{"id":613,"date":"2019-03-07T07:02:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T07:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsn.greenmouseonline.com\/?p=613"},"modified":"2019-04-12T18:33:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T18:33:55","slug":"dont-let-nepotism-ethnicity-influence-your-voting-decision-says-prof-ajayi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/dont-let-nepotism-ethnicity-influence-your-voting-decision-says-prof-ajayi\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t let nepotism, ethnicity influence your voting decision, says Prof. Ajayi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Managing Partner, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Professor Konyinsola Ajayi, SAN, has urged Nigerians not to allow nepotism, ethnicity and sectionalism influence their voting decision in elections. Speaking as the guest speaker at the 11th Founder\u2019s Day Lecture and Award Ceremony with the theme: \u201cPolitics beyond Ethnicity, Nepotism and Sectionalism: A Duty for the Nigerian Press <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Managing Partner, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Professor Konyinsola Ajayi, \nSAN, has urged Nigerians not to allow nepotism, ethnicity and \nsectionalism influence their voting decision in elections.
\nSpeaking as the guest speaker at the 11th Founder\u2019s Day Lecture and \nAward Ceremony with the theme: \u201cPolitics beyond Ethnicity, Nepotism and \nSectionalism: A Duty for the Nigerian Press and the Electorate\u201d, \norganized by The Bible Society of Nigeria, Professor Ajayi stated that \nsuch myopic considerations are not good for our politics.
\nHe stressed that every authority is ordained by God and added that God \nwould always use men to actualize His purpose. He, therefore, advised \nNigerians to align their choice of whoever becomes their leaders with \nthe will of God for the nation to experience peace and prosperity.
\nOn the role of the press, Professor Ajayi said it is the responsibility \nof the press to show the way by constantly reporting the truth, so that \nthe people would be properly guided. He said that a situation where the \npress publishes fake news or allows itself to be bought with money would\n spell doom for the country.
\nMore so, the Chairman of the occasion, Publisher of the Guardian Newspapers Limited, Lady Maiden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L-R: President and Board Chairman of The Bible Society of Nigeria, Dr. Aaron Nuhu; a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Philip Asiodu presenting award for Selfless Service to God and Humanity to the Managing Diretor of First Registrar and Investment Limited, Pastor Bayo Olugbemi. With them is Pastor Olugbemi\u2019s wife, Fadeke<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Alex-Ibru, said that the press is constitutionally empowered to \nmonitor governance and hold the people in authority accountable. She \ndisclosed that in 1979, the country\u2019s political leaders inserted the \nidea of federal character in the constitution to lighten the darkness \ncalled nepotism and sectionalism, but regrettably, they have been \ninsensitive to the principle of federal character in recent times. She \nexpressed hope that true federalism would be restored in Nigeria.
\nEarlier, the President and Board Chairman, The Bible Society of Nigeria,\n Dr. Aaron Nuhu, welcomed guests to the occasion, while the General \nSecretary, Dr. Dare Ajiboye encouraged them to vote in elections if they\n must change the political landscape of the country. He urged them to \nback up their prayers for a better Nigeria with actual voting, adding \nthat the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) will only count\n votes and not prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\n Managing Director\/CEO of Jawa International Limited, VARKEY VERGHESE \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

presenting the award of Selfless Service to God and Humanity to the \nPresident of The Apostolic Church Nigeria, Pastor Sampson IgweThe\n highlight of the occasion was the presentation of award of Selfless \nService to God and Humanity to the President of The Apostolic Church \nNigeria, Pastor Dr. Sampson Igwe and the Managing Director\/CEO, First \nRegistrar and Investment Limited, Pastor Bayo Olugbemi.
\nThe programme was attended by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, \nChief Philip Asiodu; Vice President of The Apostolic Church Nigeria, \nPastor Emmanuel Awojide; immediate past General Secretary of BSN, Rev. \n(Dr.) Fred Odutola; the pupils of Livingsprings Primary School, Lekki, \nLagos, who dramatized the theme of the lecture to the admiration of the \nguests and other dignitaries.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Managing Partner, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Professor Konyinsola Ajayi, SAN, has urged Nigerians not to allow nepotism, ethnicity and sectionalism influence their voting decision in elections. Speaking as the guest speaker at the 11th Founder\u2019s Day Lecture and Award Ceremony with the theme: \u201cPolitics beyond Ethnicity, Nepotism and Sectionalism: A Duty for the Nigerian Press…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3043,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions\/3043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}