leadership
Sir: Barely two weeks ago, Christians, the world over, celebrated Easter. The passion of Christ, in despising the shame and enduring the cross, could be our passion, too. Because of the joy that was set before him, Christ embracingly, daringly, and willingly bore the brunt of the cross, the bruises of contentious crucifers, and the contusions of the thorny crown. What or who could have been more exemplary than that? What characterises Christ’s passion is humility before honour; sorrow before joy; humiliation before exaltation.
That’s, in fact, a leader-formation pattern we could appropriate in Nigeria. What is the “passion” of our leaders? The passion for wealth? The passion to embezzle public funds at the expense of communal progress and development? The passion of inflicting pain, hunger, poverty on people and inciting riot and violence? You see, in comparison, this is a perverted passion hinged on the lasciviousness of self-interest, self-care and se ....