Kufre Innocent Umoefon
2 July 2009
opinion
Obot Akara — It's an undoubted truth that Nigerians are known for their determined spirit in their individual or collective pursuits. For instance, football fans are ready to give their lives for their team's success and should they win, they would sing their unending praises because of the passion they have for the game; our politicians are the pharaohs of our time and can sacrifice anything to get to power; the police have sent many to their early graves for delaying or refusing to pay their #20 'tithe'; our business men will leave no stone unturned to make money; our criminals are so determined and desperate in their operations. The list is endless.
On the contrary, the only known area that is deficient in this do-or-die spirit and passion is in the service of God which is the only way we could come to the understanding that corruption, which has become an arbitrary way of life is a sin and works against the will of God. Come to think of it, should we collectively transfer this lively and highly spirited and determined passion into the service of God, just as the biblical Paul who, wholeheartedly persecuted the children of God and used the same strength in serving God when he repented; one would then imagine what would become of our beloved and blessed country which presently is vividly unhealthy because of bad leadership. Indeed, if the president likes let him set up a panel in the sky, committees in the moon and appoint the most skillful experts that weren't created by God to solve the Nigerian problem, without embracing and turning to God, who will lead us in his path, the worst is yet tocome.
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I say 'Amen' to that. We are in a very bad shape fellow compratiots and with nothing but gloom at the end of the tunnel. About 99% of our national problem today (including insecutity of life and property )are due to horrible, horrendous, selfish, and corrupt leadership. A lot of times, we have uneducated and rogue people without the 'know-how' making undemocratic policies that lead this great country to nowhere but a bottomless pit. Our wealth is shamelessly stolen, looted and plundered to be taken to either the West, South Africa, Sao Tome etc where it is being invested to create jobs for their own people through several infrastructures while our own people are left without adequate education and employment. We don't have power yet we are flooded with oil and gas. 'Poor' Ghana with no oil or gas, has uninterrupted power. Money allocated for power and any meaningful projected is embezzled by the leaders in power. Judgement day how vengeful thou will be! The only 'meaningful' job left, is crime viz Kidnappings, political hooliganisms and assasinations, rape etc. Are our 'leaders' proud of their records. We found so many problems with the present constitution as it stands right now, and yet, our so-called political 'leaders' have either wittingly, unwittingly or wickedly refused to give us a constitutional revision that can save us from the potential castastrophy in future elections that the last election (through its selfish manipulation) almost threw our beloved country and people into. God will intervene (sooner or later) and in a very definite way, unless we reverse our ways. God help us; God bless Nigeria; God save Nigeria and her people.