Don't be distracted

READ GOD'S WORD SERIES 2

We have to be frugal in our spending patterns and also ensure that this does not distract us from God's purpose for us as mortals.

Wealth and poverty come with problems attached.

However, it is vital to keep our trust in God-and nothing else. Read Ecclesiastes 10-20

The Proclamation

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, herdsmen, ritualists and other brand of criminals 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,and Plateau, Oyo and Zamfara states, among several others, indicate Government's adequate knowledge of the situation, while unabated killings go on. 

Even as the criminals are now so bold to indicate that they are acting out the script of those in government.

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, those in charge have repeatedly assured the citizenry that all is well, even though the country still experiences embarrassing symptoms 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 being 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.