Leadership And Challenges Of National Security: Buhari Administration In Perspective

Abstract

Nigeria in recent time is faced with avalanche of security challenges which are hitherto evolving day by day on an industrial scale. Such security threats include; terrorism, insurgency, militancy, armed robbery, kidnapping and recent carnage growing haywire regarded as Fulani herdsmen and farmers conflict are all at a worrisome level as they have only but adverse implications on the socioeconomic and political sphere of the Nigerian state. Deriving from the above, the paper examines the role of leadership towards addressing the challenges of national security using the Buhari administration as case study. Exploratory design with data drawn from secondary sources, and a qualitative method of analysis were adopted. Anchoring our discourse on the system theory, finding amongst others revealed that there are myriad of challenges facing the country and the leadership of Buhari has shown gross incompetence in its attitude and character disposition towards addressing these challenges. The paper however recommends that the Buhari’s administration should be proactive and consistent, rather than been reactive in their attempt to address the numerous security challenges facing Nigeria.