigeria and India were dominated by primary production, mainly agriculture. However, within some decades, India transformed and overtook Nigeria, emerging as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, while Nigeria’s development lagged behind considerably. This research comparatively assessed the role of leadership in economic development experiences of these two countries from the period of their independence to 2013. The indices of comparison we ... Continue reading---
