Good Governance and Purposive Followership: An Evaluation of Nigeria's Peace and Security Woes

Ifedi, Francisca Obiageli and Ezechi, Kingsley C. (2022) Good Governance and Purposive Followership: An Evaluation of Nigeria's Peace and Security Woes. CCU Journal of Humanities, 3 (1). pp. 76-90. ISSN 2714-268X

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Abstract

This paper seeks to examine the role of good governance and active followership in nation building. Good governance and purposive followership are two sides of a coin or twin germane concept that would address Nigeria’s malaise of ethnic strife and tension, bedeviling her. In fact, they are the most important concepts that would ensure that the country comes out of her current progressive regression. However, it is the hypothesis of this study that the concept of good governance may not yield its desired fruits unless it is traded alongside that of a purposive and constructive followership. The study has adopted structural-functionalism theory to unearth the philosophical underpinnings on why peace and security have been elusive in Nigeria. The paper chiefly relied on the use of documentary method of data collection, adopting a qualitative descriptive and historical method of analysis. In light of the above, the paper found that the reason for the voluble call for restructuring of the polity (though fraught with mere rhetorics), is as a result of the political aloofness of the ruling class and non-inclusive policies and actions of government. The paper, therefore concludes and recommends that Nigerians must wake up from their passive and docile behavior towards government actions and policies, acting beyond rhetorics, if they truly want a nation-state they can call their own.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited: 10 Jun 2025 14:12
Last Modified: 10 Jun 2025 14:12
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4814

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