By CHARLES IWUOHA

The Rosicrucian Order (AMORC), on Sunday, urged Nigerians to add more value and seriousness in their daily pursuit and productivity to build a resilient and strong socio-economic nation.

The Grand Master of AMORC for Nigeria and English Speaking West Africa, Dr Kenneth Idiodi, made the plea during an interaction with journalists after he delivered a keynote address at the 46^th Eastern Regional Rotational Conclave (ERRC) being held in Enugu.

The keynote address was on the theme, “Leadership and Nation Building: The Rosicrucian Perspective”.

Idiodi noted that if leaders and people had shown more value addition and seriousness in all we do, “no one or any nation will ever look at us as a failed state and AMORC believes Nigeria has been humanly and divinely endowed to succeed”.

The grand master also urged all tiers of government and development partners to do all to fix the power (electricity) issue.

“Without constant power and energy, we can do little in our quest for socio-economic and technological growth as a nation,” he noted.

According to him, if we work hard and get determined to succeed; Nigeria will be the next destination of everybody in the world just as Dubai in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) is today; we can even surpass Dubai.

Idiodi urged Nigerians to continually pray and meditate for the betterment of the country as well as speak positively, bring positive energy and constructive ways of doing things without engaging in unnecessary negative attitudes on issues.

“As a citizen of a country, we are constantly impacted by spiritual and psychic radiation emanating from our fellow citizens.

“We are also through our thought, words, and deeds contributing to the overall spiritual edifice of the nation, otherwise known as the egregore of the nation.

“If majority of us do our work diligently, our country will be great. It is as simple as that,” he said.

On the theme of the conclave, the grand master said that leadership entails taking responsibility and ensuring that things work, adding: “Putting blame on others as a leader means we are not taking responsibility”.

He said that leadership also entails sacrificing for others and things to work out, noting that leaders in every share of life should be elected based on “competency, character and capacity”.

He said: “We expect the best from our leaders but often fail to ask ourselves what kind of followers we are. In our bid for a better nation, we must evaluate our roles in supporting good leadership.

“Even when our leaders make mistakes (as humans) or disappoint our expectations; it is far more profitable to address this constructively rather than destructively.

“If we are in a position to criticise anything, constructive criticism is the way to go rather than destructive criticism”.

Idiodi further explained that AMORC is dedicated to the study and investigation of universal laws, adding that the understanding of these laws is applied practically in our daily lives for the attainment of health, happiness and peace.

“One of the universal laws of nature is the law of unity. This law manifests in various ways in nature. An example of its manifestation can be seen in communal living (by humans),” he noted.

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