In his essay, he spoke about his challenges and understanding of what it means to lead young people.. According to him, " To lead young people is tough job..."

  "It is hard to describe in one word, what the past two years have been like, serving as President of FECA Nsukka. It's been a whole lot of things: demanding, stretchy, and lesson-filled. There were high and low moments, travel experiences, friendships built, goals achieved and shortfalls also. Two years is such a long time and isn't such a long time all the same. Depends on where you are looking from.

  Leadership in FECA, especially in Enugu Zone, isn't glamorous. There are no perks or special privileges. As President, you are called 'Papae' but that is where it ends. A common aphorism one would most likely hear on a handover day is 'In FECA, you will spend and you will be spent'. This is a true saying. FECA leadership places a demand on everything you have to give: your time, energy, money and so on. FECA would have to be your priority for those two years. You will come to understand that you have been called to service, in every sense of the word.

  You know, when people are told that in God's house the leader is the servant, most people somehow still do not picture a servant. Maybe a 'servant' who is highly decorated and regarded, maybe one others would still have  to serve. But no, service in FECA will have you discard such thinking.

   

  There is no spotlight whatsoever. You will work and most likely get no special recognition for it. One would learn to put in the work and not expect to be clapped for or lauded. I saw some leaders struggle with this and this is my foremost advice to the incoming leaders of FECA: work with all your heart and expect no praise or glorification in return.

  Leading young people is tough job, especially when you are not paying them to do what you want.  'Why should I come out as early as 7 A.M for a secondary school outreach?'  'Why should I pray for three hours when I have everything I need?'  'Papae, I did not feel like coming to fellowship today because my cloth was not ironed.'

  

  Here are different sets of people with different levels of understanding of the Vision; too many young ones with too much opinion for their good. The wisdom to lead and pass the vision across to all over time, could only be God-given.

  I had a leadership house of 15 persons, excluding myself. 15 different people with varying perspectives to issues and different expectations from service; 15 people I did not know so well, but would have to work with for the next two years. We worked at creating a bond intentionally. Many thanks to the Vice President, Joy Agbo. She did most of the work in fostering oneness. It was not the big things, though; it was t he minutest things. The journey to Jos, the intensive door to door outreaches during the initial strike period, the late-night dinner and jokes at 'FECA Lodge.' We created the bond we needed to get the job done.

 

  As President, it took me a while to come to terms with the fact that my leaders were human and would fall short of my expectations most of the time. The standards set were very high, at least in my head. At a point, I could only see the things that weren't up to the standards I needed. It would keep me disgruntled very often. I had to take intentional steps to make allowances for their mistakes. I had to learn to appropriate the progress people had made, even when I could see a million ways they could have done it better.

  I had a lot to talk about, but I want to keep this below 800 words. Leadership in FECA toughens you up. It is a rugged growth process and while you're in the process you may not recognize the work that is being done in your life till you look back after two years. I attributed all of my growth over the years I have spent in Nsukka to FECA. The training in God's word, prayer, evangelism, and in character also. 

  There were influences. I had people I admired and wanted to be like. I patterned my life to be just like theirs. I probably would not be the man I am today if I did not meet FECA. I can remember how I was five years ago when I joined; how crude and headstrong I was. You would not have seen a President in me. But herein lies the beauty of leadership such as we have it in FECA: seeing young lives transformed. It is my story, and it is my commitment to give anything to see more lives transformed through FECA.

  May the vision never die. Keep the vision burning."

Author: Ifeanyi Victor Chukwudi.

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In the same year, he handed over his leadership baton to Miss Ebube Agbo, who has gracefully shared her FECA leadership story here. Read Ebube Agbo's FECA Story. So, after two years of service, (2020-2022 tenure), Miss Ebube handed over to Miss Ejere Mawuli as the president of FECA Nsukka who serves for the 2022-2024 leadership tenure.