A former Ambassador of Nigeria to Mexico, Prof. Hagher Iyorwuese, has advocated for selfless leadership for the future transformation and progress of the African continent.
Iyorwuese who was also Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada, said this while
speaking to journalists during the Public Presentation of his books in Abuja on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the books, Beyond Ethnic Grievance-the Jukun-Tiv Crisis, Leadership Leading Africa out of Chaos and the English Language and its Discontent, was presented to celebrate Iyorwuese’s 75th birthday anniversary.
Iyorwuese, also a professor of theatre for development, said Africa needed leaders who could fight colonialism so that Africa would take its pride in the world continents.
“The leadership book is all about what leadership entails and how we can all learn to be good leaders.
“The book offers the theory of God centeredness and it is not specific to any religion. If you are a good Muslim or a good Christian, you should be a good leader.
“There is no country like Nigeria that has almost the same number of Christians as Muslims. We must then come together and accept the need for us to be an exceptional country in Africa,” he said.
Speaking on his book entitled ‘Beyond Ethnic Grievance, the Jukun-Tiv Crisis’ , Iyorwuese emphasised the need to come together collectively to build a strong nation.
According to him, Nigeria needs to build a strong nation where its democracy place citizens as kings and its citizens have rights and privileges of human dignity, not toiled by any person.
“Ethnic grievance is the biggest challenge in Nigeria. Two things have put us down- corruption and tribalism.
“In my 75 years, I have experienced the Jukun-Tiv crisis and these people have been living together until the white men came,” he added.
He, therefore, advised that collective engagement was critical in resolving crisis in the communities. (NAN)