A Cleric, the Ven. Olusegun Faleye, has urged political leaders to use their offices to make policies with a human face. 

The cleric who  is the Vicar and Archdeacon of Molete Archdeaconry, made the call on Thursday in Ibadan , Oyo State, during the wedding of   Olatilewa Abiodun Akinpelu and Ademola Kolawole, son of the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof. Tunji Olaopa.
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During  the event at St. Anne’s  Anglican Church, Molete  Ibadan, Oyo State,  which drew  the presence of former  President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Head of Service of the Federation Mrs  Didi Walson-Jack , the cleric warned  political  leaders of the ephemerality of life.

He noted that past political leaders never lived forever and that their current successors would also not live forever. He, therefore, urged them to use their offices  to make policies that would reduce the hardship of the citizens amid the necessity of making sacrifice for a better future.

Stressing the importance of marriage,  the cleric referred to  the  biblical story of creation of man and  woman in Genesis 2. He urged the new couple to see themselves as entering into  a relationship to make themselves complete.

But he urged them  to note that they are two imperfect people entering into a relationship as there are no perfect people.  He urged them to draw strength from the fact that every marriage is peculiar.

According to him, even the most identical twins are different, and thus the groom and the bride should consider themselves as different people coming together to form a relationship. But for him, such difference does not stop them from being one in God’s scheme of things.

He advised the couple to be an unbeatable team by being devoted to each other as this is what would make it difficult for outsiders to  create any barrier  that would separate  them.

Giving advice on how to make the marriage of the new couple to work, Walson-jack urged Ademola Olaopa to bring Christian values to his home.  Also ,  Archbishop Emeritus of the Methodist Church in Nigeria and Chairman of the Yoruba Elders Council Ayo Ladigbolu prayed for the new couple.

Also present at the event were federal commissioners in the FCSC. They included Bukar Wakil, an engineer, Dr Daudu Jalo, Ambassador Aminu Nabegu, Rufus Godwins, Henry Idahagbon,  Ededet Eyoma, Mrs Rukiyat Odekunle, Mrs Hindatu Abdullahi, Dr Hussain Adamu, Dr Festus Oyebade and Mr  Shehu Aliyu.  The Acting Permanent Secretary of the FCSC,  Ede Ogaba, and retired Federal Permanent Secretary Dr Godknows Igali, were also present.
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