The Presiding Bishop of Victory International Church, Rehoboth Cathedral, Ibadan, Taiwo Adelakun, on Tuesday, called on Nigerian leaders to learn from advanced countries where things work and replicate the same feats in Nigeria.
Bishop Adelakun urged the leaders to make things work in Nigeria in order to make the celebration of the 26th anniversary of democracy worthwhile.
The bishop made the call while speaking with journalists after a lecture commemorating his 62nd birthday at the premises of Dominion University [DU], Ibadan.
Adelakun, who is the Chancellor of the university, said quality leadership was key for any nation to attain greatness.
He said: ‘’In the last 26 years, leadership has been a crisis in Nigeria. We can do better. We are a nation of so many lions being led by sheep. So, I believe that if we would pay attention to leadership, everything would fall in line. Great nations are made by the issue of leadership. Let’s import what works in other places. Let’s make things work in Nigeria’’.
The cleric said he would keep on building generational leaders that would change the country and the world as a whole.
He urged Nigerian youths to be consistent and focused in order to make impacts in the world, adding that: ‘’You don’t grow overnight; you grow overtime’’.
Prof. Senayon Olaoluwa , who is the Director of TETFund Diaspora Transnational Studies Centre, delivered the birthday public lecture with the theme: ‘’Epistemologies of Spirituality and Secularity – Development and the Example of Bishop Taiwo Adelakun’’. The professor said professionals were needed in the house of God. He said the Almighty is a God of knowledge, adding that faith gave birth to knowledge.
The Vice Chancellor of DU, Abel Olorunnisola, lauded Adelakun for always expanding the frontiers of knowledge. The VC described the Chancellor as a man of many parts who played significant roles in nation-building through education.
