Jonathan Promotes Sycophancy In His Govt – Ezekwesili

Former minister of education and primary advocate for the BBOG (Bring Back Our Girls)  group ,  Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili has said that the extent of damage President Jonathan has done to Nigeria was only just noticed now  his administration is over.

According to her , the failure to rescue the Chibok girls as an example of how sycophancy ruined Jonathan's administration. She  took to her Twitter page to make her feelings  on Thursday. She tweeted :


•When a review of President Jonathan’s administration is done, we’ll realise how much damage sycophancy did to governance. Example? Chibok Girls.

•A leader must be without an inordinate desire to be serenaded with ‘good news’ or their team will never let them know the true state of affairs. 

•An environment that rewards sycophancy encourages team to withhold accurate ‘bad’ news (problems) from the leader while serving up ‘good news.

• When a leader makes hero worshipping costly to those who engage in it, he/she deprives the ‘sellers’ market to set the ‘Mediocrity Benchmark.

•A critical success factor in governance is for the leader to both in word and deed convey a culture that abhors sycophancy. No hero worshipping.

 On April 14 Nigeria will reach the one-year anniversary of  the Chibok girls’ abduction

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