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As much as it is right for us to say that our leadership system is bad, as good as it is that we can call our leaders different names, as awesome as it is that we can label our leaders with terrible names, we should frequently assess ourselves as people with honesty. How do we treat ourselves? Our selfishness is much more than our selflessness. Nobody thinks of what we can collectively do together as a people. As a person, we think more of ourselves than we always have. So, how can we get better leadership if it’s all about one person, all the time?
Until we reflect on the reasons why we fail in achieving good leadership, it might be difficult to get it right anytime soon. We may not find answers to how we can succeed, if we fail to get it right. No nation fails if its people haven’t agreed to ensure its success. No nation is helpless until the people in the heat decide to be helpful. We are here as a people, and we must protect our land by ourselves.
When we talk about terrible leadership, do we even ask ourselves how awful we are to ourselves? Do we even ask ourselves how we treat our neighbours? How do we treat people on the same street as us? How do we show love to the people around us? Before we point to the leaders as bad, we often forget that they are a reflection of who we are, and that they are just like us. So, if you and I are given the opportunity to lead tomorrow, how can we be certain that we will do anything different from the usual, not to tal of better? Because every bad leader once had a good heart, and until that good heart turns bad on our blossoming earth, we cannot be certain that we will do better if we are the leader because we are a replica of what we criticise.
Before we point fingers, we should check ourselves. We should ask ourselves some probing questions about who we are and the attitudes we hive. Are we a selfless nation or a selfish nation? Are we selfless people or selfish people? Are we doing things for the collective gain or just for our own gain? Is it for everybody or just for myself?
Finally, we should always remember that leadership is a test on who is taking up the challenges and responsibilities attached to it, and leadership is also a test on those whom the leaders are expected to lead. Accountability is very factor of leadership here on earth, and in the afterlife, we will all have to give an account of how every part of our leadership either as a follower or as a leader.
Olajide B.O.Y.
Founder, Ayekooto Facts Finders.
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