Pray On

There are those who lead lives devoid of heeding to warnings or seeking urgent help they need.

They are tragedies waiting to occur.

However, we are not helpless. We can ask God to be merciful to them in spite of themselves.

When all we can do is pray, prayer move the hand that moves the world.

Read Genesis 18:20-33

The Obstinate

The handwriting on the wall is now very clear, those-in-charge have not done very well for the people.

The people have only continued to complain while at the same time reining curses on those responsible for their impoverishment.

Sadly, they are helpless.

Those-in-charge ought to be reasonable enough to step aside for others with the ability and know how to meet the people’s expectations to take charge.

Unfortunately, the political office holders are obstinate; they have refused to admit failure in almost all the sectors of the economy, while the disturbing situation continue to deteriorate.

Be a Responsible Father(32nd REMEMBRANCE-CHIEF D.A ADEWUMI-JUNE20TH 2026) 

 

Today, indiscipline, lawlessness, criminality, diabolism, treachery, betrayal, hypocrisy and evil are the values in society.

Indeed, children's upbringing by fathers and mothers has resulted in a very disturbing and pitiable situation.

Chief Adewumi was a responsible and upright father who adhered strictly to the principles of successful living and standards revolving around honesty, firmness, resolution, transparency, courage, humility, tolerance, endurance and perseverance, generosity and philanthropy.

Let us retrace our steps by becoming responsible and fathers, just like Chief Adewumi, who impacted positively on several lives, including mine.

Members of the same family are plotting evil against each other because of inheritance.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Chief D.A Adewumi (15th December 1924-30th June 1994)The Akogun of Ibeshe, Lagos Nigeria Remembrance- Chief D.A Adewumi (1924-1994)(B.A Econs. Fourah Bay College,University of Sierra Leone Freetown, Sierra Leone/Electoral Commissioner, Lagos State Electoral Commission-1979-1983). Principal MacJob Grammar School, Abeokuta Awori Ajeromi Grammar School Badagry Divisional Grammar School Epe Grammar School Trinity Secondary Technical School 

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Contrary to God’s Word

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In almost every culture, women are perceived as underdogs and as a result always play second fiddle.

Jesus Christ, however, never treated any woman in a demeaning way.

Instead, He elevated the status of women in a male dominated society to one of equal dignity and honor.

In Galatians 3:28, Paul asserted that oneness in Christ transcends al distinctions between men and women.

Any demeaning attitude, comment or action towards women by men is contrary to God’s Word.

It is every woman’s inalienable right to be treated with dignity and honor. Read Esther 1

Empty Assurances

Several businesses have closed shop as a result of the very harsh policies of the government of the day.

Millions of Nigerians are already impoverished.

Distraught citizens have now become pick-pockets in public places.

The general costs of doing business in Nigeria has gone beyond reach.

Violent crimes, prohibitive costs of energy and transport occasioned by the cut throat prices of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), diesel and kerosene are the sign posts of governance presently.

Sadly, the response from those-in-charge revolves around deceit and empty assurances, while the desperation to manipulate the people’s resolve in 2027 continue.

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Forgiveness

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Our God is very unpredictable.

We are sinful and He is holy.

Sin can no more exist in the presence of God than darkness can exist in the presence of light.

To stand before Him in sin is to invite destruction.

If God were to keep a record of our sins, we could not stand in His presence.

God is honored and worshiped because He alone can clear our record.

If God could not forgive us, we could only flee from Him in terror.

Yet the God holiness threatens us is the God who through Christ redeems us.

Our unpredictable God offers forgiveness for all our sins.

Sins invites judgment; confession ensures forgiveness.

We need only to ask for it. Are you forgiven?

Read Psalm 130

 

A Defeatist Argument

It is a sad commentary that certain Nigerians are either self-serving or being manipulated to accept that all is well in Nigeria.

A lot has gone wrong.

Indeed, desperation, wickedness and heartlessness are not traits of a virile democracy.

In very sane climes, dissenting voices thrive without harassment, threats, intimidation and attacks, while law enforcement and security agencies are not tools of repression and suppression.

The focus at the center and states revolves around silencing dissenting voices at the expense of good governance.

Insensitivity, carefree attitude and impunity are now components of this democracy.

Sadly, teachings in the diverse places of worship have failed to impact positively on the behavior of public office holders.

Criminality is now a way of life everywhere in Nigeria.

