Adeyeye, Agnes OmotayoIsaac, Jesuvi Julius2025-04-292025-04-292023-073026-8508https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/15596The growth, development, progress and success of any organization or nation depends on her leadership. A peaceful society is a reflection of good leadership. On the other hand, a conflicting society portrays the type of leadership governing such a society, whether a good leader or a bad one. This is clearly seen in Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, which is confronted with several challenges such as poverty, insecurity, politico-economic instability and conflict, among many others.The growth, development, progress and success of any organization or nation depends on her leadership. A peaceful society is a reflection of good leadership. On the other hand, a conflicting society portrays the type of leadership governing such a society, whether a good leader or a bad one. This is clearly seen in Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, which is confronted with several challenges such as poverty, insecurity, politico-economic instability and conflict, among many others. It is of note that the myriad problems in human society are leadership, many of whom are devoid of the understanding of the principles of good leadership; thus, they become selfish, corrupt, greedy, transparent, cruel, and lack genuine love for the people they are leading or governing. The thrust of this paper is a call for the understanding of the principles of good leadership using Jesus Christ as a model. The paper discovered that a major problem facing human society is the lack of good leadership. The paper recommends that leaders imbibe principles of good leadership used by great religious leaders such as Jesus Christ to have a good and desirable society.enPrincipleGoodLeadershipGood LeadershipModelJesusArticle