How Adeboye entered the Ekiti political Circus
Politics by OkogbaComments By Emmanuel Aziken How the Man of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye became entangled in the ever unfolding political theatrics in Ekiti State would amuse even those that had become accustomed to the subterfuge that is ever on offer in that state.
Pastor Adeboye’s Master, Jesus The Christ, was Himself not unfamiliar with such theatrics that are served by political leaders who seek to use the platform of religion to consolidate political power. John the Baptist, Simon Peter, Paul of Tarsus and some other early Christian leaders were also in similar awkward circumstances in which political leaders sought to promote their political profiles using the platform of religion. Adeboye was in Ekiti State on Christmas Eve during which time he visited the palace of the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti. Governor Ayodele Fayose not surprisingly joined the Ewi to receive the Man of God.
In a clearly unmistakable tone, the pastor had given his endorsement of certain administrative initiatives of the governor. “We thank God for your life sir. We thank God for your courage, for your boldness, we thank God for your being willing to take risks so that your people can be protected. You have been a governor who knows when to say enough is enough in defense of his people. And I’m sure you know what I’m talking about and I am sure the world knows. I don’t want to say more than that, but be assured that we are praying for you and you will succeed in Jesus Name.” Even though not a politician, a scrutiny of Pastor Adeboye’s words would show that his words were carefully measured. First, Adeboye who is more than 20 years older than the governor addressed him as sir, indicative of the fact that he addressed him in his official capacity. He lauded the governor’s willingness to draw the line on issues that seemingly denigrate the dignity of the rights of his citizens. Since the GO didn’t spell it out, one can only guess references to actions like the enactment of the law prohibiting open grazing in the state. However, in a setting where political conspiracies unfold by the hour, it was not long before the endorsements turned into a political maelstrom. Within 24 hours of the visit, a statement was circulated in cyberspace in which the chairman of the APC in the state, Mr. Jide Awe was quoted to have denounced Pastor Adeboye. If true that it came from Awe, it would be the first time in almost two years that Awe would issue a press statement. Awe, however, came out to disown the statement as he claimed that the statement in which he, Awe was quoted as abusing Adeboye was fabricated and issued by Governor Fayose’s aides. According to Awe, the Fayose led-PDP wanted to paint the APC in a bad light by giving the impression that the APC was insulting the highly revered Adeboye. The developments in Ekiti underscore the desperation of the political class to go to whatever extent to score political points. It is an extreme that should not be tolerated given the cushion that the true worship of God plays in our lives. However, other men of God have not been as discreet as Adeboye in engaging the political class. No state perhaps exemplifies the saturation of the political pastors in the polity as Akwa Ibom State. There, one cleric, Pastor Bassey James went to the extent of formulating a new line of study when he espoused the gospel of Akpabioism as a study in the life of former Governor Godswill Akapbio. Whatever the men of God in Akwa Ibom saw in the former governor was never divulged; but the extent to which they took the support for the former governor was quite unfathomable given the extent they went in promoting the former governor!
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/adeboye-entered-ekiti-political-circus/
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Saturday 31 December 2016
Friday 30 December 2016
Sambisa Forest Borno State and its myths by Malik Shabbazz
Sambisa Forest Borno State and its myths
Who is planning to cash in on this myth ?
Over years I have heard and I am sure you have too, that Sambisa Forest Borno State spans a land mass of 60,000 sq km . This is not true !
Sambisa is centered mainly on parts of Gwoza Bama KONDUGA Askira Uba and Chibok .
Sambisa even reaches Monguno Abadam and Kukawa LGAs .
I know this because in the course of my work o have travelled to all these places collecting blood samples in my HIV intervention work with USAID/Nigeria .
Now , between Bauchi State and Jigawa state , there's another forest called BALMO , and inside Jigawa alone , there's LAMBA forest.
The only common thing with these forests is that they are mutually accessible.
In KANO , the Falgore Game Reserve aka Falgore forest has link roads to Sambisa and the Alagarno forest.
The entire of Borno state is 70,000 sq km, so how on earth is it possible that Sambisa Forest is 60,000 sq km?
