{"id":16663,"date":"2019-04-08T13:55:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=16663"},"modified":"2019-04-08T13:55:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:55:36","slug":"mark-71-tasks-political-class-to-mentor-new-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=16663","title":{"rendered":"Mark @ 71: Tasks political class to mentor new leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Release<\/strong><br \/>\nBy\u00a0<strong>Paul Mumeh<\/strong>, Media Assistant to Senator David Mark<br \/>\nImmediate past President of the Senate, Senator David Mark is to float\u00a0a leadership foundation to mentor future leaders of Nigeria in line with best global practices.<br \/>\nSenator Mark told political associates and friends during a Church service to mark his 71st\u00a0birthday in Abuja on Monday, \u201cI will henceforth devote my time and energy to mentor younger generation of leaders. We must put machinery in place to do things right and make our country a better place\u201d.<br \/>\nHe also tasked Nigeria\u2019s political class to consciously embark on the same voyage to groom leaders at all levels that would champion the course of development in the country.<br \/>\nSenator Mark added that he has garnered wide range of experience over the years to impact on the new generation of leaders.<br \/>\nAccording to him: \u201cWe need to review what we have done in our days with a view to bringing fresh perspectives that would facilitate progress and development to our country\u201d.<br \/>\nSenator Mark also advocated for stronger democratic institutions such as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Political Parties, Security Agencies and Independent Media in order to sustain democratic culture in Nigeria.<br \/>\nHe added that stronger democratic institutions are imperative for a sustainable democracy saying, \u201call we need are strong institutions and not strong individuals. This is to avoid a situation where the institutions operate according to the whims and caprices of powerful individuals.\u201d<br \/>\nSenator Mark believes that Nigeria is endowed with huge potentials to be a great nation in the world, \u201cif we harness our human and material resources properly.\u201d<br \/>\nHe craved for a peaceful and united Nigeria where human rights and rule of law are sacrosanct.<br \/>\nEarlier in his homily, Chaplain of the St Mulumba Catholic Chaplaincy, Rev. Father Innocent Jooji praised Senator Mark for his leadership qualities over the years, chief of which was his eight uninterrupted years as President of the Senate.<br \/>\nJooji urged Mark to remain steadfast in his service to humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Release By\u00a0Paul Mumeh, Media Assistant to Senator David Mark Immediate past President of the Senate, Senator David Mark is to float\u00a0a leadership foundation to mentor future leaders of Nigeria in line with best global practices. Senator Mark told political associates and friends during a Church service to mark his 71st\u00a0birthday in Abuja on Monday, \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}