POST GRADUATE SCHOOL
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY WAR STUDIES
THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP ISSUES IN NIGERIA FROM 1960 TO 2018,
TREATING EACH LEADER ON IT’S MERIT
BY
Nurt9ja
JUNE 2018
ABSTRACT
Nigeria, a country richly endowed with natural resources and high quality human capital is yet to find its rightful place among the comity of nations. A major reason that has been responsible for her socioeconomic stagnation is the phenomenon of corruption. The kernel of the paper rest in the fact that political leadership and corruption were interwoven and it is against this background that it explored the corrupt tendencies of the political leadership class in Nigeria since 1960 and its implication for socioeconomic development. The paper concludes that for Nigeria to experience sustainable socio-economic.