Former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili has differed from the widespread opinions that President Jonathan is a hero for conceding defeat and congratulating the winner of the March 28 presidential election, Muhammadu Buhari.
Ezekwesili who is the leader of “Bring Back Our Girls” group, said that Jonathan is not a hero and does not deserve the title for accepting defeat.
She also added that if Nigerians knew the extent of the damage President Jonathan has done to the country, they won’t hero worship him.
In her recent twitter postings where she aired her views on the state of the nation, Ezekwesili said that “When a review of President Jonathan’s administration is done, we’ll realise how much damage sycophancy did to the governance. Example? Chibok girls,” she tweeted.
“A leader must be without an inordinate desire to be serenaded with ‘good news’ or their team will never let them know the true state of affairs.”
“An environment that rewards sycophancy encourages team to withhold accurate ‘bad’ news (problems) from the leader while serving up ‘good news’.”
“When a leader makes hero worshiping costly to those who engage in it, he/she deprives the ‘sellers’ market to set the Benchmark Mediocrity.”
“A critical success factor in governance is for the leader to both in word and deed convey a culture that abhors sycophancy. No hero worshiping.”
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