Endure hardship, help build corrupt free nation – Anglican Bishop begs Nigerians 

By Cyprian Ebele, Onitsha 

Nigerians have, irrespective of gender, career and social statuses, been earnestly entreated to learn how to endure any kind of hardship and also to join hands in building a corrupt-free nation.

The Bishop on the Niger, Anglican Communion, Anambra State, the Rt Rev Owen Nwokolo, made the appeal in a 45-minute homily he conducted during the annual convention of Anglican Students’ Association, ASA, of the diocese held at the All Saints’ Cathedral, Onitsha.

The Bishop called on students, priests, teachers, and individuals of various walks of life to diligently cultivate the spirit of endurance in times of difficulties and to consistently hold their heads above all situations while discharging their duties with all sense of responsibility.

He had while underscoring what he called the gains of hard work, described failure as something very loathsome and appealed to Nigerians to avoid failure at all cost in order to prevent the country from collapse.

“How many of us will want Nigeria to grow from bad to worse?”, Bishop Nwokolo queried, adding that failure as a bad phenomenon did not help development nor did it help anyone become leader of tomorrow.

He therefore encouraged every Nigerian to always be steadfast, hardworking, enduring and transparent in words, thought and action in order to jointly build an economically viable and corrupt-free nation.

 In a brief chat shortly after the convention, the Diocesan Education Secretary, Rev Canon Izuchukwu Ndubisi, corroborated the Bishop’s disposition on hardwork and endurance adding that success was always behind hardwork and transparency.

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He advised students in general to consciously place their minds on the right things, “The things that will make them great in life, if they don’t spoil their hands. 

“So if they focus their attention on positive things, they will be able to work very hard and they will surely achieve success, for there is no short cut to success”, the canon emphasized.

He expressed great joy for the success of the summit, and expressed profound gratitude to the Diocesan, priests, school teachers, the students, their parents  and guardians all of whom he said collectively made the event a success.

Highpoints of the convention were various prizes presented to some of the students who recorded outstanding performances in some subjects and an elaborate march past contest among over 60 selected secondary schools owned by the diocese.