Sultan blames insurgency on poor leadership Print Email Category: News Published on Thursday, 23 October 2014 05:00 Written by Victor Sorokwu, Asaba Hits: 24 Clerics and elder statesmen have blamed the insecurity situation in the country on “corrupt and self serving leaders”. Speaking at an event to mark the 60th birthday anniversary of Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, the religious leaders berated the nation’s leaders. The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, who was chairman of the event, noted that leadership is a trust bequeathed on an individual by God and that it is all about service to the people. “Why wouldn’t people be angry when they feel things are not going right in the country? Why do we still have insecurity in the country? People are hiding from the truth and giving it all sorts of colouration. I wish to remind you that insecurity affects us all, whether Christians or Muslims, northerner or southerner, we have to dialogue and seek solution to this problem to have peace,” he said. He warned that leadership is not a licence to ill-gotten wealth, looting of public treasury, acquiring estates, fleets of vehicles and private jets, “but a conscious responsibility and sense of purpose to serve the people God has entrusted into your care in whatever capacity or authority.” He commended Governor Uduaghan for organising the lecture and charged Nigerians to continue to dialogue on issues that affect the nation and seek reconciliation. “A forum like this brings us together to talk to one another as Nigerians on issues that affect us all. It brings us as Christians, Muslims, northerners and southerners to talk about our nation, Nigeria,” he added. On his part, Bishop Hassan Kukah said: “People have the right to be angry over the fact that processes are costlier than the outcomes, especially in government programmes, projects and activities. Information now abound and people are becoming more and more aware of activities in government. Justice is not when you treat unequal persons unequally or treat equal persons unequally but justice is when you create a platform for everyone for self actualisation irrespective of class.” Bishop Kukah advocated the inclusion of anger management in the school curriculum so that pupils/students will be taught how to tolerate one another and dialogue among themselves. Delivering a lecture, Prof. Benjamin Okaba charged Nigerians to learn to manage their anger and use it positively, while calling for tolerance. Chief Olu Falae, one of the discussants at the lecture observed that anger is a product of frustration and could become the catalyst for positive change and development when properly managed.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 07:09:49 +0000
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