Nigerian Leaders Must Start Leading By Example – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to urge leaders at all levels in Nigeria to lead by example.

He recently revealed this in a message to the 2021 annual lecture of Arewa House, held on Saturday in Kaduna.

According to him, leading by example is very key for the nation to overcome its present challenges, therefore leaders must step up.

He added that good leadership would surely offer a platform for the nation to rise above its current difficulties.

His words, “Our ability to collectively address the challenges in our country today will go along way in unlocking its huge potentialities and the starting point is leadership by example.”

“We must not assume that the problems of our country should and can be solved by President Buhari administration alone.”

“Yes, we lead by example, but every stakeholder has a responsibility to work collectively and put the interest of our country first and foremost.”

“We must not forget the virtue of selfless service, which was inherent in our founding fathers, like the Sardauna.”

“We have no choice if indeed we are committed to the welfare, prosperity, peace and security of our people, but to be selfless in service and honour them by making peace and security as a cardinal point in all our actions.”

Do you agree?

Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician currently serving as the President of Nigeria, in office since 2015. He is a retired major general in the Nigerian Army and previously served as the nation’s head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a military coup d’état. The term Buharism is ascribed to the Buhari military government.

He unsuccessfully ran for the office of president of Nigeria in the 2003, 2007, and 2011 general elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the March 2015 general elections. Buhari won the election, defeating the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. This marked the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost to an opposition candidate in a general election. He was sworn in on 29 May 2015. In February 2019, Buhari was re-elected President, defeating his closest rival Atiku Abubakar by over 3 million votes.

Buhari has stated that he takes responsibility for anything over which he presided during his military rule, and that he cannot change the past. He has described himself as a “converted democrat”.

Muhammadu Buhari was born to a Fulani family on 17 December 1942, in Daura, Katsina State, to his father Hardo Adamu, a Fulani chief, and mother Zulaihat. He is the twenty-third child of his father. Buhari was raised by his mother, after his father died when he was about four years old.