Study about Project Leadership in Nigeria: Panacea for National Economic Development

Abstract

To illustrate the personalities that should direct project executions, and to examine the role of project leadership in economic development in Nigeria. Nigeria is a country with abundant natural and human resources. It's perplexing to learn that countries with a single source of resources or endowments rule over those with a variety of resources. It's the product of self-gratification, or the pursuit of personal interests by individuals, and it's linked to weak leadership. In Nigeria, this article examines the relationship between project leadership and national economic development and productivity. The paper reveals the role of leadership and human management with their unlimited power of wants and needs, as well as how productivity and project execution play a critical role in fund allocation. With the numerous human and natural resources, why do we still experience infrastructural deficit, no developmental projects, the mind-set of the people contradicting national development, increase of unemployment and insecurity in the nation, power failure and finally, a consuming nation? There is a chance that the people who can create a workable and suitable system are project managers or a leader who possesses the qualities or potentials of a project manager. The paper focuses on the major issues confronting Nigeria, as well as the role of effective project leadership in resolving these issues. The main findings of this paper are the distinctions between a project manager and a project leader. The paper concludes that Nigeria will become the world's leading economy if the project managers' system is adopted and managed, particularly in the area of developmental projects for productivity and proper management.