President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration would not
forget the role young Nigerians played in the “historic election” that
brought him to power.
“This government belongs to you,” President Buhari said on Friday in a
message he sent to Nigerian youths to commemorate the International
Youth Day.
Mr. Buhari, who described the youths as being the strength and future
of the country, said his administration was committed to improving the
quality of lives of young Nigerians, and also creating opportunities for
them to achieve their dreams and ambitions.
“We are mindful of the fact that Nigeria has one of the youngest
populations in the world. Those young people are immensely energetic and
talented, consistently blazing the trail in the arts, sports, business
and technology. We are proud of what you have done and what you are able
to do.
“We have launched a number of initiatives targeted at expanding the economic opportunities available to young Nigerians.
“N-Power, our job creation scheme, for which applications are
ongoing, will employ 500,000 of you in agriculture, education,
healthcare and technology.
“The Aso Villa Demo Day will soon bring 30 of the most innovative
young Nigerians to the State House to showcase their talent in providing
technology-based solutions to some of our most challenging problems.
“The Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), part of
our N500 billion Social Investment Programme, will provide soft loans to
thousands of young entrepreneurs across the country. These are just
some of the many initiatives we have designed and are implementing for
you.”
Many Nigerians were of late becoming increasingly disillusioned with the
Buhari administration because of economic hardship in the country.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Tension Brewing As FG, Again, Delays Niger Delta Amnesty Payments
Paul Boroh, the
co-ordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, has appealed to the
ex-militants in the Niger Delta region to bear government over the
current delay to paid their stipends.
In a statement by Mr Piriye Kiyaramo,
his media coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Bayelsa Liaison Office on
Friday, August 12, 2016, said that Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was
saddled with the responsibility of effecting the payments of stipends
directly to the ex-agitators in region, in line with the Treasury Single
Accounts, TSA.
He said that the Amnesty Office had been
making efforts to ensure that the outstanding stipends were paid, and
appealed to them to have faith in the payment process.
“I must recall that the TSA is a public
accounting system under which all government revenue, receipts and
income are collected into one single account.
“This account is usually maintained by
the CBN and all payments are being done through this account as well; I
am urging you all to have faith,” he said
Lagos Wonder: 12 houses tapping NNPC oil shut.
The Lagos State Government on Friday said it shut 12 houses in
Abeokuta and Ibadan Streets in Ilasamaja area of the state over
discovery of shallow oil wells built by landlords to steal diesel from
pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde said this while briefing newsmen at the Lagos House, Ikeja.
Ayorinde said the oil wells were built for the purpose of illegally scooping diesel and selling same to members of the public.
He said some of the affected landlords built pumping machine and boreholes to perpetrate the crime on a large scale.
Ayorinde said the step to shut the wells and cordon off the area was taken by government to forestall loss of lives and property as a result of the looming danger.
Ayorinde said a combined team from the police command, the Ministry of Environment, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Lagos State Fire Service and Sole Administrator of Isolo Local Council Development Area carried out a thorough inspection of the entire area and discovered nothing less than 12 of the illegal oil wells.
He said that initial investigation revealed that a few of the landlords where the wells were located were taking advantage of the situation by commercialising the dangerous act.
He said that samples of the substance had been taken for immediate investigation in order to determine the true nature of the substance as well as the root cause of this usually occurrence.
He said the State Government was working with the NNPC for further investigation.
Ayorinde said that for the safety of residents, especially on Abeokuta and Ibadan Streets, the affected well had been sealed off.
He said that the government would also work with those who were likely to be displaced as a result of the development.
“The Lagos State Government wishes to use this opportunity to remind Lagosians and the residents of these areas in particular, to assist the police with useful information.
“We also urge them to always volunteer information before any potentially dangerous situation degenerates to public hazard,” he said.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni confirmed the arrest of three suspects in the operation, adding that a fire tanker had been stationed in the event of any fire incident.
