Controversial clergyman, Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has urged all Nigerians to exhibit leadership skills in any place they find themselves and not only when they occupy political office.
According to Bishop Kukah, this is because all of us cannot hold political office in the country.
He gave this charge in Abuja at the opening of the Third National Mission Congress of Nigeria on Friday.
“Office holding sometimes is purely by accident, or appointment. For instance, out of 170 million Nigerians, only one can be president at a time.
“So, the assumption that if you are not holding a public office, you cannot exercise leadership is wrong,” he noted.
Furthermore, Bishop Kukah advised Nigerians to do away with the mindset that everybody must get government employment, stressing that no government anywhere in the world can afford to employ all its citizens.
He said: “There is no country that employs five per cent of it its population, or even 10 per cent.
“Many states in Nigeria with a population of about 6-7 million, employ between 30-60,000 civil servants, including ghost workers. So, it is clear that no government can employ its entire people.”