In Yobe State , you have the SASSAWA forest which also has link roads to Sambisa in Southern Borno . In Bauchi State again , you have the LAME BURRA forest which is also linked by roads to the Sambisa forest in Borno .
So the question is; who is trying to make a killing from the story line that Sambisa alone spans 60,000 sq km? To completely eradicate Boko Haram , you'd need to comb the whole of Sambisa and rid it of elements of terrorism right? That means more money to purchase firearms et al! Possibly a defense contractor and mercenaries will be hired and then more and more money will be pumped into that falsehood to line pockets of some greedy elements in the top offices of the HQ Nigerian Army .
So you see why they needed to sell the story of 60,000 sq km?
Well, they can fool some people but not all at the same time .
We will always be ready to expose them for every lie they intend to sell to Nigerians .
Malik Shabbazz Abdulmalik
Who is planning to cash in on this myth ?
Over years I have heard and I am sure you have too, that Sambisa Forest Borno State spans a land mass of 60,000 sq km . This is not true !
Sambisa is centered mainly on parts of Gwoza Bama KONDUGA Askira Uba and Chibok .
Sambisa even reaches Monguno Abadam and Kukawa LGAs .
I know this because in the course of my work o have travelled to all these places collecting blood samples in my HIV intervention work with USAID/Nigeria .
Now , between Bauchi State and Jigawa state , there's another forest called BALMO , and inside Jigawa alone , there's LAMBA forest.
The only common thing with these forests is that they are mutually accessible.
In KANO , the Falgore Game Reserve aka Falgore forest has link roads to Sambisa and the Alagarno forest.
The entire of Borno state is 70,000 sq km, so how on earth is it possible that Sambisa Forest is 60,000 sq km?
In Yobe State , you have the SASSAWA forest which also has link roads to Sambisa in Southern Borno . In Bauchi State again , you have the LAME BURRA forest which is also linked by roads to the Sambisa forest in Borno .
So the question is; who is trying to make a killing from the story line that Sambisa alone spans 60,000 sq km? To completely eradicate Boko Haram , you'd need to comb the whole of Sambisa and rid it of elements of terrorism right? That means more money to purchase firearms et al! Possibly a defense contractor and mercenaries will be hired and then more and more money will be pumped into that falsehood to line pockets of some greedy elements in the top offices of the HQ Nigerian Army .
So you see why they needed to sell the story of 60,000 sq km?
Well, they can fool some people but not all at the same time .
We will always be ready to expose them for every lie they intend to sell to Nigerians .
Malik Shabbazz Abdulmalik
Thursday 29 December 2016
Open Heavens 29 December 2016: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Resist the Devil
Open Heavens 29 December 2016: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Resist the Devil
Topic: Resist the Devil [Thursday 29, December 2016]
Memorise: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. – James 4:7
Read: James 1:12-16 (KJV)
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Bible in One Year: Numbers 5-6, Psalms 139:1-16
MESSAGE:
The Bible presents the devil as the accuser of the brethren, but more importantly, the devil is also in the business of presenting God in a bad light to human beings at every opportunity he gets. He usually puts questions in the heart of men in order to cast doubt on God’s acts of love towards humanity. He successfully did that in the Garden of Eden, and he is still using the same trick today. The Psalmist, in the midst of his troubles asked questions.
“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.” - Psalms 42:5
There is a difference between questions and queries. He asked why his soul was feeling downcast. In other words, he expected his soul to look up to see the brighter side in the midst of gloom. When you ask God questions, but still demonstrate faith in Him and His ability, it is okay. But when your questions do not reflect your past experience of what you enjoyed from God’s mercies and faithfulness, you are already issuing God a query. Before any child of God issues out a query to God, the fellow must have changed his view about God and how powerful He is, if not, he wouldn’t dare query God. After all, you cannot issue a powerful king a query. Romans 9:20 says,
“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?”
Similarly, the one who would query God is in doubt of God’s love and good intentions. He believes God is negligent, carefree and irresponsible. At such a time, he has believed the lies of the devil.
