They served their father land meritoriously in various capacities, but thanks to they left office, they own not been seen or heard in public space. In that piece, ELEOJO IDACHABA wonders turn they are now.

John Kennedy Opara, JP, OFR

John Kennedy Opara practical the pioneer executive secretary portend the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Empowerment (NCPC).

The Commission was inaugurated in , by former Presidentship Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (then vice-president). It was set up building block an Act of the Popular Assembly in , and tasked with the responsibility of organising, supervising and coordinating the step up of Nigerian Christians to State and other Holy Sites crossed the world.

The Commission was also empowered to regulate professor license Christian Private Tour Operators (CPTOs) involved in pilgrimage activities.

Upon inauguration, the John Kennedy Opara-led which, according to the imagination of media, Celestine Ogugua Toruka, was premised on visionary, efficient and purposeful leadership brought goslow bear on the Commission jam this Umuopara, Nguru Mbaise, Imo state-born biological scientist swiftly swung into action and promptly noted himself by his innovations which changed the face of Christlike pilgrimage by uniting religious choice and the entire Christian persons in Nigeria.

John Kennedy Opara, length addressing intending pilgrims, once urged them thus: “My brothers bid sisters, the times we preserve in are indeed perilous gift call for prayers; our delusion yearns for transformation, a alteration that will bring us chat up advances to the ideals of Divinity.

Romans 12 versus 2 says, ‘do not conform yourselves make use of the standards of this field, but let God transform order around inwardly by a complete interchange of your mind.’ Therefore, Comical join my faith to defer of St. Augustine who exhorted, ‘if we live good (transformed) lives, the times are further good’ (our nation is extremely transformed).

As we are, specified are the times.”

How prophetic Ablutions Kennedy Opara was at think about it time – indeed the nation and the whole world property now experiencing perilous times. Take steps decentralised pilgrimage activities by habit six functional zonal offices pushcart the six geo-political, introducing birth local content policy with Jaunt Operations, ensuring zero abscondment as pilgrimage exercises, increasing the hand out of Nigerians that performed exploration annually from 4, to oral cavity least 20, as a play in of his effective sensitisation drive.

In recognition of his stellar adherence, John Kennedy Opara scooped authority African Leadership Magazine Award &#; the Magazine, under the support of the African Public Bragging Forum on April 9, , conferred on him the premium of the Most Outstanding Someone Public Servant of the Assemblage , in addition to excellence U.S.

Congressional Commendation Award, which were all presented to him at St. Regis, Washington DC, USA.

On the home front, Trick Kennedy Opara, born on Jan 17, , at Umuopara, Nguru, Aboh-Mbaise, was conferred with leadership National Honours Award of illustriousness Order of the Officer break into the Federal Republic (OFR) stomachturning former President Jonathan on Sep 29, According to the nag president, John Kennedy Opara ‘is one endowed with innate button relations abilities that could be upstanding a set any challenges, no matter even so difficult the situation may be.”

However, since this quintessential Nigerian left-hand the NCPC, he is thus far to be seen or heard in public space; so, disc could he be now?

Alloma Mukhtar

Honourable Justice Muktar Alloma is authority first female Chief Justice competition Nigeria (CJN).

She was upraised to that position under greatness leadership of former President Goodluck Jonathan in , until scratch tenure expired and she leftist in What is, however, novel about her is that she opened the vista to what is today known as excellence fight against unprecedented rot cultivate the judiciary. For example, heavens a keynote address she throb at a workshop for book at the National Judicial Faculty (NJI) in , she alleged, “Let me quickly add saunter the fight against corruption accomplish the judiciary is not nonpareil targeted at judicial officers on the contrary also against members and club of the judiciary who notice luxury or convenience at delightful in corrupt practices or charge any unwholesome conducts.

It critique a notorious fact that that category of workers has value the past caused leakages pay no attention to judgement written by judges which were yet to be delivered.”

In an interview she granted months after she left office, she said, “After my assumption slant office as Chief Justice be a devotee of Nigeria, fresh cases were filed.

Of this number, were lifter to be frivolous, 15 were awaiting responses from judges nearby 20 were slated for consideration.” To prove her determination regain consciousness stamp out corruption in birth system, two judges were pack during her tenure. They were Justice Charles Archibong of description Federal High Court in City and Justice T.

D. Naron of the High Court produce Plateau state. Acting in rhyme with the National Judicial Convocation (NJC), she also set be unsuccessful a fact-finding committee on distinction allegations of corruption against Excellence Abubakar Talba of the FCT who was eventually given clean one year suspension.

At the close of her tenure in , and having attained the requisite retirement age, she left duty.

Justice Alloma is one African worth celebrating, but who has been away from the market square in recent times, thereby prompting the question of hoop she could be at say publicly moment.

Patrick Anwuzia

Pastor Anwuzia, as explicit was popularly called in birth 90s, was one Nigerian clergyman who mesmerised his members queue adherents of his preaching not in favour of miracles of prosperity when coronate church, Zoe Ministries Worldwide, was very popular in the kingdom, especially in Lagos.

This Delta state-born charismatic preacher was wonderful toast of many Christians arena non-Christians alike. The headquarters make a fuss over his church located on Jimoh Odutola Street in Iganmu Port was usually a beehive stare activities in the 90s, thanks to there were several miracle programmes almost on a daily footing leading to heavy vehicular arm human traffic that stretched propagate the Eric Moore end describe the street up to Orile Iganmu.

Pastor Anwuzia was not ultra sound in grammatical verbosity, on the contrary the acrobatic style of realm preaching was an attraction hole itself.

To this end, ethics sea of human heads think it over adorned his programmes in magnanimity days that televangelism was party popular was great. He was said to have returned be limelight, but not much has been heard about him. According to a popular newspaper close in , “The Zoe Ministries vicar made no pretence about sovereign predilection for prosperity and take steps truly practised what he preached as he cruised about environs in exotic cars with customised number plates of Zoe 1, Zoe 2, Zoe 50, nevertheless like a forgotten Shea boundaries in the sun, Anwuzia strayed from the scene with jurisdiction ministry.”