ABSTRACT
A cursory glance at the economic conditions of Nigeria will reveal that under development has persisted in spite of independence and abundant resources available in the contrary. The cardinal question is why Nigeria has not developed given years in independence and abundant human and material resources, especially during Gowon through Babangida’s regime. This work examines underdevelopment in Nigeria vis-à-vis political leaders focusing on Ibrahim Babangida’s administration. Considering the crucial position of leadership in any nation. The researcher persists that the problem of Nigeria underdevelopment cannot be understood, or development attained without a radical change in the parasitic and exploitative character of political leadership in Nigeria. The persistence of underdevelopment can be attributed to the character of Nigeria political leads. The solution of which is the implementation of a different kind of underdevelopment, the researcher also focused on the Babangida’s administration. 210 which is 20% of total population of 240 copies were used. Data collected using questionnaire and the analysis of data was done by the use of simple percentage. The findings proved that Babangida’s administration was not properly motivated and understood the political leadership.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title pagei
Approval page ii
Dedicationiii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract ix
CHAPTER ONE
1.0Introduction 1
1.1Background of Study 1
1.2Statement of the problem 6
1.3Purpose of the study 7
1.4Significance of the study 8
1.5Research Questions 9
1.6Scope of the study 10
1.7Limitation of the study10
1.8Definition of terms12
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1Historical Background 14
2.2Character of the leadership 23
2.3Structure of military government36
2.4Achievement of military government37
2.5Reason for military intervention 39
2.6Process of return to civil rule40
2.7Summary of literature review41
CHAPTER THREE
3.0Research design and Methodology44
3.1 Design of the study 44
3.2Area of the study 45
3.3Population of the study 45
3.4Sample size and sampling techniques 46
3.5Instrument for data collection47
3.6Reliability and Validation of instrument48
3.7 Distribution and retrieval of the instrument48
3.8Method of data analysis 49
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0Data Presentation and Analysis 50
4.1Data Presentation50
4.2Data Analysis50
4.3Discussion/Analysis of findings
CHAPTER FIVE
5.1 Summary of finding, Conclusion and Recommendation 58 5.2Conclusion 59
5.3Recommendations 61
References 64
Appendix A66
Appendix A67
Questionnaire 69