Opinion: JERRY RAWLINGS AND THE METAPHOR OF LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA

BY YOUNG ERHIURHORO Just yesterday, the death of Jerry Rawlings, a former president of the Fourth Republic of Ghana was announced by the Ghanaian government with sobriety. According to the biography of this great leader as I read about it on Wikipedia, was initially an officer with the Ghana Air Force, a pilot officer. Why in the military, he saw many national needs of the country that needs immediate attention by the sitting government which the government had hitherto paid deaf ears. This prompted Jerry Rawlings to venture into leadership…

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