THE NEXUS OF LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA.

Abstract

The paper reviewed the connection between leadership and good governance in Nigeria. The study adopts secondary source of data collection for overall understanding of the subject matter. Literatures were gathered from works of scholars in the area of investigations under review. The major findings from the study revealed a direct connection between leadership failures and poor governance in Nigeria; bad leadership causes not only poor governance but also mismanagement, socio-economic and political stagnation. These had attributed to mass poverty, mass unemployment, inequality, and infrastructural decay in the country. The study argued that without good leadership in government there can be no good governance and genuine development. And for Nigeria to experience good governance that would facilitate socio-economic and political development, the study recommended: the enthronement of credible, patriotic, transparent and accountable leaders to implant the act of good governance in the country.