Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili said Goodluck Jonathan should not be called a ‘Hero’ for accepting defeat in the just concluded presidential poll.
On March 31, 2015, Goodluck Jonathan called General Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him for winning the election before INEC chairman could announce the final result of the presidential election.
Many Nigerians have been praising him for accepting defeat on time and for making that call to Buhari.
Oby said Nigerians would not be calling Jonathan a ‘Hero’ if only they knew the extent of damge GEJ has done to Nigeria.
Ezekwesili took to her Twitter page on Thursday to express her mind:
She tweeted, “When a review of President Jonathan’s administration is done, we’ll realize how much damage sycophancy did to governance. Example? Chibok Girls,”
“A leader must be without an inordinate desire to be serenaded with ‘good news’ or their team will never let them know the true state of affairs.
“An environment that rewards sycophancy encourages team to withhold accurate ‘bad’ news (problems) from the leader while serving up ‘good news’.
” When a leader makes hero worshiping costly to those who engage in it, he/she deprives the ‘sellers’ market to set the ‘Mediocrity Benchmark.’
“A critical success factor in governance is for the leader to both in word and deed convey a culture that abhors sycophancy. No hero worshiping.”
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