Browsing by Author "Salifu Gabriel"

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    A Moral Solution to the Leadership Problem in Nigeria
    (Abuja Journal of Administration & Management, 2024-12) Salifu Gabriel
    Within the agora of human endeavour, be it in the home, corporate, religious and national setting, leadership is the pivot. This paper sets to examine 'A moral solution to the leadership problem in Nigeria'. It has been established by great minds that the greatest problem of human kind is leadership. The same leadership problem has been the undoing of the Nigerian nation since independence. Leadership in Nigeria is bereft of leadership qualities, a bastardisation of revered tradition, convention and culture. Therefore, in this piece it looks at the leadership in Nigeria and the moral questions affixed to its matrix. The paper adopted descriptive and qualitative methods by exploring secondary data collected from documentations through published and unpublished books and journal articles and were content analysed in relation to the scope of the paper. The findings reveal that the style of leadership in Nigeria is appalling and troubling because of the main reasons of assuming leadership position is selfish interests and self enrichment which has notoriously led to the consistent failure of democracy and economic retardation. Hence, the need for leaders to cultivate moral character, piety, human-heartedness, self discipline, listening ear and selfless service to humanity that would eventually approximate to national development.
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    Curbing the Menace of Corruption for Good Governance in Nigeria: The Role of the Church
    (Archives of Humanities & Social Sciences Research, 2025-01-10) Salifu Gabriel
    Corruption has become a cancer in the life of nations and it seems to have defied all treatment. One major reason for this state of affairs is that these saddled with the responsibility of applying the medicine are not sincere in their diagnosis and in dispensing of the prescribed drugs Oladunjoye [1]. Corruption has been seen as a threat to development and it is actually a major cause of poverty and insecurity. They are twin sisters scourging underdeveloped countries; but corruption makes it difficult to overcome poverty and insecurity. We are currently living in the materialistic age. Prestige, honor and fame in most of Nigeria now depend on political positions and material possessions, and not on food character any longer. This paper has examined role of the church in curbing the menace of corruption for good governance in Nigeria. The work has adopted the agency, collective actions and rent-seeking theories to justify its claim. It has discussed the concepts of corruption and good governance and recommends church roles in the reduction of corruption to its barest minimum in order to pave way for good governance is generally characterized by accessibility, accountability, predictability and transparency which can only be achieved when the Church make converted efforts through leadership by example. It is only then that corruption, which has drawn back the wheel of progress in this nation, can be addressed
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    ETHICS IN THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PLEDGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR NIGERIAN LEADERS
    (JOURNAL OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE, 2024-06) Salifu Gabriel
    The lackadaisical attitude of Nigerians on issues affecting the development of the nation has become a source of concern to all and sundry and various efforts made by successive administrations to change their orientation at different levels of government in the country have not yielded to any success. This has accounted to series of problems facing the country since independence. Several scholarly works have been done from different perspectives on issues affecting national life and how a change of attitude can be ensued among Nigerians. An attempt was made in this research to discuss ethics in the National Pledge and its implications for Nigerian leaders. The research made use of socio -ethical and historical approaches and descriptive method. Literatures, articles from archival journals were employed and utilized as sources of information. It is argued that if both the leaders and the followers internalize the content of the pledge not only by reciting it but acting the contents therein, Nigeria will be a better place for all to live and the development of the nation will not be a mirage.
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    RELIGION AND ETHNICITY AS STRATAGEMS FOR THE TRIUMPH OF MEDIOCRITY IN NIGERIA
    (WUKARI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES JOURNAL, 2024-12) Salifu Gabriel
    Nigeria as a Nation has been experiencing socio-political convulsion on the basis of religion and ethnicity. The independent and post independent Nigeria is not an exception from this hiccup. This paper investigated religion and ethnicity as stratagems for the triumph of mediocrity in Nigeria thus reconnecting the disconnect through federalism. The research has adopted both descriptive and analytical methods of investigation. As a diverse and heterogeneous nation, the Northerners have consistently asserted their dominance and hegemony over others, as if Northerners are birthed with Nigeria political power. In their ethno-religious exhibition, other religions are subservient, and in their own view, the very least believer in their religion is far better than the greatest in other religion(s). The findings revealed that the aftermath of this promotion of religion and ethnicity in the Nigerian politics is the triumph of mediocrity, incompetent, unpopular and irrational candidates. The paper, therefore, recommends federalism as a means for reconnecting the disconnect between religion and ethnicity in Nigeria.
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    Religion as a Tool in Promoting Conflict Management, Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa
    (Covenant University Journal of Politics & International Affairs, 2025-03) Salifu Gabriel
    Religion is a social phenomenon that pervades every aspect of human existence and human interactions. Religion is an established institution in every human society in the world. The power of religion, as an instrument of peace, substantially rests on morals which every religion preaches and propagates. Morality deals with the question of what is right and good and what is wrong and evil in human conduct. Morality and religion go together. Conflict in human society is inevitable. It is part and parcel of human existence. Conflict in Nigeria evolve as war, violence which are predominantly ethno - religious in nature. Peace building is essentially important for sustainable development in Nigeria. On this note, the thrust of this research is premised on religion as a tool in conflict management and peace building in Nigeria. The work adopted theories of Emile Durkheim on Religious functionalism and the Divine Command to establish its claims. It made use of descriptive methods, socio-ethical and historical approaches. Its findings showed that religious ethical values such as justice, love, tolerance. Patriotism and peace which are entrenched in various religious practices (African traditional religion, Christianity and Islam) are germane for conflict management and peace building in Africa. The work recommends religious and ethnic dialogue among communities and also encourages continental moral rebirth among religious adherents which is pivotal for sustainable development in Nigeria and Africa at large.
