MUHAMMADU BUHARI
AN EXEMPLARY LEADER
H.E. Muhammadu Buhari got elected
in 2015 in a historic presidential election.
President Buhari joined the Army of Nigeria
in 1961 when he attended the Nigerian
University of Military Instruction, which
later came to be called the Nigerian Defence
Academy in Kaduna.
Military service teaches one certain
skills such as integrity, discipline honesty,
selfl essness, humility and more. (Kolditz,
2009). As a former military man, President
Buhari exhibits these qualities: he is known
to be honest, a disciplinarian, incorruptible
and a humble man who lives simply. Also,
as a former military ruler of the country,
he already learned other skills on how to
govern the country. His experiences and
competencies all come together to form the
skills he needs (Skills approach) to handle
the diff erent challenges facing him as the
current President of Nigeria. (Situational
approach).
President Buhari’s leadership style has
been based on matching his skills (from his
military experiences and competencies) to
the challenges (diff erent situations) in the
country. He has been fi ghting corruption,
utilising his disciplinarian skill and has
adopted a style of a “telling” or “directing”
to deal with corrupt offi cials in the country
both past and present. This behaviour can
be seen to be in response to the expectation
of country when they elected him; Nigerian
showed a high commitment to this cause but
a low ability to carry it out: he was the best
candidate to handle this.
Source:
https://sites.psu.edu/
leaderfoundationsclarke/2016/06/03/
analyzing-a-leader-president-muhammadu-
buhari-part-2/