Obi bemoans Nigeria’s leadership failure, lists expectations for future leaders

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By TANKO ALI

Arising from obvious leadership leadership failure amidst problems begging for attention, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has recommended for Nigerians what to look for in their future leaders to avoid the current embarrassing situations.

Obi said that no magic can be done when the country is afflicted with leaders that are incompetent and lack capacity, character and compassion.

Obi made the remarks on his X handle on Monday against the backdrop of the numerous challenges in the land with little or no government impact. Obi noted in his write-up titled “What cannot be hidden in Leadership” that..

‘Leadership of a nation is such that it’s either succeeding or failing, none can be hidden. There are critical areas of leadership that must exist for a nation to move forward, and these are summed up in four Cs: Competence, Capacity, Character and Compassion. Where these four are non-existent, there is no magic you can do.

“It’s in this line that I have always maintained that we must move away from voting based on tribe and religion, and begin to vote for people with competence, capacity, character, and compassion, because we have all seen, painfully, what leadership without these qualities has done to our country.

“Competence because Nigeria today needs a leader who understands the issues, who has the knowledge, experience, and clear ideas to solve them. Capacity because it is not a ceremonial position; it requires strength, stamina, and the mental energy to confront our complex challenges. And above all, leadership must be rooted in character and integrity because without integrity, public trust collapses, corruption thrives, and selfishness takes over. “But perhaps most importantly, we need compassion, because when a leader lacks compassion, human lives are treated as statistics, and suffering is ignored.