Rev. Dr Yakubu Pam, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has stated that one of the most difficult challenges in leadership is sustainability.
This was stated by Rev. Pam while hosting the Jos Divisional Indigenous Cultural Organization (JODICO) at his office at the NCPC corporate headquarters in Abuja.
“I thank you all for the effort to come to visit me not for your personal gain but for the progress of the people you serve,” he said, acknowledging the elders of JODICO’s visit.
He, on the other hand, urged the elders to remain firm in their various leadership roles.
“The role of a leader is a difficult one,” he says, “because you can be weak and strong at the same time.”
“The people are always there to put the leader in check and force him to rise to his feet,” he added.
The NCPC Scribe explained that their visit was worthwhile because they were there to figure out how to resurrect JODICO.
He assured them that he would do everything in his power to restore the JODICO tribes.
The Executive Secretary also urged JODICO’s elders to keep the founding fathers’ vision alive, saying that “the people’s vision should be checked, pursued, and focused to achieve it.”
In his address, Hon. Aminu Zang, the leader of the delegation from the Jos Divisional Indigenous Cultural Organization (JODICO), revealed that the elders paying the courtesy visit were carefully selected elders over the age of 70, and that they were in the Commission to celebrate their joy at the appointment of one of their own as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission.
“Knowing the Executive Secretary’s pedigree and humble nature, his appointment is well deserved,” he says. “The visit may appear late, but it’s better late than never,” he says, and the delegation has come to identify with him.
The Executive Secretary, according to Hon. Zang, is a “true man of the People” and a leader who “leads in the right direction.” He also praised the Commission for its grandeur, saying, “God doesn’t make mistakes; he looked at your track record and elevated you to this position.”
One of the delegation’s members, Hon. Gini Umar, explained that JODICA is made up of six Plateau State local governments that have banded together as one.
He pleaded with the Executive Secretary to assist in reuniting JODICO, noting that they had been separated for some time.
He also urged the Executive Secretary to champion JODICO’s cause in the Northern Zone without personal gain.
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