Bakare, Rep urge youths to shun greed, corruption

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Pastor Tunde Bakare

| credits: File copyCongress for Progressive Change Vice-presidential candidate in the 2011, Pastor Tunde Bakare, and a member of the House of Representatives, Bimbo Daramola, have urged youths to shun greed and corruptive tendencies.

They spoke during the unveiling of NLC International and inauguration of Legacy Network in Lagos on Saturday.

Bakare, who was the Chairman of the occasion, said wealth and power do not have the ability to corrupt individuals but the ability to bring out the corruption in them.

He said, "As an individual, everything I take part in my life must be moral, ethical, legal and honest. I advise people to always apply a sunshine test in whatever they are doing.

"By this I mean, before you dabble into any business, you must ask yourself some basic questions such as, is it true, honest, ethical and legal? If they can't answer some of those basic questions, it means the business is flawed."

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly added, "Be patient with your critics and skeptics. Most people that criticise you may end up becoming your main advocates. Those who criticize you are not likely to be your enemies but those who want to correct some of your actions or inactions."

On his part, Daramola urged youths to tap into the network marketing business, saying it could guarantee them streams of income.

The lawmaker representing Ekiti North urged them to avail themselves of the opportunities the Internet provides to enable them to move to the next level of creativity rather than searching endlessly for unavailable jobs.

"You can create your tomorrow today. Avail yourselves of the opportunities the Internet provides and do something creative with your time," Daramola said.

The Founder, Legacy Network, Mr. Muyiwa Ojo, told the participants, who were mainly youths that to survive in Nigeria, one needed multiple streams of income.

He said the NLC had more than 35 streams of income, urging them to tap into it to lift their economic level.

 



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