Beloved, God loves you much more than anything else, He is the One who gave Himself for your salvation and washed you clean in His Blood. No matter the situation, His love for you will never diminish as long as you remain in His Kingdom. Believe the best about Him. Believe His good intentions even when you do not understand. The One who died for you will not work against you when you are in a good relationship with Him. Never query God; it will worsen your situation.
Prayer Point: Father, please forgive me for all the queries I have issued through doubt in Jesus’ name.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
iOpenHeavens is the electronic version of the Hard Copy. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.
Topic: Resist the Devil [Thursday 29, December 2016]
Memorise: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. – James 4:7
Read: James 1:12-16 (KJV)
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Bible in One Year: Numbers 5-6, Psalms 139:1-16
MESSAGE:
The Bible presents the devil as the accuser of the brethren, but more importantly, the devil is also in the business of presenting God in a bad light to human beings at every opportunity he gets. He usually puts questions in the heart of men in order to cast doubt on God’s acts of love towards humanity. He successfully did that in the Garden of Eden, and he is still using the same trick today. The Psalmist, in the midst of his troubles asked questions.
“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.” - Psalms 42:5
There is a difference between questions and queries. He asked why his soul was feeling downcast. In other words, he expected his soul to look up to see the brighter side in the midst of gloom. When you ask God questions, but still demonstrate faith in Him and His ability, it is okay. But when your questions do not reflect your past experience of what you enjoyed from God’s mercies and faithfulness, you are already issuing God a query. Before any child of God issues out a query to God, the fellow must have changed his view about God and how powerful He is, if not, he wouldn’t dare query God. After all, you cannot issue a powerful king a query. Romans 9:20 says,
“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?”
Similarly, the one who would query God is in doubt of God’s love and good intentions. He believes God is negligent, carefree and irresponsible. At such a time, he has believed the lies of the devil.
Beloved, God loves you much more than anything else, He is the One who gave Himself for your salvation and washed you clean in His Blood. No matter the situation, His love for you will never diminish as long as you remain in His Kingdom. Believe the best about Him. Believe His good intentions even when you do not understand. The One who died for you will not work against you when you are in a good relationship with Him. Never query God; it will worsen your situation.
Prayer Point: Father, please forgive me for all the queries I have issued through doubt in Jesus’ name.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
iOpenHeavens is the electronic version of the Hard Copy. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Billy Graham’s daily devotional December 28, 2016 - Cure for Our Troubles
Billy Graham’s daily devotional December 28, 2016 - Cure for Our Troubles
Topic: Cure for Our Troubles [December 28, 2016]
. . . preaching peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all). — Acts 10:36
Would it not be wonderful if we could find an absolute cure for the troubles of human nature? Suppose we could give a shot in the arm to the whole human race that would fill people with love instead of hate, with contentment instead of greed. Suppose, also, a cure could be found for the past mistakes, failures, and sins of mankind.
Suppose by some miracle all the past could be straightened out, all of life’s tangles could be unraveled, and the broken strings of life could be repaired. The most thrilling news in all the world is the fact that there is a cure! A medicine has been provided! The sin, confusion, and disillusionment of life can be replaced by righteousness, joy, contentment, and happiness. A peace can be imparted to the soul that is not dependent on outward circumstances.
Prayer for the day: In complete dependence upon You, Lord Jesus, let me relay Your message of love and peace to the desperately needy souls I meet.
Written by Billy Graham, Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association(BGEA). BGEA exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means and to equip the church and others to do the same.
Tuesday 27 December 2016
Our Daily Bread devotional, December 27, 2016 - The Power of Simple Words
Our Daily Bread devotional, December 27, 2016 - The Power of Simple Words
Topic: The Power of Simple Words [December 27, 2016]
Read: 2 Peter 1:12–21, Bible in a Year: Zechariah 1–4; Revelation 18
We did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2 Peter 1:16
Raucous laughter marked the guests in my father's hospital room: Two old truck drivers, one former country/western singer, one craftsman, two women from neighboring farms, and me.
"...and then he got up and busted the bottle over my head," the craftsman said, finishing his story about a bar fight.
