POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF ỤWA BỤ AGHA

Abstract

The study is one of the attempts to use literary work to offer solution to the ugly state of the Nigerian political system. The work sets out to analyze the depth of political leadership struggle in Nigerian society as it is portrayed in the Igbo literary work understudy, with the aim of making it public. It also reflects on the spirit of the season as it concerns corruption among the ruling class. Although the author’s choice of setting is the University Community of Odenigbo, the political factions observe amongst the characters in the work is a food for thought in the present day Nigerian situation. One would appreciate the work more from the author’s ability to foreground the real life situation for the reading pleasure of the public. The study is provoked from the passion to unearth some of the evil practices at work amongst the political classes on the altar of politics, governance and leadership, mostly as it concerns the present day political culture of Nigeria. This will serve as an eye opener to Nigerians and their processes leadership selection and or election. The area of the study is on Written Literature, hence the data for the research work are sourced mainly from the library, using “Marxists’ Literary Theory” for its analysis. The study would be of great value to the public, mostly to people who are interested in the study of politics leadership in Nigeria.