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Federalism and National Leadership in Nigeria

National leaders in Nigeria, most of whom have come from the military, have exhibited various leadership styles. These styles both affect and are affected by Nigeria's federal system of government. Successful leaders appear to exercise a reconciliation style coupled with a mobilizational capacity to institute change. Efforts to impose a unitary system on Nigeria have failed, but several leaders have strengthened the power of the federal government, in part through the seemingly paradoxical strategy of creating more states. The return to civilian government, however, will require a new basis of…