“The men of the Lagos State Police Command in the area who were on routine patrol said they saw a woman around 12 midnight with keg of diesel and when an attempt was made for her to be accosted, she fled, a development which alerted the police of something fishy.
“The police immediately pursued the woman and accosted her, after which she eventually took them to number 12, Abeokuta Street, off Ilasamaja, one of the houses housing the illegal oil wells.
He said that upon getting to the said house, those inside shut the door and prevented the police from gaining entrance.
“The officers thereafter left the scene with the arrested woman, and they later came back disguising as potential buyers of diesel, while those inside opened the door.
“It was at that point that the illegal oil well was discovered at the house, after which about 10 more wells were discovered in other houses in Abeokuta and Ibadan streets,” Ayorinde said.
The State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde said this while briefing newsmen at the Lagos House, Ikeja.
Ayorinde said the oil wells were built for the purpose of illegally scooping diesel and selling same to members of the public.
He said some of the affected landlords built pumping machine and boreholes to perpetrate the crime on a large scale.
Ayorinde said the step to shut the wells and cordon off the area was taken by government to forestall loss of lives and property as a result of the looming danger.
Ayorinde said a combined team from the police command, the Ministry of Environment, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Lagos State Fire Service and Sole Administrator of Isolo Local Council Development Area carried out a thorough inspection of the entire area and discovered nothing less than 12 of the illegal oil wells.
He said that initial investigation revealed that a few of the landlords where the wells were located were taking advantage of the situation by commercialising the dangerous act.
He said that samples of the substance had been taken for immediate investigation in order to determine the true nature of the substance as well as the root cause of this usually occurrence.
Ayorinde said that for the safety of residents, especially on Abeokuta and Ibadan Streets, the affected well had been sealed off.
He said that the government would also work with those who were likely to be displaced as a result of the development.
“The Lagos State Government wishes to use this opportunity to remind Lagosians and the residents of these areas in particular, to assist the police with useful information.
“We also urge them to always volunteer information before any potentially dangerous situation degenerates to public hazard,” he said.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni confirmed the arrest of three suspects in the operation, adding that a fire tanker had been stationed in the event of any fire incident.
“The men of the Lagos State Police Command in the area who were on routine patrol said they saw a woman around 12 midnight with keg of diesel and when an attempt was made for her to be accosted, she fled, a development which alerted the police of something fishy.
“The police immediately pursued the woman and accosted her, after which she eventually took them to number 12, Abeokuta Street, off Ilasamaja, one of the houses housing the illegal oil wells.
He said that upon getting to the said house, those inside shut the door and prevented the police from gaining entrance.
“The officers thereafter left the scene with the arrested woman, and they later came back disguising as potential buyers of diesel, while those inside opened the door.
“It was at that point that the illegal oil well was discovered at the house, after which about 10 more wells were discovered in other houses in Abeokuta and Ibadan streets,” Ayorinde said.
Nigeria Needs To Officially Support A Free Palestinian State – Emir Of Kano Sanusi
Malam
Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano, on Thursday, August 11, 2016,
called on the federal government to return to its initial stand of free
Palestinian state.
This is a call against the stand the nation took during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
The emir made the call during a one-day international conference on Palestine with the theme, Palestine Question; Issues, Challenges and Actions,
organised by the Center for Promotion of Shari’a in collaboration with
Jama’atut Tajdidil Islamiya and the Afro-Middle East Center, South
Africa, held in Kano.
The Emir said it was sad that Nigeria
had played a significant role in the failure of Palestinian bid to put
an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories at the UN
Security Council.
“For decades Nigeria has been in the
support of free Palestine until during the Jonathan era when Nigeria
played a vital role is the loss of Palestinian bid to put an end to the
Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories at the UN Security
Council. I believe it is time for Nigeria to revisit its stand on
Palestine,” the Emir said.
