Nigeria: Triumph of Mediocrity

28 October 2011
opinion

The persistent leadership failure in Nigeria has predictably led to the triumph of the culture of mediocrity over the culture of excellence and effeciency in all aspects of life in Nigeria.

In almost everything, hardly if at all anyone expects excellence or efficiency, as it is hardly if at all anyone cares to observe it either. Services (if any) are scantily provided, products are poorly manufactured, works are inefficiently done and enterprises are barely managed. Mediocrity has become too entrenched in Nigeria's culture to the extent that, insistence to perform efficiently or expect excellence in everything is tantamount to naivety.

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