The room bursts into laughter at this now-humorous memory. Dad, struggling for breath as his laughing fought with his cancer for the air in his lungs, puffs out a reminder to everybody that “Randy is a preacher" so they need to watch what they say. Everything got quiet for about two seconds, then the whole room exploded as this news makes them laugh harder and louder.
Suddenly, about forty minutes into this visit, the craftsman clears his throat, turns to my dad, and gets serious. "No more drinking and bar fights for me, Howard. Those days are behind me. Now I have a different reason to live. I want to tell you about my Savior."
He then proceeded to do just that, over my father's surprisingly mild protests. If there's a sweeter, gentler way to present the gospel message, I've never heard it.
My dad listened and watched, and some years later believed in Jesus too.
It was a simple testimony from an old friend living a simple life, reminding me again that simple isn't naïve or stupid; it's direct and unpretentious.
Just like Jesus. And salvation.
Go and make disciples of all nations. Matthew 28:19
Insight:
Nothing hits home for people like a straightforward, unembroidered recounting of personal testimony about how Christ has changed our lives. The blind man of John 9:25 blurted out, “One thing I know. I was blind but now I see.” His healing was unarguable. There is nothing quite like the unadorned truth of testimony—“Tell it like it is.”
This message was written by Randy Kilgore [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]
Topic: The Power of Simple Words [December 27, 2016]
Read: 2 Peter 1:12–21, Bible in a Year: Zechariah 1–4; Revelation 18
We did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2 Peter 1:16
Raucous laughter marked the guests in my father's hospital room: Two old truck drivers, one former country/western singer, one craftsman, two women from neighboring farms, and me.
"...and then he got up and busted the bottle over my head," the craftsman said, finishing his story about a bar fight.
The room bursts into laughter at this now-humorous memory. Dad, struggling for breath as his laughing fought with his cancer for the air in his lungs, puffs out a reminder to everybody that “Randy is a preacher" so they need to watch what they say. Everything got quiet for about two seconds, then the whole room exploded as this news makes them laugh harder and louder.
Suddenly, about forty minutes into this visit, the craftsman clears his throat, turns to my dad, and gets serious. "No more drinking and bar fights for me, Howard. Those days are behind me. Now I have a different reason to live. I want to tell you about my Savior."
He then proceeded to do just that, over my father's surprisingly mild protests. If there's a sweeter, gentler way to present the gospel message, I've never heard it.
My dad listened and watched, and some years later believed in Jesus too.
It was a simple testimony from an old friend living a simple life, reminding me again that simple isn't naïve or stupid; it's direct and unpretentious.
Just like Jesus. And salvation.
Go and make disciples of all nations. Matthew 28:19
Insight:
Nothing hits home for people like a straightforward, unembroidered recounting of personal testimony about how Christ has changed our lives. The blind man of John 9:25 blurted out, “One thing I know. I was blind but now I see.” His healing was unarguable. There is nothing quite like the unadorned truth of testimony—“Tell it like it is.”
This message was written by Randy Kilgore [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]
Monday 26 December 2016
Our Daily Bread devotional, December 26, 2016 - On Time
Our Daily Bread devotional, December 26, 2016 - On Time
Topic: On Time [December 26, 2016]
Read: Luke 2:25–38, Bible in a Year: Haggai 1–2; Revelation 17
When the set time had fully come, God sent his Son. - Galatians 4:4
Sometimes I joke that I'm going to write a book titled On Time. Those who know me smile because they know I am often late. I rationalize that my lateness is due to optimism, not to lack of trying. I optimistically cling to the faulty belief that “this time” I will be able to get more done in less time than ever before. But I can't, and I don't, so I end up having to apologize yet again for my failure to show up on time.
In contrast, God is always on time. We may think He's late, but He's not. Throughout Scripture we read about people becoming impatient with God’s timing. The Israelites waited and waited for the promised Messiah. Some gave up hope. But Simeon and Anna did not. They were in the temple daily praying and waiting (Luke 2:25–26, 37). And their faith was rewarded. They got to see the infant Jesus when Mary and Joseph brought Him to be dedicated (vv. 27–32, 38).
