Political Leadership and Underdevelopment in Nigeria

A cursory glance at the economic conditions of Nigeria will reveal that underdevelopment has persisted in spite of independence and abundant resources available in the contrary. The cardinal question is why has Nigeria not developed given years in independence and abundant human and material resources especially during President Buhari’s regime. This work examines underdevelopment in Nigeria vis-à-vis political leaders focusing on President Buhari 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 attribute to the character of Nigeria political leads. The solution of which is by implementation of different kind of underdevelopment, the researcher also focused on the President Buhari administration. 210 which is 20% of total population of 240 copies was used. Data collected using questionnaire and the analysis of data was done by the use of simple percentage. The findings proved that President Buhari administration were not properly motivated and understood the political leadership.