Unpaid Allowances: Nigerian Olympic Football Team To Boycott Quarter-Finals
There is real
chance that the Dream Team VI, Nigeria’s Under-23 football team to the
Olympics, could boycott the quarter-final game against Denmark due to
unpaid allowances.
Although the players declined to speak on the matter when contacted by TheCable, Samson Siasia, their coach, spoke to Brila FM about how the country had “disrespected” his team.
“We have been disrespected from all angles – the sports ministry, the Nigeria Football Federation,” Siasia said.
“Is that how you will treat your own
children? We are not street kids. We have only been paid allowances for
11 days. There is no match bonus.
“What of all the months we have been
training in Nigeria and Atlanta? That’s not fair. I have not received my
salary for the past five months.
“Everything is upside down and the boys
don’t want to play anymore. Whatever they want to do, I am with
them. They are right for fighting for their rights.”
However, Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, has appealed to the team not to boycott the match.
He urged the players to take patriotism
as a fulcrum of their campaign, and promised to “personally do
everything” within his powers to intervene in the matter.
He said the team — with the likes of
John Mikel Obi, Yakubu Umar, Oghenekaro Etebo and William Troost-Ekong —
has a very bright chance of repeating the feat of the Atlanta ’96 Dream
Team.
“We will do all we can to ensure that
all entitlements due to the team are paid, as we are already talking to
relevant government agencies,” Dogara said.
“Football, being the major unifying
factor in the country, should be maximized by all for Nigeria’s
continued joy and unity. We will stop at nothing to ensure that we get
the team to excel in Brazil and for Nigeria to recreate the watershed of
Atlanta ’96.”
via The Cable
Fayose Awards N59 Million Contract To Carpenters, Other Local Artisans
Ayodele Fayose,
the governor of Ekiti State, has decided to boost the local content of
the state by awarding contracts to local artisans
Fayose reportedly awarded a N59 million
contract to carpenters and welders, which entails the construction of
1,250 chairs and desks for primary schools in Ekiti state.
According to the chairman of the
Millennium Development Goals, MDG, implementation, Dipo Anisulowo, said
the move is in line with the governor’s desire to boost the capacity of
local contractors.
Anisulowo also revealed that the desks
will be distributed to some primary schools in some part of Ekiti state,
adding that the gesture will improve the learning experience of pupils
and increase the standard of basic education in Ekiti state.
The Ekiti MDG boss also said “Ekiti
State being one of the participants in this programme, had always adhere
strictly to due diligent procurement policy of the state and federal
governments in the implementation and award process of MDGs projects and
programmes.
“I, therefore, want you to be rest
assured that the procurement arrangements we are working out today
between the state government, contractors, furniture and welder
associations is being brokered without contravening any procurement law
and regulation laid down by the MDGs office in Abuja and Ekiti State.”
Attention Buhari: Hunger-induced crime on the increase.
Nigerians, across the country, are
no doubt facing difficult times owing to the current economic recession.
Although the President Muhammadu Burari’s -led administration has been
applauded for its fight against corruption, following several arrests of the acclaimed
high and mighty, and subsequent refund of stolen funds, the management of the
economy has not brought similar cheering news.
Hunger Hunger The tough times have
resulted in job losses and hunger-induced crimes.
The petty crimes are increasing nationwide.
In fact, crime rate in the country is presently assuming a worrisome dimension
with the introduction of new device by criminals in order to get their victims
and security agencies unawares. From kidnapping to bank robbery, vandalism,
burglary and internet fraud among several other nefarious acts which have put
security operatives on their toes. These criminals, some of who were arrested
and charged to courts from where they were slammed jail terms, are obviously
recalcitrant, as they return back to the society and indulge in the same crime
for which they were went to jail , more vicious! Petty crime on the rise
Surprisingly, the trend in crime has assumed a new dimension , with the
re-insurgence of petty theft such as pick pocket, catch-in-the-air, otherwise
known as ‘one chance’, burglary, perpetrated by minors and artisans. During
investigation with some arrested suspects, majority of them laid the blame on
economic hardship. For instance, several artisans who rely majorly on power for
survival, have been frustrated out of business, owing to poor and irregular
supply of power in the country. And in their bid to eke a living, some resort
to crime. In Lagos State for instance, pick pocket have increased at major
bus-stops. Perpetrators of this crime who pose as passengers waiting to board
buses to their destinations, end up snatching phones , cash and other valuables
from genuine passengers who struggle to enter the bus .
