Nigerians
need competent and assertive leaders and not necessarily strong leaders, the
former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),
Attahiru Jega, has said.
Mr Jega made this assertion on Monday, at the
58th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Addressing the audience, Mr Jega said an
incompetent leader who is strong will end up destroying institutions.
According to him “What we require most are the
competence and capacity of leaders to take decisions and be assertive in
ensuring that those decisions are actually implemented. So, we have to be very
careful in thinking that a strong leader can really help.
“Just like a weak leader can wreck an
institution, a strong leader, who has just that power and courage, but lacks
the capacity, ability and competence to lead, can also wreck strong
institutions.
“Competence of leadership is a very important
variable in bringing about the stable political transition, good governance and
deepening of democracy.”
The former INEC boss, who superintended the
2011 and 2015 general elections, said politicians must stop treating elections
as a do-or-die affair.
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