President Goodluck Jonathan
inaugurated the N300 million Jubilee Resort and Leadership Centre build by the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abuja on
Saturday.
Speaking at the ceremony, Jonathan
urged the association to ensure that it used the centre to train future
Nigerian leaders with strong moral and fiscal discipline.
“I am indeed happy that today we are
talking about the leadership centre.
“The greatest asset of any society
is leadership – from the family to business; from the church to the national
level.
“I believe this centre will be used
to model and mold leaders, especially those Christians, who are aspiring to be
leaders at all levels in the church, in business, in the educational
institutions, and of course in the political setting,’’ he said.
The president said that Nigerians
would always expect that if a Christian was governor of a state, there would be
a difference.
“We expect that a Christian
councilor, who prays everyday will behave differently from the councilor, who
will go to the water front and throw eggs into the river.’’
He said that sometimes Nigerians
conducted themselves in an inappropriate manner “because whenever certain
issues come up, especially things involving money, you see the way people
behave and you begin to wonder if this person ever prays.’’
“I believe this centre will be used
to help us to re-orientate us, to refocus those of us that – by the will of God
and commitment of Nigerians – are holding various elective and appointive
offices.
“These are offices that we should
use to help the society, not to help ourselves; and I believe this centre will
help us to achieve that.’’
Jonathan praised Christians for
their unity of purpose in building the edifice and prayed that such unity
should be extended to national affairs and governance.
He said: “To all Nigerians out
there, I urge you to imbibe the spirit of unity and continue to work together
for the good of the nation and nothing can stop us from building a Nigeria of
our dream.
“CAN has done it in unity and has
shown us that it is possible and I say that we all can do it.’’
He also applauded the CAN executive
and the building committee for their prudence in managing the resources donated
for the construction of the edifice and expressed gratitude to those, who made
contributions toward the project.
The President urged the association
to make judicious use of the edifice so that the little income it would
generate could be used to maintain it and the Ecumenical Centre.
Jonathan said that he was happy to
be part of the foundation-laying and inauguration of the project and urged
Nigerians to be focused in whatever tasks they were given for the benefit of
others.
Speaking earlier, the CAN President,
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, said that the building was built with funds donated by
Christians and non-Christians and that most of the contractual work was done
free of charge by professionals.
Oritsejafor said the project would
be used to raise money for the association, and promised all those, who prayed
and contributed toward its realization that their efforts would not be in vain.
(NAN)
At last, Jonathan inaugurates N300m CAN Centre, says leadership is society’s greatest asset
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