Obasanjo Blasts Eedris Abdulkarem Again

For those who thought former President
Olusegun Obasanjo's anger towards Nigerian
rapper, Eidris Abdulkarem's 2004 hit song,
"Nigeria jaga jaga", has subsided and gone
with the years goofed because the dust is
yet to settle on the matter.
According to him, "One of the worst problems
Nigeria is facing is disbelief.
Nigerians no longer believe in themselves
neither do they believe in their country. That
takes me back to that song 'jaga jaga'. How
could a sane man dare to call his country
jajajaja? It is the height of blasphemy.
We are grooming our youths for tomorrow's
leadership and with such persons I don't think
the country can move forward.
Concretely put, leadership connotes ability to
inspire, direct, move, motivate, propel and
encourage others positively to the targeted end.
It is simply the ability to lead others.
An effective leader strives to avoid failure by
guarding against inability to organize details,
unwillingness to render humble services, fear of
competition from followers, lack of imagination,
selfishness, intemperance, living on rumors and
gossips, favoritism and nepotism, emphasis on
title and authority, excessive stress and burn
out.
He must also remember that leadership is an
interaction between the characteristics of the
leader himself and the characteristics of the
situation in which leadership takes place."
Conclusively, the Ota farmer buttressed that,
"leadership should be a relay race and not an
obstacle race."
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