When we become discouraged because God doesn't respond according to our timetable, Christmas reminds us that “when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son . . . that we might receive adoption to sonship” (Gal. 4:4–5). God’s timing is always perfect, and it is worth the wait.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I confess that I become impatient and discouraged, wanting answers to prayer in my own time and on my schedule. Help me to wait patiently for Your timing in all things.
God’s timing is always right—wait patiently for Him.
Insight:
The story of Simeon, Anna, and the baby Jesus at the temple is found only in Luke’s gospel. Some scholars believe that much of this unique material could have come from Luke’s personal interaction with Mary the mother of Jesus (Luke 1:1–2).
This message was written by Julie Ackerman Link [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]
Topic: On Time [December 26, 2016]
Read: Luke 2:25–38, Bible in a Year: Haggai 1–2; Revelation 17
When the set time had fully come, God sent his Son. - Galatians 4:4
Sometimes I joke that I'm going to write a book titled On Time. Those who know me smile because they know I am often late. I rationalize that my lateness is due to optimism, not to lack of trying. I optimistically cling to the faulty belief that “this time” I will be able to get more done in less time than ever before. But I can't, and I don't, so I end up having to apologize yet again for my failure to show up on time.
In contrast, God is always on time. We may think He's late, but He's not. Throughout Scripture we read about people becoming impatient with God’s timing. The Israelites waited and waited for the promised Messiah. Some gave up hope. But Simeon and Anna did not. They were in the temple daily praying and waiting (Luke 2:25–26, 37). And their faith was rewarded. They got to see the infant Jesus when Mary and Joseph brought Him to be dedicated (vv. 27–32, 38).
When we become discouraged because God doesn't respond according to our timetable, Christmas reminds us that “when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son . . . that we might receive adoption to sonship” (Gal. 4:4–5). God’s timing is always perfect, and it is worth the wait.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I confess that I become impatient and discouraged, wanting answers to prayer in my own time and on my schedule. Help me to wait patiently for Your timing in all things.
God’s timing is always right—wait patiently for Him.
Insight:
The story of Simeon, Anna, and the baby Jesus at the temple is found only in Luke’s gospel. Some scholars believe that much of this unique material could have come from Luke’s personal interaction with Mary the mother of Jesus (Luke 1:1–2).
This message was written by Julie Ackerman Link [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]
Sunday 25 December 2016
Olusho just released his hit single titled “Lati Ebute Metta”
As culled from LIB, Olusho, whose real name is Lanre Bakare was born in Lagos, Nigeria. As a young lad born and raised in Ebute Metta, Olusho played the piano as a child, but didn’t take music seriously until he was in his teenage years. He later joined a band and began performing at churches and other music shows.
As a teenager, he enrolled in a music school where he learnt the music business and how to play other instruments apart from the piano.
As he became an increasingly popular rapper in Ebute Metta, he continued honing his song writing and rapping skills. Olusho has cited successful rappers like late Dagrin, Kendrick Lamar as musical influences. He also has an extensive library of different rap and hip hop songs where he learns both classic and latest styles.
Olusho just released his hit single titled “Lati Ebute Metta” under Gbainde records. The song was produced by Echo, mixed by Indomix and is currently making waves across Nigeria and beyond. The video for Lati Ebute Metta was directed by AJE Filmworks and shot in Lagos, Nigeria. Watch and Enjoy through the link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u_1zOX9zmU&sns=em
http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/12/new-video-olusho-lati-ebute-metta.html?m=1
Buhari's Grass-cutter and the Case of the Properly 'Spended' Funds!
Buhari's Grass-cutter and the Case of the Properly 'Spended' Funds!
This article is published in today's ThisDay!
In a week the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics released unprecedented unemployment (13.9%), inflation (18.49%) and poverty rates, Nigeria was treated to both a wedding and birthday of unprecedented proportions.
A man who had to borrow money to buy his Presidential nomination form is now so well off that he can throw a lavish wedding for his daughter and a regal birthday party for himself while his citizens who could afford to throw lavish weddings for their children and grand birthday parties for themselves can no longer afford it.
