An African adage
says: “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” Whether in Africa,
Europe or Asian continents, leaders are burdened. And the support of his
family has to come with the full measure for him to succeed.
Leaders of
nations battle to contain disparate interests; strive to leave a legacy
and unquestionably accept responsibility for acts of commission or
omission from subordinates. A leader of any nation spends more time
cogitating and less for leisure. He deprives himself and his family the
comfort of his presence most of the times. It’s worse when a leader
operates in a clime where there is stiff opposition.
In faraway
Germany, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari decried the burden posed
by a multi-coloured opposition in Nigeria in these words; “It’s not easy
to satisfy the whole Nigerian opposition parties or to participate in
the government.”