At other times, these bus-stop
thieves who are usually two or three in one group, would board a commercial bus
and sit strategically at the edge. All of a sudden , they would alert the
driver to stop , pretending to have entered the wrong bus. But by then, they
would have successfully made away with their victims cash and other valuables.
Most of these stolen valuables are sold at give-away prices to ready buyers.
This was the case of an Ordinary National Diploma student of the Lagos State
Polytechnic, Mayowa whose school fees was removed from his bag while on
transit. It took his parents three months to raise N45,000 for his school fees
, a delay that almost cost him his admission. As if that was not enough, his
bag in which he hid the money was torn, from where the money was removed
without his knowledge. He attempted suicide saying he did not know how his
parents could raise another school fee. Flash points Areas where such crime are
rampant in Lagos include; Oshodi/Apapa expressway, Mile Two / Badagry
expressway, Agege motor road, Ikorodu expressway, Boundry /Apapa road among
others. For the ‘catch-in – air’ , these thieves who ply major expressways pick
unsuspecting passengers from bus-stops and dispossess them of cash and other
valuables mid way . Some passengers who attempt to put up resistance are
sometimes thrown out of the moving buses, while others who play along are
quietly dropped off. Ladies are usually targets for bus-stop thieves who
usually operate on motorcycles, as their bags are snatched from them. Cele,
Ilasa, Liverpool, Iyana-Isolo, Mile Two, Charity and Oshodi bus-stops along the
Apapa/Oshodi expressway are usually flash points for these hoodlums. Other
bus-stops include; Ikotun, Idimu, Egbeda, boundry, Wilmer, Iyana-Ipaja,
Ikorodu, Odogunyan, among several others in Lagos state. Reports from other
parts of the country show that such thievery is on the increase in recent
times. “Stealing of mobile phones and pick-pocketing that had almost
disappeared has become rampant again,” Aminu Kagina said from Minna, Niger
State. Minors involvement Also on the increase is the participation of minors
in these crimes. Recently, personnel of NNS WEY, a maintenance unit of the
Nigerian Navy, at Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos arrested some minors who out of hunger,
threw caution, fear and discretion to the dogs by sneaking into Navy Town
barracks to burgle apartments of naval personnel who had gone to work. The
suspects,whose frail looks would never give them away as buglers, told Saturday
Vanguard that they usually scaled the fence of the barracks through a bill
board close to the wall. They, however, stated that they were mere errand boys,
disclosing that their ‘masters’ usually waited for them at the other side of
the fence each time they went on operation. At the end of any successful
operation, they were given N1000 and above which they claimed they used to
feed. One of them claimed his father had been jobless for years and could
barely feed the family. His mother, a tomato seller around Satellite, according
to him, had her goods destroyed by officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline
who were enforcing the ban on street hawking. One of them, 13-year-old Ehis
Akhiemien, a primary 6 pupil of Assurance Primary School, Kirikiri, revealed
that he started stealing four months ago. He stated that his alleged partner in
crime, Elijah Benjamin, introduced him into burglary. He said: “Elijah said we
should go to people’s houses to steal. We would jump the fence into the
barracks at about 6pm and would hide until it is dark. Elijah would tear the
nets of our victims with blade, from where he stole the items. At times some of
the kitchen doors were left open, thereby facilitating his entry. “On my part,
I would be on the look out for any intruder. At the end, we would take the
stolen items to our boss who would be waiting for us at the other side of the
fence.” Asked if his parents were aware of what he was into, he shook his head,
explaining that he usually went for the operation on the pretense that he was
going to eat in a friend’s house since there was no food at home. Pregnant
women too Recently , a pregnant woman was arrested by policemen attached to
