MAY "NIGERIA" NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU

        May  "Nigeria"  never happen to you

           May Nigeria never happen to you. This is a deep prayer. Nigeria as at today is one of the counties that have the highest number of prayer mountains, prayer houses and churches. Nigeria is a religious country no doubt about that but it is gradually becoming an  headquarter for any kind of evil you can think of. Poverty, money rituals, insurgencies have ravaged the nation. Karl Marx defined religion as the opium of the Masses. We have more churches, mosques than industries. Religion is the answer to everything and there lies the problem and battle confronting Nigeria. The problem of Nigeria is simply bad leadership and corruption. God will not come down from heaven and put right leaders there. It is our decision to come together as a country and fix this nation together or else Nigeria may be a history. The ruling political class are expert at dividing the nation along religion and ethnic lines which makes it difficult to reason together and challenge our common enemy. 

            Our common enemy is not the devil but bad leaders and corruption. If Nigeria economy revives and the country becomes great, so many churches and prayer houses will close down because there is nothing to pray about again.An average religious leader is a prayer merchant, prayers that are not theologically sound but rooted in philosophically and psychologically siphoning people's pockets.Unfortunately majority of these victims are struggling low income earners who want a better living. I am sure so many of these prayers are already disturbing God. Why should you pray intensively before embarking on a trip in Nigeria? Why should you pray so much for your daily bread and clothes to wear? Why should you pray for electric distribution company to bring power? Why should you pray and pray before you can build a house or ride a car?  Why should you pray and fast before you get a job? Why should you pray and pray over untimely death? Why praying for protection and security before you sleep? Why must you pray and pray for divine healing? The religious leaders have made people believed that Battles of their father's house , curses, evil covenants, satanic yokes were responsible for all these? And the question comes what is the essence of the blood of Jesus, his death and his resurrection? Is the blood of Jesus and power not enough to wipe off curses, covenants and protect us? Do they pray such prayers in Europe, America and other developed countries of the world? Certainly No. Why? They have a working government and are committed to make the economy work for all and sundry. The religious leader have made people believed that African is cursed. Some are even of the theory that their fore father's and ancestors did not serve God which makes life to be difficult for the present generation. All these theories and claims are not biblically true. Probably they didn't know that the whites also have gods and idols that they worshipped. Whites are also involve in voodoo , witchcraft, and rituals. Even at that, these set of religious people will claim even if they have witchcraft, it is white witchcraft which they used in invention of aircrafts, automobiles, phones etc. If there is any part of the world that should be backward and redundant economically, it should be Europe and America. Necessity is the mother of invention. The part of the world where they found themselves is inhabitable yet they think constructively and come up with inventions and research that can make their world habitable and comfortable.

       Nigeria itself is a battle...it have made us prey to prayer merchants and prophets. We have been made to believe that Devil, demons, witches and wizard are responsible for our problems. The truth is we have no problem but our problem is being a Nigerian. Till today people visit prayer mountains before they can get visa to travel out of the country. Such prayers are unnecessary if  Nigeria is working. If you are a citizen of Australia, you can travel to about one hundred countries without visa. Nigerian international passport can also becomes strong if we decide to make Nigeria work. Who is our enemy? Our common enemy is bad leaders and corruption. We have the resources to make us one of the G.7 countries in the world. It is high time we came together as one and fight our common enemy by flushing out the bad leaders and political system that is behind it. Let's come up with a system that will be difficult for corruption to thrives, a system that the right people with the interest of the Masses will always govern. Corruption can be a thing of the past if we see it as a virus that is threatening our existence as a country. If we don't end corruption, corruption will end the country. And the story will be " There was a country" The enemy will rejoice and the surrounding nations will say " May Nigeria never happen to you.

© February  2022, Oladipupo Abolanle