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Organ harvesting is now a common place in different parts of Nigeria, just as kidnappings and ritual killings. Sadly,  this ugly development continues unabated with the active involvement of some of those in the health, law enforcement professions and government circles.  Indeed, the hunger and poverty in the land and the insensitive  nature, attitude and behavior of the government has forced  a number of Nigerians to look for organ harvesting, kidnappings and ritual killings as certain means to various ends. This is disturbing.

 God our creator   is honored and worshiped because He alone  can clear our record. God offers  forgiveness for all our sins when we ask for it. Psalm 130 (A Song of degrees.) Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4 But  there is  forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 6 My soul  waiteth  for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning:  I say, more than  they that watch for the morning. 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD  there is  mercy, and with him  is  plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

 The Minister of Health has been advised  to ensure the renovation and rehabilitation of obsolete and moribund health facilities in government-owned hospitals  across the country. This advice was given by a member of the National Executive Council(NEC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union and Associated Institutions(NASU), who doubles as the  branch chairman of the union at the  University College Hospital(UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria, Comrade Kehinde Abiona. ''The Minister of Health needs to look inwards and ensure that the moribund facilities that are the health sector are revived. Since the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration carried out the only major facility upgrade  in 2005, nothing has been done by successive administrations. It is almost about two decades since the major overhaul has been done.'' Comrade Abiona also called on the Minister to ignore  the agitation for the privatization  of government-owned hospitals saying, ''such agitati...

  Indigenes and residents of Kano state in Nigeria are very conversant with their choice of leadership and are not only bothered by the turn of events, but are also interested in knowing if DEMOCRACY is still on course.    Any leadership that manipulates the people's choice will, in due course, take in more than it can chew.  Indeed, foisting unpopular choices on the people could result in undemocratic acts of omission and commission.

Workers in the Federal civil service and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies have expressed their readiness to proceed on an indefinite strike should the Federal Government refuse to accede to the demands of the Nigeria Labor Congress. The workers made this position known in a Press Release titled, FEDERAL WORKERS ARE READY FOR THE INDEFINITE STRIKE ACTION AND TOTAL SHUT DOWN. WORKERS HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH and signed by the National coordinator of the Federal Workers Forum(FWF_ and former chairman of the Oyo state council of the Trade Union Congress(TUC), Comrade Andrew Emelieze. Once again, federal government workers are ready for the indefinite strike action and we are looking onto the NLC/TUC to rescue the Nigerian people from this untold hardship. However, if the NLC tarry further, the Federal Workers Forum will not hesitate to call all our members nationwide to perpetual protest. ''Our demand is simply a fair wage.Our government must stop acting as if they don...

The use of alcohol, illicit substances and hard drugs by students and youths has reached an all-time high in different parts of Nigeria. It has in fact become a social problem and menace. Indeed, in states where Those-in-Charge generate revenue from illegal structures, illicit substances and alcohol are sold in makeshift kiosks along the road, under bridges and motorparks. The insinuation is that the cream in society may be benefitting from the sales. That is why it goes unabated. These hard drugs have negatively affected the behavior and appearance of students and youths. Of worry are the grievous and heinous crimes that are committed on a daily basis under the influence of alcohol and hard drugs. It is high time the government at all levels take decisive steps to salvage those affected before it is too late because it has started having adverse effects on the socio-economic fortunes of the giant of Africa.

Let God be your guide in all you do, so that you will not be led astray. Proverbs 3 : 1-12 1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. 8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12For whom the LORD loveth h...

The 100 days of the present administration in Nigeria have been described as a period of torture, difficulties and hardships. This is the submission of a former chairman of the Oyo state council of the Trade Union Congress(TUC) Comrade Andrew Emelieze. ''The first 100 days of this administration have been 100 days of torture, difficulties, hardships, sorrows and lamentations for Nigerians. The administration should come out with distinct and clear-cut policies that will take the country out of the deep pit it now finds itself.'' ''Nigerians are yet to feel the impact of the so-called distribution of palliatives in the states because of the dubious ways these palliatives were shared among those who know themselves. Almost nothing got to the majority of impoverished Nigerians,'' Comrade Emelieze declared.

   The future seems bleak for children and the youth in Nigeria as the cost of education at all levels goes beyond reach. The leadership at all levels may not be sensitive to the difficulties the citizens are passing through to meet the increasing cost of education. Sadly, the children of these leaders are in choice schools around the globe. Democracy ensures that citizens have access to uninhibited and quality education. But in this case, the cost of education may not justify the service delivery in the education sector.

We must all stay alert to the seriousnessof sin because it produces numbnes in our spirit and brings agony into our lives. It also deadens our sense of touch with God. Sin ensures that we live without an awareness of the ''injury and infection'' that slowly manages our soul. Ephesians 4 : 14-32 14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. 17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18Having the understanding d...

The chairman of the Non-Academic Staff Union and Associated Institutions(NASU) University College Hospital(UCH)branch,Ibadan, Nigeria has been elected to the National Executive Council(NEC) of the union. This disclosure was made on Monday by Kehinde Abiona in a chat. ''The embattled NASU UCH branch chairman has broken the jinx by becoming member of the National Executive Council of NASU. We have over 2,000 members in UCH. Foir the first time ever, a sitting chairman of NASU UCH has been elected a member of NEC. This is the major reason why the hands of all members must be on deck to return the chairman for a second term for the intererst of the branch and for members' interest.''

The Lord's expectation from us does not go beyond what we have to offer. However, He wants us to be faithful and render quality service from our maximum ability and capacity. Romans 12 : 1-21 1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 4For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,...

The leadership in Zamfara state must have taken active steps to address the major security challenge of banditry in villages, including Kwatar, Bungudu and Boko. It is assumed that normalcy has returned to Mada, Wonaka, Ruwan Bore all in the Gusau Local Government Area, and other villages that are undereported. The people must be rested assured that the government is responsive and sensitive to their plight. Perhaps. The leadership has all it takes to restore peace in different parts of the state.