Dr David Oyedepo, chancellor of Covenant University, Ota,
Ogun State, on Monday said for Nigeria to wipe out Boko Haram, the
country's leadership needs to have character, courage and capacity, not
just to identify the main causes of the problems but also to be able to
deal with them.
*Dr David Oyedepo
The clergy man made this known at the opening of a workshop on ‘Conflict Management and Resolution: A Leadership Competence Development’.
He stated that the struggle for political power between the country's ruling class was also a reason for insurgency and other socio-economic and political conflicts befalling the nation.
Oyedepo, while delivering the keynote address at the event, hampered on character, courage and capacity, noting that the absence of the three had thrown Nigeria and the Africa continent into a deep hole.
He asserted that Africa's problem is obvious because it is a continent representing about 11 per cent of the world population but benefiting more than 75 per cent of the United Nations’ aids to conflict ridden countries.
The three-day workshop, chaired by the former minister of finance, Dr Kalu Idika Kalu, and organised by the university’s Centre for African Leadership Development Centre, featured several peace advocates and foreign ambassadors including the ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to Nigeria, Mr Patrick Fay.
The centre’s Director and former Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Aize Obayan, while welcoming guests to the events, said the need to bring together eggheads to address the challenges of conflicts and contradictions in Nigeria could not have been more relevant than now, “especially with the missing of more than 200 students whose whereabouts was yet to be known.”
Obayan promised that the recommendations of the workshop will not only be made available to the government at the appropriate levels and members of the public but their implementations will also be pursued by concerned authorities.
Other scholars at the event included the former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Peter Okebukola, the Vice-Chancellor of Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun State, Prof. Ayanlaja, Managing Director of New Horizone Company, Mr. Tim Akano, among others.
*Dr David Oyedepo
The clergy man made this known at the opening of a workshop on ‘Conflict Management and Resolution: A Leadership Competence Development’.
He stated that the struggle for political power between the country's ruling class was also a reason for insurgency and other socio-economic and political conflicts befalling the nation.
Oyedepo, while delivering the keynote address at the event, hampered on character, courage and capacity, noting that the absence of the three had thrown Nigeria and the Africa continent into a deep hole.
He asserted that Africa's problem is obvious because it is a continent representing about 11 per cent of the world population but benefiting more than 75 per cent of the United Nations’ aids to conflict ridden countries.
The three-day workshop, chaired by the former minister of finance, Dr Kalu Idika Kalu, and organised by the university’s Centre for African Leadership Development Centre, featured several peace advocates and foreign ambassadors including the ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to Nigeria, Mr Patrick Fay.
The centre’s Director and former Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Aize Obayan, while welcoming guests to the events, said the need to bring together eggheads to address the challenges of conflicts and contradictions in Nigeria could not have been more relevant than now, “especially with the missing of more than 200 students whose whereabouts was yet to be known.”
Obayan promised that the recommendations of the workshop will not only be made available to the government at the appropriate levels and members of the public but their implementations will also be pursued by concerned authorities.
Other scholars at the event included the former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Peter Okebukola, the Vice-Chancellor of Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun State, Prof. Ayanlaja, Managing Director of New Horizone Company, Mr. Tim Akano, among others.
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