Every night criminals converge at a patent medicine store along Kehinde Adeiribigbe street, Olorunsogo, Molete, Ibadan, Oyo state, to engage in acts that breach public peace.

Their boldness and brevity is an indication that the government tacitly supports criminality.

The deliberate move to shy away from the truth by those-in-charge is not helping matters, even as the undiluted truth is very visible for all discerning minds.

Defeatist arguments are reflections of the helpless situation when consideration is given to responses of the government.

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Renewal of Spirit of the mind

The agony that sin brings into our lives is enormous and had numbing effect.

It deadens our senses of touch with God and enables us to live without awareness of the ‘’injury and infection’’ that slowly damages our soul.

Sin produces numbness in our spirit. In other words, we can actually be hurting-yet feel no pain.

Let us pray for the Lord to give us a healthy hatred of sin.

If we feel no pain when we sin, we are worse off than we realize.

Read Ephesians 4:17-24

The Legacy

The signs are ominous and noticeable everywhere, those-in-charge at all levels of government are about to leave behind a legacy revolving around 1) Ignorance 2) Illiteracy 3) Indiscipline 4) Lawlessness 5) Criminality 6) Immorality 7) Profanity 8) Evil

Violent crimes are now part of daily living.

Complicity cannot be ignored considering the utterances of certain public office holders in recent times.

If only good governance is the focus, without compromising the ability of the young people to develop at their own pace.

Perhaps, the situation would not be disturbing and worrisome.

 In these perilous times take time to get all the facts of the situation which varies from place to place.

It is imperative that you have a good understanding of the issues in view, without arriving at hasty conclusions.

Only then can we obey God and follow His Example.

He knows all the facts because ‘’He is slow to anger and abounding in mercy.’’

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Rule with Diligence

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Every leader must face tribulation, challenges and pestilence.

Prosecution is the logical occurrence, when a leader defaults by acts of commission or omission.

A leader’s behavior ought to be a model for his or her followers.

This is the case when such a leader respects their points of view.

Indeed, a leader is an embodiment of good behavior.

No individual must from his or her shadow.

Our God expects from us, only what we can offer, not below, not above.

The Lord wants us to be fruitful and provide a quality service that comes from doing our very best.

Your little is a lot when you give your all.

Education removes the wool of ignorance from our eyes.

Read Romans 12:1-8

 The Disturbing Siutation

Adolf Hitler labelled the extermination of the Jews in Europe,''the Final Solution'', while the military dictatorship in Argentina which embarked on an unprecedented killing of its citizens code named same ''The Process of National Reorganization''.

The activities of bandits, insurgents and herdsmen in Nigeria which have claimed thousands of lives are similar to the above mentioned.

Between 1976 and 1983, millions of citizens lost their lives in Argentina.

Death squads operating under secret circumstances and the cover of the state, murdered about 11,000 people, which is now described as ''The Disappeared''.

Two million people escaped persecution, while hundreds of babies born to ''The Disappeared'' were either sold, bartered or murdered.

Indeed, happenings in different states of Nigeria, including, Borno, Benue,Taraba and Plateau, Oyo, and Zamfara states, among several others, indicate Government's adequate knowledge of the situation, while unabated killings go on.

The relocation of the Inspector General of Police to Benue state, one of the troubled spots some time in the past, did not reverse the status quo.

On March 23 1976, General Jourge Videla, Head of the Argentine Army overthrew the Government of Isabelita Peron, a former night club dancer. 

In this country, no civilian Government had completed its tenure, except for Juan Peron, who spent only a tenure in office.

However, in Nigeria, the country still experiences obvious signs of  hunger, poverty, mass unemployment, corruption and a high level of insecurity.

The Ejercito Revolucionario de Pueblo and the Montoneros, leftists, took to kidnapping and killings to express their displeasure over bad governance in Argentina.

In Nigeria, kidnappings and killings have gone on unabated. 

Political watchers put the blame at the doorstep of Government.

Presently, Nigerians are worried over Government's inaction, as the country gradually slides into anarchy.

Accusing fingers are been pointed at political office holders  who have failed to deliver the dividends of Democracy.

Interestingly, the body language of the National Assembly, is an indication that the lawmakers, are yet to realize the need for the entrenchment of the rule of law and due process in the polity, just as impunity is now the order of the day

In 2009, the Defense Minister of Madagascar , Cecile Manorohanta, resigned her appointment on the grounds that she would not be part of a Government that kills its citizens.