It seems Buhari traded places with Nigeria. Buhari could not afford many things until he became our President. Nigerians could afford many things until Buhari became our President! What a reversal of fortunes!
And all these is coming amidst the backdrop of the unprecedented corruption allegations coming from the very heart of the Buhari administration.
Even in Abacha's kleptocracy, nobody in government has been so brazen as to allegedly award a contract to clear grass (or invasive plant species if you want to mystify the contract) to the tune of ₦272,524,356.02!
This life! Audu Ogbeh wants to import grass from Brazil with billions meanwhile the Secretary to the Government of the Federation allegedly clears grass from Nigeria with millions! One man's grass is another man's grace!
Now you have a President who stole (or is it plagiarized?) another President's speech to launch a #ChangeBeginsWithMe initiative that was allegedly stolen by his minister of information from one Akin Fadeyi, asking his Attorney General of the Federation who was accused by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of professional misconduct, to probe his Secretary to the Government of the Federation using an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission whose Chairman has been accused of corruption by the Department of State Security whose head was appointed by the same President who nominated the accused Chairman. If by now your head is spinning, I will not blame you! The web of lies, deceit, corruption and cover ups will bamboozle even the great Houdini!
But the shocking thing is that those who shouted crucify Sambo Dasuki, Femi Fani Kayode and Reuben Abati are suddenly chanting 'innocent until proven guilty' for Magu and Babachir!
How convenient! Suddenly a government that does not respect court orders and judges now wants to follow due process before it does the needful yet the same President sub judicially convicts accused person from the Jonathan administration in his public comments at home and abroad!
And it is not that someone allegedly stole. It is that they allegedly stole from Internally Displaced Persons. A person that can do that can do anything and I mean anything!
President Jonathan was the one who set up the Presidential Initiative for the Northeast otherwise known as PINE. He was the one who set up the Victims Support Fund which raised ₦58.79 billion for IDPs, yet this very same Buhari appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and others in this administration publicly go about accusing ex President Jonathan of not loving the Northeast. Now President Buhari's government that has not given any kind of financial assistance to the Borno state government (as stated by the Borno state governor in his testimony to the Senate ad hoc Committee on the Humanitarian Crisis in the North-east when they visited Maidugurj) is alleging stealing from the PINE that Jonathan created. Yet they say it is Buhari that loves the Northeast! May double standards not destroy Nigeria!
And when we thought we had seen enough drama from Magu and Babachir, Buhari's educationally challenged minister of sports unleashed his own personal telenovela on an already politically shell shocked nation.
Not content with murdering the Nigerian sports industry, Solomon Dalung proceeds to murder the English language stating inter alia in his testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Sports that the funds ‘spended were properly spended’!
I am telling you that you cannot make up the things that happen in the Buhari administration. As Fela once sang of this very same Buhari's military administration, 'na craze world be that'!
Solomon Dalung is a summary of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Professing to have a degree yet unable to act in a manner consistent with someone who earned the degree he claims to have received.
I mean this man allegedly read law and even went beyond that to lecture at the Law Department of the University of Jos! If their lecturer is a man who appropriately 'spended' Nigeria's money what are we to expect from his students?
President Buhari's cabinet and Fuji House of Commotion certainly have more than a few things in common! It is no surprise that Nigeria is so broke and suffering from recession under this educationally challenged government. How can a nation earn money when we have a government that refuses to learn? It is not a coincidence that KNOWLEDGE and IGNORANCE both have 9 letters and RICH and POOR both have 4 letters. We are poor not because the price of oil has fallen. No. We are poor because the intelligence of our leaders has fallen!
The rule for earning money is simple. First LEARN, and after learning, simply remove the letter L and you will start to EARN. The Buhari administration is against learning. It prefers to BLAME and after you BLAME, simply remove the letter B and you become LAME!
Last week the National Economic Council held at Aso Rock Presidential Villa and the communique from the meeting centered not around solutions to the multifarious challenges Nigeria is confronting but on a one liner-'Buhari Is Not to be Blamed for economic woes!'
