Leadership and followership-a critical look

To begin with,I'll like to ensure a thorough understanding of the key terms of this discuss-leadership and follower-ship.
In plain English,Leadership refers to a person or group of people that runs and direct the affairs of a larger body,group,community of people as the case may be while follower-ship are those that are being lead by the leadership.
Without the support of the follower-ship,there's no leadership just as the follower-ship is in chaos without a leadership.
It is quite obvious from the above expression that leadership and follower-ship co-exist,they must agree to terms if things must move smoothly.What happens when one party decides to cheat on the other party?
If the leadership decides to cheat on the follower-ship,it risks loss of confidence of the follower-ship which can lead to its dissolution in some cases.It is quite rare to see the reverse case of this,but,if by chance it did happen,then,the follower-ship might lose the interest of the leadership to carry on which can lead to a serious conflict that can split the community for good.
The leadership must commit itself to a selfless service to the follower-ship while the follower-ship in turn co-operate and assist the leadership in achieving the common goals of the community.
Just like every other country in the world,Nigeria is a very big community with its leadership and follower-ship parties.But there's a big problem in the co-existence of Nigeria's leadership and follower-ship.
While the follower-ship blames the leadership for the multi-dimensional problems of the country,the leadership puts the blame on the follower-ship as well as the 'present economic situation' of the country.
What we seem to miss out is that the leadership has NEVER done ANYTHING without the consent of the follower-ship and vice versa.
To most Nigerians,Nigeria's greatest problem is that of corrupt leaders,closely followed by poverty and lack of infrastructural development.Yet I ask you,have you ever seen or heard of any senator,member of the house of representative,local government chairman,the president,governor or any of the political post holders hauling bags of 'Ghana must go' bags home from the treasury without at least an accomplice in the civil service,do you think a penny can be withdrawn from the national treasury without the prior knowledge of the accountant general of the federation,CBN governor or the bank manager of the banks holding these funds?
Let's be realistic here,money laundry,embezzlement,illegal withdrawal of funds are not possible without the help of the civil servants who are part of the citizenry.They aid the evil act and in fact share in the loot!It's those at the foot of the ladder that complain and it's not like most of them are different from those upstairs.In fact,they are far worse!
....to be continued.
Regards,
Abdurrahman

Nigeria at 50!

Hello Naija!Nigeria's 50 aren't you happy about that?Now I know what to expect in answers as most often than not we in Nigeria have more to complain of than to appreciate.But the truth is that whatever situation we might have found ourselves is of our own making,US as in both leaders and followers alike and I stand to be corrected!
There are a million and one facts to back up my assertions,and I am ready to reveal some of these facts on this blog so stay tuned!