POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT OF NASARAWA STATE: A HISTORICAL POLITICAL REVIEW 1996-2019

Abstract

The issue of leadership and development in any society is very key to corporate existence and progress of the people, more fundamentally in a multi-ethnic and plural society like Africa, Nigeria and Nasarawa State in particular. There is generally lack of sound moral commitment by Nigerian leaders and Nasarawa State in particular has jettisoned the needed socio-economic and political development in the area. This paper is set out to examine the role played by the various successive governments in the state as well as their weaknesses from the time of its creation (1996-2019). The paper adopts the elitist theory as its theoretical framework in order to have clear understanding of the nature and the character of leadership and development in the area under review. Secondary/primary data will be used in this work. The paper would conclude with recommendations in order to fill the gap created by the successive governments in the state so that the needed growth and development can be achieved.