In the history of statecraft the world over, it is doubtful if there has ever existed an administration so fixated on the word blame as the Buhari government!
And Nigerians have lost all hope in this regime and invested all their hope in the Mavrodi Mondial Movement. Even when MMM suspended subscribers accounts for a month, Nigerians still continued to believe in the pyramid scheme. They refuse to believe that Mavrodi has made off with their money!
Even in churches and mosques, it is hard to see the same level of faith that Nigerians have for the resurrection of MMM come January 2017!
The funniest thing is that Nigerians had this same level of faith in Buhari when he was sworn in on May 29th, 2015, but after seeing the value of the Naira crash from ₦220 when President Buhari took over to ₦485 Naira to a dollar as I write this, after seeing the price of rice increase from ₦8,000 under Goodluck to ₦24,000 under this administration, after seeing an increase in killings by herdsmen all over Nigeria to the extent that in November 2015, the Global Terrorism Index listed them as the fourth deadliest terrorist group in the world (according to the Global Terrorism Index, herdsmen which killed 80 Nigerians in 2013 had killed thousands annually since Buhari became President), they have enough sense to know that President Buhari's credibility died on March 24, 1999 and his name was Tunde Idiagbon!
And back to the Naira. What is the true value of Naira? Is it
Budget ₦305/$
Interbank ₦315/$
BDC ₦389/$
Parallel Market ₦450/$ or
Black Market ₦485/$
How can one question have five answers? Only in Buhari's Nigeria. I am sure if you ask the Buhari administration to explain this anomaly, the response you will get back is that the value of the Naira to the dollar has been adequately 'explaineded'!
God save Nigeria!
Omokri is the founder of the Mind of Christ Christian Center in California, author of Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God and Why Jesus Wept and the host of Transformation with Reno Omokri
This article is published in today's ThisDay!
In a week the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics released unprecedented unemployment (13.9%), inflation (18.49%) and poverty rates, Nigeria was treated to both a wedding and birthday of unprecedented proportions.
A man who had to borrow money to buy his Presidential nomination form is now so well off that he can throw a lavish wedding for his daughter and a regal birthday party for himself while his citizens who could afford to throw lavish weddings for their children and grand birthday parties for themselves can no longer afford it.
It seems Buhari traded places with Nigeria. Buhari could not afford many things until he became our President. Nigerians could afford many things until Buhari became our President! What a reversal of fortunes!
And all these is coming amidst the backdrop of the unprecedented corruption allegations coming from the very heart of the Buhari administration.
Even in Abacha's kleptocracy, nobody in government has been so brazen as to allegedly award a contract to clear grass (or invasive plant species if you want to mystify the contract) to the tune of ₦272,524,356.02!
This life! Audu Ogbeh wants to import grass from Brazil with billions meanwhile the Secretary to the Government of the Federation allegedly clears grass from Nigeria with millions! One man's grass is another man's grace!
Now you have a President who stole (or is it plagiarized?) another President's speech to launch a #ChangeBeginsWithMe initiative that was allegedly stolen by his minister of information from one Akin Fadeyi, asking his Attorney General of the Federation who was accused by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of professional misconduct, to probe his Secretary to the Government of the Federation using an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission whose Chairman has been accused of corruption by the Department of State Security whose head was appointed by the same President who nominated the accused Chairman. If by now your head is spinning, I will not blame you! The web of lies, deceit, corruption and cover ups will bamboozle even the great Houdini!
But the shocking thing is that those who shouted crucify Sambo Dasuki, Femi Fani Kayode and Reuben Abati are suddenly chanting 'innocent until proven guilty' for Magu and Babachir!
How convenient! Suddenly a government that does not respect court orders and judges now wants to follow due process before it does the needful yet the same President sub judicially convicts accused person from the Jonathan administration in his public comments at home and abroad!
And it is not that someone allegedly stole. It is that they allegedly stole from Internally Displaced Persons. A person that can do that can do anything and I mean anything!
