{"id":432169,"date":"2011-05-29T23:01:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T23:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/29\/nigerians-urged-to-imbibe-spirit-of-selfless-service\/"},"modified":"2011-05-29T23:01:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T23:01:05","slug":"nigerians-urged-to-imbibe-spirit-of-selfless-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/29\/nigerians-urged-to-imbibe-spirit-of-selfless-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians urged to imbibe spirit of selfless service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"90\">\n<p>BY BESTMANN JOSEPH<br \/>LAGOS\u2014 Nigerians have been advised to shun avarice, corruption and imbibe the spirit of selfless service to the nation rather than self in order to make Nigeria attain greatness to the pride of the present and future generations.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers at a seminar on \u2018\u2019National Unity, Peace and Progress Through Service,\u2019\u2019 organised by the Lagos Zone of the AMORC, Rosicrucian Order, at the Golden Gate Restaurant, Ikoyi, Lagos, weekend, noted that self-aggradisement has caused monumental damage to the nation\u2019s unity, peace, development and progress since independence.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Douglas Anele, a senior lecturer of Philosophy at the University of Lagos, who spoke on \u2018\u2019The Individual in Peace and Unity Through Service,\u2019\u2019 noted that members of the ruling elite in Nigeria operate mostly in the \u2018\u2019self-alone\u2019\u2019\u00a0 mode, while corruption and abuse of power reign supreme, and advocated for \u2018\u2019a moral revolution anchored on categorical imperative of selfless service to humanity.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on \u2018\u2019Corporate Nigeria and National Progress Through Service,\u2019\u2019 Otunba Francis Meshioye, Executive Director, JMG Ltd, stressed that \u2018\u2019Socio-economic development responsibilities should not be left to the government alone. Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS), is a selfless service to the nation, relieving the government\u00a0 understandable heavy burden,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Fr. Johnson Ikube, Chairman\/CEO, FNL Plc, who spoke on \u2018\u2019The National Centre in Progress Through Service\u2019\u2019, charged those in leadership positions including the President, governors and other elected public officers\u00a0 to drive the nation\u2019s progress through selfless service by \u2018\u2019 crafting a unifying National Guiding Philosophy and Vision, lift the citizenry from religion to spirituality, and a programme for service culture, among others.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Among those at the event were Dr. Kenneth Idiodi, Grand Administrator and President of AMORC in Nigeria; Professor Isaac O. Alaba and Fr. Raphael Obiduba.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/05\/nigerians-urged-to-imbibe-spirit-of-selfless-service\/\" title=\"Nigerians urged to imbibe spirit of selfless service\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigerians urged to imbibe spirit of selfless service<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> BY BESTMANN JOSEPH LAGOS\u2014 Nigerians have been advised to shun avarice, corruption and imbibe the spirit of selfless service to the nation rather than self in order to make Nigeria attain greatness to the pride of the present and future generations. Speakers at a seminar on \u2018\u2019National Unity, Peace and Progress Through Service,\u2019\u2019 organised by the Lagos Zone of the AMORC, Rosicrucian Order, at the Golden Gate Restaurant, Ikoyi, Lagos, weekend, noted that self-aggradisement has caused monumental damage to the nation\u2019s unity, peace, development and progress since independence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":432170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-432169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerians urged to imbibe spirit of selfless service - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/29\/nigerians-urged-to-imbibe-spirit-of-selfless-service\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigerians urged to imbibe spirit of selfless service - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"BY BESTMANN JOSEPH LAGOS\u2014 Nigerians have been advised to shun avarice, corruption and imbibe the spirit of selfless service to the nation rather than self in order to make Nigeria attain greatness to the pride of the present and future generations. 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