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    RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS AS HOME BUILDERS, A SINE QUA NON FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    (WUKARI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES JOURNAL, 2024-07) Salifu Gabriel
    The family, society and morality, to borrow the most ecological terminology, have become “endangered species”. Studies on parenting have focused on psychological, sociological, gender roles and traditional perspectives. However much has not been said about the dimension of parents as home builders a sine-qua non for national development from Christian standpoint. Data for this work were collected through oral interview and consultation of scholarly journals and textbooks. In the 21st century, the families off springs are endangered with multiple social vices that range from internet fraud (yahoo yahoo), kidnapping, lesbianism, drug abuse, homosexuality, bestiality, incest, ritual killing and others. Some of these issues if not all are gaily celebrated in most of our churches and shrines as they are being aided in all front. Parents have self-imposed and natural duty to train up their children without treating it as a second class duty, that there is a link between effective parenting, morality and national development. Findings from this work has indicated that responsible citizenry, reduction in crime rate, healthy nation and preservation of cultural values which are germane to national development are products of responsible parenting. Also discovered, are the salient roles of women (responsibility in children upbringing, character study, mirror of the family and caretakers) which are imperative for effective parenting, tutelage and admonition of children in families. The work recommends.
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    The Influence of Religion on Nigeria's Public Policy
    (Abuja Journal of Administration & Management, 2024-09) Salifu Gabriel
    Nigerian public sees religiosity mostly as a “Nigercentric” affair which influences policy making and decision taking. This nigercentrism describes the public and political dominance of religion in Nigeria. This study has appraised the influence of religion on Nigerian public policy. In other word, the geography of religion influences the geography of politics in all national decisions, including elective and appointive offices even in conducting admission to public schools and institutions. In fact, Nigerian society since independence till date is strongly connected to religion. The consistency in the use of religion is attributable to the essentials or fundamentals or virtually all the successive regimes in the country in recognizing the pride of place it has always assumed in the policy and style of government. Thus, public policy describes the notion of decisions and actions of government in relation to issues and questions affecting the society. However, politicians, policy makers and religious leaders are the past masters in the exploitation and manipulation of decisions. Therefore, the affinity of religion and public policy in essence gives the impression that the two institutions are inter-changeably important, instrumental and enforceable through government process which is universally applicable to society as a whole. the study is premised on theories of interaction with religious and historical approaches garnished with qualitative method of data analysis in order to justify its claims.
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    THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON NIGERIA'S PUBLIC AND FOREIGN POLICY MAKING
    (JOURNAL OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE, 2025-03) Salifu Gabriel
    ABSTRACT Individuals, organizations, societies and nations at large are always confronted by various political and socio - economic problems. When attempts are not made on time to address the situations, the consequences is that the problems degenerate into uncontrollable stages and they render the system difficult to manage. This paper explored the influence of religion on Nigeria's public and foreign policy making This paper posits that despite the neglect of religion in the discourse of public and foreign politics and policy-making, religion has come to be recognized as an influential aspect of public life globally. It is a significant attribute of public and foreign affairs whose traditions do not exist in seclusion from the political, economic, social or cultural aspects of human existence. The paper has made use of descriptive and historical methods to ganer relevant information coupled with secondary sources which include books, journal articles and other viable materials from the internet. The paper revealed that the positive values of the existing diverse religions could be harnessed while the negative values of unhealthy competition and exclusive principles be downplayed by the various actors of public and foreign policy making in Nigeria so as to maintain a stable and progressive public and foreign relation in building of strong public and foreign policies in Nigeria. It recommended the need for national interest to remain pivotal in the formulation of public and foreign policies irrespective of the population of citizens that subscribe to it
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    YOUTHS AND YAHOO YAHOO PHENOMENON IN NIGERIA
    (JOURNAL OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE, 2023-09) Salifu Gabriel
    It is a common knowledge that countries all over the world are faced with one challenge or the other. Eminent among all is the challenge of insecurity of lives and property. In Nigeria there is a scourge of internet fraudsters known as yahoo yahoo, which have swindled many unsuspecting victims, organizations and governments their hard-earned resources. Amazingly, the teaming population of youths are the major players when it comes to this societal menace. Despite various strategies put in place by the government to curb the activities of these fraudsters, the propagators have sought other avenues to continue to be relevant in their nefarious acts. The crux of this paper is to examine youths and yahoo yahoo phenomenon in Nigeria from a moral standpoint. The study adopted Divine Command Theory. An In-depth interview was used to gather useful data for the work. It was discovered that factors that led to the emergent of youth in yahoo yahoo phenomenon include bad leadership, unemployment, unwholesome desire for wealth and laziness. The work recommends provision of employment opportunities for the teeming youths by the government, the role of parents and religious leaders to focus on moral or ethical values which are inherent in the major religions (Indigenous African religion, Christianity and Islam) were applied in order to ensure a moral rebirth and regeneration among youths in the country.