{"id":7232,"date":"2026-11-03T06:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T06:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/nigeria-needs-leaders-equipped-for-changing-realities-sam-adeyemi\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T06:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T06:30:50","slug":"nigeria-needs-leaders-equipped-for-changing-realities-sam-adeyemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/nigeria-needs-leaders-equipped-for-changing-realities-sam-adeyemi\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria needs leaders equipped for changing realities \u2014 Sam Adeyemi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pastor-Sam-Adeyemi.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nigeria needs leaders equipped for changing realities \u2014 Sam Adeyemi\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pastor-Sam-Adeyemi.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pastor-Sam-Adeyemi-300x167.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pastor-Sam-Adeyemi-768x428.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Ogochukwu Agha<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAGOS\u2014THE Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, yesterday, warned that Nigeria cannot afford leaders who learn on the job, lamenting that many occupying positions of authority have never received formal leadership training, despite the country\u2019s mounting economic and social challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adeyemi spoke in Lagos ahead of the 2026 edition of the church\u2019s annual Excellence in Leadership Conference (ELC), scheduled for November 5 and 6, 2026, at the Daystar Christian Centre, Oregun in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making a case for deliberate leadership development, he said: \u201cSometimes only God knows who is going to be governor. Who knows who is going to be senator tomorrow? And most people occupying leadership positions in our country have not learned leadership anywhere.\u201d He urged Nigerians to take advantage of the conference, themed \u2018Leading in Uncertainty\u2019, describing participation as \u201ca great investment in their lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a joint message, Adeyemi and his wife, Nike Adeyemi, who co-host the conference, said the event would explore \u201cwhat it truly means to lead when the ground keeps shifting economically, socially, and personally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPrevious participants have described the conference as a game-changer, with some attributing practical improvements in their careers and businesses to lessons acquired at the event\u201d, the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They explained that the theme was informed by prevailing realities, including volatile markets, rising living costs, policy changes and transformations in the world of work, against the backdrop of an approaching general election cycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cParticipants would be equipped to stand firm, think clearly, and lead boldly, while learning how to turn uncertainty into a leadership advantage,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/nigeria-needs-leaders-equipped-for-changing-realities-sam-adeyemi\/\">Nigeria needs leaders equipped for changing realities \u2014 Sam Adeyemi<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ogochukwu Agha LAGOS\u2014THE Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, yesterday, warned that Nigeria cannot afford leaders who learn on the job, lamenting that many occupying positions&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}