Local Governments as Training Ground for National Political Leadership in Nigeria: A Study of Yewa South Local Government

Ajibade, Olalekan Eyitayo and OLABODE, Bolanle Motunrayo (2021) Local Governments as Training Ground for National Political Leadership in Nigeria: A Study of Yewa South Local Government. Sumerianz Journal of Social Science, 4 (4). pp. 118-128. ISSN ISSN(e): 2616-8693, ISSN(p): 2617-1716

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Abstract

The study examines the role of local governments as a training ground for national political leadership in Nigeria expending Yewa South Local Government as a study. Survey research design was adopted in conducting this research and relies on primary and secondary sources for data collection. The population for this study consists of employees of Yewa South Local Government council. The primary data came from the one hundred and six (106) questionnaires that were administered to the respondents. The research showed that local governments serve as a training ground for national political leadership in Nigeria expending Yewa South Local Government as a research. This was further supported when out of 102 respondents sampled, 40% of the respondents strongly agreed that indigenous government functions as guidance in lieu of national political leadership. The aforementioned was also discovered that local governments have significantly facilitated national political leadership in Nigeria. The paper concludes by saying that ifthe qualities of governance defies in Nigeria are to be transcended, Nigerian frontrunners must eschew self-regarding inclinations and stimulate the conjoint good of the Nigerian people through people oriented governance. The paper therefore recommends that concerted exertions must be geared in the direction of certifying that they are audacious and determined leaders, fortified to tackle these challenges: reviving local governance; guaranteeing resilient democratic culpability; constructing civil society; creating hard-hitting choices amid compressions; decentralizing power to indigenous people; endorsing equality; and undertaking disparity. Keywords: Leadership; Local government; Training; Political; Leaders.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with email [email protected]
Date Deposited:	05 Mar 2023 09:31
Last Modified:	03 Apr 2023 12:15
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/2097

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