President Jonathan was the one who set up the Presidential Initiative for the Northeast otherwise known as PINE. He was the one who set up the Victims Support Fund which raised ₦58.79 billion for IDPs, yet this very same Buhari appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and others in this administration publicly go about accusing ex President Jonathan of not loving the Northeast. Now President Buhari's government that has not given any kind of financial assistance to the Borno state government (as stated by the Borno state governor in his testimony to the Senate ad hoc Committee on the Humanitarian Crisis in the North-east when they visited Maidugurj) is alleging stealing from the PINE that Jonathan created. Yet they say it is Buhari that loves the Northeast! May double standards not destroy Nigeria!
And when we thought we had seen enough drama from Magu and Babachir, Buhari's educationally challenged minister of sports unleashed his own personal telenovela on an already politically shell shocked nation.
Not content with murdering the Nigerian sports industry, Solomon Dalung proceeds to murder the English language stating inter alia in his testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Sports that the funds ‘spended were properly spended’!
I am telling you that you cannot make up the things that happen in the Buhari administration. As Fela once sang of this very same Buhari's military administration, 'na craze world be that'!
Solomon Dalung is a summary of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Professing to have a degree yet unable to act in a manner consistent with someone who earned the degree he claims to have received.
I mean this man allegedly read law and even went beyond that to lecture at the Law Department of the University of Jos! If their lecturer is a man who appropriately 'spended' Nigeria's money what are we to expect from his students?
President Buhari's cabinet and Fuji House of Commotion certainly have more than a few things in common! It is no surprise that Nigeria is so broke and suffering from recession under this educationally challenged government. How can a nation earn money when we have a government that refuses to learn? It is not a coincidence that KNOWLEDGE and IGNORANCE both have 9 letters and RICH and POOR both have 4 letters. We are poor not because the price of oil has fallen. No. We are poor because the intelligence of our leaders has fallen!
The rule for earning money is simple. First LEARN, and after learning, simply remove the letter L and you will start to EARN. The Buhari administration is against learning. It prefers to BLAME and after you BLAME, simply remove the letter B and you become LAME!
Last week the National Economic Council held at Aso Rock Presidential Villa and the communique from the meeting centered not around solutions to the multifarious challenges Nigeria is confronting but on a one liner-'Buhari Is Not to be Blamed for economic woes!'
In the history of statecraft the world over, it is doubtful if there has ever existed an administration so fixated on the word blame as the Buhari government!
And Nigerians have lost all hope in this regime and invested all their hope in the Mavrodi Mondial Movement. Even when MMM suspended subscribers accounts for a month, Nigerians still continued to believe in the pyramid scheme. They refuse to believe that Mavrodi has made off with their money!
Even in churches and mosques, it is hard to see the same level of faith that Nigerians have for the resurrection of MMM come January 2017!
The funniest thing is that Nigerians had this same level of faith in Buhari when he was sworn in on May 29th, 2015, but after seeing the value of the Naira crash from ₦220 when President Buhari took over to ₦485 Naira to a dollar as I write this, after seeing the price of rice increase from ₦8,000 under Goodluck to ₦24,000 under this administration, after seeing an increase in killings by herdsmen all over Nigeria to the extent that in November 2015, the Global Terrorism Index listed them as the fourth deadliest terrorist group in the world (according to the Global Terrorism Index, herdsmen which killed 80 Nigerians in 2013 had killed thousands annually since Buhari became President), they have enough sense to know that President Buhari's credibility died on March 24, 1999 and his name was Tunde Idiagbon!
And back to the Naira. What is the true value of Naira? Is it
Budget ₦305/$
Interbank ₦315/$
BDC ₦389/$
Parallel Market ₦450/$ or
Black Market ₦485/$
How can one question have five answers? Only in Buhari's Nigeria. I am sure if you ask the Buhari administration to explain this anomaly, the response you will get back is that the value of the Naira to the dollar has been adequately 'explaineded'!
God save Nigeria!
Omokri is the founder of the Mind of Christ Christian Center in California, author of Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God and Why Jesus Wept and the host of Transformation with Reno Omokri
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