%0 Journal Article
%T Leadership, Corruption and Development
%A S.P. Idakwoji
%J Canadian Social Science
%D 2010
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%X This paper examines corruption as one of the leadership problems in Nigeria and its attendant consequences on development. The paper noted that the inability of most organizations in Nigeria to achieve their desired objectives stem from corruption among leaders. The paper further noted that Nigeria lacks true leaders who can demonstrate leadership codes of behaviour such as moderation, abstinence from self-seeking, greed and conspicuous consumption. The paper posited that for Nigeria to attain the goal of sustainable development the political leaders must show values of integrity, honesty, sincerity, asceticism and above all they must have the fear of God and shun the temptation of conspicuous consumption, excessive accumulation of wealth which are the main causes of corruption and the bane of Nigerian development. Key Words: Leadership; Corruption; Development; and Nigeria R¨¦sum¨¦: Cet article examine la corruption comme l'un des probl¨¨mes de leadership au Nigeria et ses cons¨¦quences sur le d¨¦veloppement. Le document a remarqu¨¦ que l'incapacit¨¦ de la plupart des organisations au Nigeria pour atteindre leurs objectifs provienait de la corruption chez les dirigeants. Le document a en outre not¨¦ que le Nigeria n'a pas de vrais leaders qui pouvait d¨¦montrer des normes de comportement de leadership comme la mod¨¦ration, l'abstinence de l'¨¦go sme, de cupidit¨¦ et de consommation ostentatoire. Le document suppose que pour que le Nigeria atteigne l'objectif du d¨¦veloppement durable, les dirigeants politiques doivent montrer des valeurs de l'int¨¦grit¨¦, de l'honn¨ºtet¨¦, de la sinc¨¦rit¨¦, de l'asc¨¦tisme et surtout ils doivent avoir la crainte de Dieu et ¨¦viter la tentation de la consommation ostentatoire, de l'accumulation excessive des richesses qui sont les causes principales de la corruption et du fl¨¦au de d¨¦veloppement du Nig¨¦ria. Mots-cl¨¦s: leadership; corruption; d¨¦veloppement; Nig¨¦ria
%K leadership
%K corruption
%K d¨¦veloppement
%K Nig¨¦ria
%K Leadership
%K Corruption
%K Development
%K and Nigeria
%K Idakwoji
%K S.P.
%U http://cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/1527