AN ASSESSMENT OF PRIME MINISTER ABIY AHMED’S LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE: THE PERSPECTIVE OF ADDIS ABABA RESIDENTS

Abstract

The effective leader is who can cope with resistance and implement change successfully. Also, effective leader has clear and straight vision about future. Former PM Hailemariam, had success and also faced various challenges. The challenges topmost reason was a leadership failure. Consequently, Dr Abiy Ahmed had been appointed as PM of Ethiopia. This study focuses on PM Abiy Ahmed first-year leadership performance. It emphases on change management, leadership ability, acceptance rate and mitigating leadership challenges observed on ex-premier. The study area was Addis Ababa. Yet, respondents have been residents above 18 years. The Selected sample areas are from the inner and outer zone. Respectively selected two Sub-city, four Woreda and eight Ketena. The sampling technique used is four-stage stratified sampling. The total sample size was 600, of which 542 were filled by respondents. PM Abiy Ahmed had many success stories during his one-year premiership. Expressly, achieving inaugural speech promises, exercising contemporary leadership traits, being great first impressions and leading the changes in good ways. With this in mind, studies have shown that the reform is not going calm like first few months: spread of internal displacement, lack of peace and stability, spread of ethnic tensions, lack of rule of law, failure preventing troubles and taking quick decisions after, loss of innocents, and so forth has led people to insecure and lose confidence in his leadership. Therefore, PM needs to focus on: preparing roadmap, prioritizing economy, improving decision-making, cascading the reform to lower level and enforcing the rule of law.