Also, the people of Madagascar vigorously opposed the attempts by President Marc Ravalomanana to lease one million acres of their land to a Korean firm, Daewoo, for intensive farming. 

The people have deep ties with their land and as a result view the President's action as a betrayal.

The insecurity in the land has made foreign investment impossible, while the disenfranchised and poor majority look into the gloomy future for reprieve. Divine intervention, perhaps.

 

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A good leader takes responsibility

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 It takes an individual with divine courage to stand up in a crowd and take responsibility for wrongdoing while simultaneously make moves to correct the wrongdoing.

A good example of such a leader is Ezra.

He confronted the way and identified with the people, confessing the sin.

The people will confidently and voluntarily follow leaders, who are willing and ready to take responsibility even in very bad situations.

A good leader knows the way, shows the way and goes the way. Read Ezra 9

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Leadership : Between China and Nigeria

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Mao Zedong, popularly known as Chairman Mao, was successful with his noble goals for China through despotic means.

His leadership was severe, dictatorial and personalized.

For as long as Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution lasted, thousands of Chinese died of starvation and inhuman labor.

Mao and his co-travelers argued that the same was the price their people had to pay for re-education.

This brand of governance ensured the extermination of the heroes of the civil war and the old party chieftains by the President's armed squad.

Chairman Mao is perhaps the role model of those who hold sway in Nigeria today.

Indeed, the Kaduna state Governor, Mallam Nasir El Rufai is among several other political office holders, who adore President Muhammadu Buhari.

Those in support of this argument insist that on a number of occasions, the Kaduna state Governor knelt down to greet and/or consult with the President. They maintain that this is only a sign of respect in the traditional African setting.

However, those against this order of things, stress that the underlying factors revolve around hypocrisy and boot licking.

Nigerians are yet to stop complaining of constitutional breaches and the unabated trampling of the rule of law in the dust, without noticeable changes by the powers that be.

From recent events in the country, the economic reform programs of the All Progressives Congress(APC) led government at the center and in the states, are modeled along the thinking of a free market economy.

It is doubtful if the government, in most recent times, has managed the economy for the benefit of Nigerians.

Of worry is the state of manufacturing industries, which could be said to be epileptic, even as food security is a mirage, insecurity is the chorus everywhere, while crude oil remains the major hope of the present administration.

Interestingly, the future growth of the Nigerian economy rests comfortably on diversification and focus on visionary and creative people-friendly economic policies, although the government still over-relies and over-depends on crude oil to fund its programs.

Can the present administration turn around the troubled economy ? Nobody knows.

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Nigerians are unhappy

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Millions of Nigerians are unhappy.

Their unhappiness revolves around the high cost of foodstuff, which have gone beyond reach, kidnappings, killings, and other violent crimes.

Those-in-charge have lost touch with reality and  are rather engrossed in continuing in public office beyond 2027; event thought the handwriting on the wall shows the contrary.

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Criminals now operate in different parts of the country with impunity, while the law enforcement and security agencies grasp for breath.

Disillusionment and disappointment characterize the looks on the faces of the people.

Schools are now the target of the criminals, who kidnap innocent children and teachers for ransom.

Madam Efunroye Tinubu

 

In the 19th century, Madam Efunroye Tinubu was the most outstanding female.

She was the daughter of a farmer of Owu descent and also a relation of Oba Akintoye of Lagos.

In pursuit of a living, she migrated from her homeland to Badagry, to trade.

She was the go betweeen for Brazilian slave dealers.

Madam Tinubu was a caring woman, who catered for over a thousand slaves.These slaves were loyal to her.

While in Badagry, Efunroye got married to Tinubu.

In addition, while still in the ancient town,she met her relative, Akintoye, who was on exile, as a result of his displacement, from the throne in Lagos, by Kosoko.

In the course of time, Efunroye assisted Akintoye back to Lagos,while she consolidated her trade in slaves,now acting as go between for the European and Abeokuta traders.

Due to his disposition towards slave trade, Consul, Benjamin Campbell, banished Madam Tinubu to Abeokuta.

While in Abeokuta, Madam Tinubu assisted the Egbas to defeat the Dahomeans in a war and in appreciation, she was conferred with the chieftiancy title 'Iyalode of Egabland''. She played leading roles in the politics of her time. Madam Tinubu passed on in 1878.

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