Nigerian Leaders Hate Truth – Gov Zulum
BY SEGUN ADEBAYO, ABUJA – Governor Babagana Umar Zulum of Borno State has disclosed that Nigerian leaders are unwilling to listen to truth.
Disclosing this at a lecture he delivered at the National Defence College on Wednesday in Abuja, the governor said the unwillingness of persons in the corridors of power to tell leaders truth about issues and the unwillingness of leaders themselves to hear the truth, are some of the major problems confronting leadership in Nigeria.
“A strategic leader must be a strategic listener and reader. A strategic thinker must also be a strategic learner. A strategic leader must be willing to hear the truth and to learn,” he said.
“However, telling the truth and accepting the truth has been our major problems in Nigeria. Some people will never tell you the truth when you are in power and honestly, many of us in power also do not want to hear the truth, we prefer to be told what we like to hear and that is a serious deficit in strategic leadership.”
The governor had earlier in the month accused soldiers maintaining security on Damaturu-Maiduguri road of extortion. The military authorities had responded by saying that Zulum’s accusation was capable of turning the tides on progress achieved in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents.
