RELIGION
BSN CELEBRATES 12TH
FOUNDERS’S DAY ANNUAL LECTURE, AWARDS CEREMONY
BY MILES OLU and JOSEPH CHUKWUDEBE.
The
Bible Society of Nigeria has pleasantly and uncommonly celebrated her 12th
Founder’s Day alongside with annual Lecture and as well as Awards ceremony with
theme “Curbing Communal Conflicts and
Terrorism For Sustainable National Growth and Development” at the Agip
Recital Hall, Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
Speaking to the audience the guest
speaker Chief Executive Officer, Halogen Group Wale Olaoye did not disappoint
the audience with his presentations of the lecture as he began the lecture with
playing of old genre of music produced by African American legend Louis
Amstrong titled The Colours of Rainbow.
He scholarly presented eleven pages of
thoroughly and critically researched data and statistics of ugly and gory
stories that churn out every second in the globe today adding that there would
be no meaningful growth where there is no peace in the land as he further
submitted that peace is the fulcrum of National growth and development in
general. He again said that the entire globe has become online digital space
where everyone co-exist as he added that the construct of a community as a
social unit with communality such as norms, religion, values, customs, or
identity is now old school.
He said that communities are no more defined nor
restricted by proximity of and sense of places situated in a given geographical
area adding that communities are now defined by passion, interests and
ephemeral intents and purposes. He said that the new online platforms now
determined who and how many friends one has with over 3.5 billion online – 47%
of the world population as he said that these are the new communities that the
growth and development sphere.
He
said that in the year 2030, 110 millions of Nigerians would be living in
extreme poverty. He postulated that people must have freedom to curb the
conflict in Nigeria as conflicts and terrors occupy the Nigeria space with
terrible occurrences on regular basis.
He stated Nigeria is under developing
country that need the Holy Spirit of God to direct the leaders aright so that
meaningful growth and national development indices could be put in place so
that citizens could co – exist as a people.
He stated that the notion of
community started from God Himself for a common will to live together and if
community life style is not promoted that there would be conflict and as well
as terrorism. He stated that in 2013 that 2.7 millions of people had been
displaced as a result Boko Haram insurgency.
He states that security came in
when man fell and failed adding that everyone is the cause of the insecurity in
the land adding that the days of cheap foods are gone, because in 2030 Africa’s
population would be 1.4 billion, therefore there would be no cheap food, no
cheap energy, no jobs for young people.
He stated that the leaders should
pragmatically plan ahead for food security, urbanization, jobs creating and as
well as work hard to halt farmers and herdsmen clashes that had taken away many
lives.
He stated the idea of one man with four wives and 27 children is not too
pleasing because that causes the urge of one man wishing to eat the food of 50
people, adding that growth and national development cannot take place where
there is no peace and energy.
He stated that wealth is inclusive and that the
people cannot solve their problem with the same thing that created it as he
added that development must have a soul because it serves the entire community
as people must fulfil visions not leaders and as well as unity is a result of
vision and bigger than the leaders.
He stated that where there is no vision
people fight each other, he submitted that the constitution must be the
framework to work out good ethos. He postulated that the national vision must
be higher than leaders adding that a government without a vision is a failed
government.
He again said that there must be indication data must be gathered
for effective control of resources for the citizens in the areas of health
care, education, finance, agriculture, Technology adding that until sons begin
to emerge nation would change, because there has to be carriers of good seed.
He says that God Himself is waiting and the nation is waiting. When he drew
down the curtain of his lecture, he was roundly applauded with a standing
ovation.
Speaking
to the audience the President of the Bible Society of Nigeria Dr. Timothy Banwo
welcomed all and sundry to the 12th BSN Founder’s Day with love of
Jesus Christ adding that the event had been pleasantly packaged to address the
issues of insecurity in the land.
Speaking to the audience the Chairman of the
event Jacob Moyo Ajekigbe prayerfully welcomed all and sundry in matchless name
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and wished everyone to be up and doing with the
instrument to curb the terrorism streaks in the land so that unfettered peace
could be administered for national growth and development.
He also informed the
audience that the BSN is still operating from a rented apartment and that they
had proposed a building project that would cost them N2.2 Billion for the
erecting of God’s house.
He appealed to all and sundry to rise up to the
challenges to uncommonly support the good works of building for the Lord. He
also informed the audience that General Dr. Yakubu Gowon, BSN Patron and father
of the Day just jetted into town only on the 6th of February 2020
and he profusely apologised for his inability to grace the event because of Jet
lag.
The audience were entertained and
trilled by the leaders of tomorrow from Living Spring School Lekki, Lagos by performing
a drama of the ugly happenings in the nation that insecurity has caused in the
main body polity of the nation
The
BSN graciously and pleasantly awarded the following personages – His Eminence
Dr. Olasupo Ayokunle, CAN President and President of Nigerian Baptist
Convention, Engr. Joseph Olakeye Duntoye, General Manager Avean Offshore
Limited, Prof. Patrick Utomi and Mrs. Osaranti Demuren, Chairman, GTBank Plc.
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