POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

(A STUDY OF BABANGIDA’S ADMINISTRATION)

By

ODUCHE CHUKWUEBUKA DAVID FPO/ND/R2/PAD/011/507

Presented To

Department of Public Administration

A cursory glance at the economic conditions of Nigeria will reveal that underdevelopment has persisted in spite of independence and abundant resources available in the contrary. The cardinal question is why has Nigeria not developed given years in independence and abundant human and material resources especially during Gowon through Babangida’s regime. This work examines underdevelopment in Nigeria vis-à-vis political leaders focusing on Ibrahim babangida’s administration. Considering the crucial position of leadership in any nation. The researcher persists that the problem of Nigeria underdevelopment cannot be understood, or development attained without a redical change in the parasitic and exploitative character of political leadership in Nigeria. The persistence of underdevelopment can be attribute to the character of Nigeria political leads. The solution of which is by implementation of different kind of underdevelopment, the researcher also focused on the Babangida’s administration. 210 which is 20% of total population of 240 copies was used. Data collected using questionnaire and the analysis of data was done by the use of simple percentage. The findings proved that babangida’s administration were not properly motivated and understood the political leadership.

 

Title page                                    i
Approval page                                                       ii        
Dedication                                iii
Acknowledgement                             iv
Abstract                                      ix

CHAPTER ONE                                                 
1.0    Introduction                             1                                                
1.1    Background of Study                     1
1.2    Statement of the problem                             6
1.3    Purpose of the study                     7
1.4    Significance of the study                              8
1.5    Research Questions                                    9
1.6    Scope of the study                         10
1.7    Limitation of the study                    10
1.8    Definition of terms                        12     

CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW                          
2.1    Historical Background                             14
2.2    Character of the leadership                 23
2.3    Structure of military government            36
2.4    Achievement of military government            37
2.5    Reason for military intervention             39
2.6    Process of return to civil rule                40
2.7    Summary of literature review                41

CHAPTER THREE
3.0    Research design and Methodology            44
3.1     Design of the study                                    44
3.2    Area of the study                                        45
3.3    Population of the study                             45
3.4    Sample size and sampling techniques          46
3.5    Instrument for data collection                47
3.6    Reliability and Validation of instrument        48
3.7 Distribution and retrieval of the instrument        48  
3.8    Method of data analysis                               49

CHAPTER FOUR
4.0    Data Presentation and Analysis                 50
4.1    Data Presentation                        50
4.2    Data Analysis                            50
4.3    Discussion/Analysis of findings            
                
CHAPTER FIVE                                                  
5.1     Summary of finding, Conclusion and Recommendation 58                                                                                                  
5.2    Conclusion                                                     59
5.3    Recommendations                            61
References                                                     64
Appendix A                            66
Appendix A                            67
Questionnaire                             69