A former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd), has warned that the standard and quality of political leadership in the country is declining at an alarming rate.
He warned those in authority to take immediate steps to stem the tide.
Danjuma gave the warning when he received a delegation of the League of Northern Democrats (LNF) who visited him at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos.
“Leadership quality in Nigeria is going down and down and down,” Danjuma was quoted as saying by Dr Ladan Salihu, spokesperson of LND.
The retired general said the situation is worse in the North and urged leaders to sit up and stem the worrisome tide.
He also advised the LND to pursue their vision with measured doggedness because they are up against a section of a corrupt political class with plenty of power and money that will be ready to fight back to continue being in power.
Leader of the Delegation and former Kano State Governor, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, earlier said that their visit was to brief Gen. Danjuma on the vision and mission of the league which include principally the influencing of the emergence of credible political leaders across the country, and most especially in the North, by forging unity among the various ethnic groups in the North.
He said it is also to facilitate a credible leadership recruitment process across all public offices and making the North a bloc of first influence in Nigeria.
Shekarau said the North is immersed in insecurity and backwardness in education, in the economy and in general development.
He said the LND is intensifying contacts and consultations with eminent statesmen to tap into their vast knowledge on politics and leadership which are crucial to the league’s objectives.
The LND was conveyed in July this year and since then it has been engaged in several activities.
It has also been endorsed by former Vice President Namadi Sambo, Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (Retd), Gen. AbdulRahman Dambazau (Retd), and Gen. Alwali Kazir (Retd) among a host of other northern leaders.
