Corrupt Leadership, an Antecedent to Global Epileptic Socio-economic Growth, Nigerian Example: Dramaturgy and Visions

Abstract

Self interest is the invisible hand that controls the political, social and economic corrupt trends in Nigeria. There are deviation and diversions of interests. Leadership in Nigeria becomes bedeviled with depravity; reliability deteriorates while the populace wallows in hunger and decadence. No matter the current shades of corruption in the country, corruption cannot be canon for governance since we still have devoted, loyal and conscientious apostles of social change and justice such as; Emeka Nwabueze and Femi Osofisan. They are the likes of intellectuals constrained from directing the affairs of this country by harsh demands on public officers. Their plays among other perspectives are thorough attempts at picturing and unveiling corrupt leadership and the consequent epileptic economy and underdevelopment in the country. Specifically, this paper expresses the essential nature of leadership and Nigerian leaders in retrospect then employ the creative ingenuity of these social crusaders to ex-ray the selfish corrupt leaders in their various contexts. Theoretically, this paper trails the footprints of the sociologists and proves that literary works should not be isolated from the social contexts in which they are embedded. The treatise deduces that the country is undergoing crises of leadership which is an antecedent to underdevelopment.