Life camp division in Abuja. The suspect identified as Precious Ebuka, was
alleged to have burgled a neighbor’s apartment and stole N80,000 while the
later was away. However, Ebuka, a resident of Agwan Idoma, Dape Village, who
admitted to have entered the apartment , claimed she only stole N300. Police
sources said N300 was found on her as at time of arrest. She told a concerned
crowd that she stole the money because she was hungry. She narrated in tears: “
I stole the money because I was hungry. That was the second day I stayed
without food. But I only stole N300 not N80,000”. Also on the rise is the
attack on those who usually leave home for their respective businesses, by
criminals who operate on motorcycles. Motorists are not spared by these thieves
either, as they are approached by these hoodlums who wield dangerous objects ,
particularly when they are trapped in traffic. Some minors were also arrested
recently by operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police
Command , in Agege area of Lagos. They were apprehended while attacking a lady
on the railway line Surprisingly, during interrogation, most of them revealed
that any loot from their operations were used to provide food for their
families. Commercial sex workers ? Commercial sex workers who are also affected
by the economic downturn have devised new means of survival. This time around,
some of them passionately beg for as low as N200 to N500 to feed .
Investigation carried by Saturday Vanguard showed that some commercial sex
workers are unable to pay rents for their brothels, owing to the plunge in
patronage. For instance, some of them who used to attend to five to ten
customers a day, end up having just two or no patronage. One of them who lives
in a brothel around Okota lamented “ This era is really affecting us. We can
not even feed anymore, let alone to pay our rents. A service that we ordinarily
charged between N1500 to N2000 has been reduced to N700, yet nobody dey come “
she revealed that some of them even buy food on credit. The commercial sex
worker further revealed that some of her colleagues have resorted to stealing
in order to survive. Asked what they usually stole she said “ No be me o. But
some of my colleagues steal clothes hung on lines which they sell at Aswani
market . This usually happens at night. They will be parading as if they are
looking for customers. All this na because of the economy. It is not only here
o, but all over. Some of us in even vandalise vehicles of customers who come to
patronise others. Statistics at Saturday Vanguard’s disposal showed buglers are
on the increase in the in South West region. However they device a new means
such as accosting an occupant of a building , who they take round the entire
apartment using the occupant as a bait to gain entry. Also traders at weekly
markets in some of these states have had their goods stolen by criminals who
posed as fellow traders. In Enugu State,the rising cost of commodities
especially stable food items have triggered a pronounced increase in crime
rate. With inflation rate at 16.5 percent,a bag of rice which sold for N11,000
now sells for N20,000. A resident at Indpendence Layout,Amaechi Ukwuani,told
Saturday Vanguard that,”Incidents of burglary have soared in my street. The
other day,a band of thieves invaded my neighbors’ residence,carting away food
items mainly. Most of us Civil Servants have since abandoned our cars for
commercial buses to work. There has not been any corresponding increases in
salaries to cushion the effect of the prevailing economic hardship”.
Investigation showed that the Nsukka prison break last Tuesday, which
culminated in the escape of 15 inmates from prison,serving different jail terms
might be connected to the acute hunger in the prison yard. Unconfirmed reports
said prison officials divert food items meant for inmate to feed their families
following the excruciating economic hardship dotting the nation. For prisons
meant to contain 180 inmates but allegedly housing about 500 inmates squeezed
in compact cells of the prison yard,the situation would be better imagined than
witnessed. Stealing of generators for power supply is also on the increase in
many parts of the country. Invasion of worship centres Places of worship are
also not spared as checks by Saturday’s Vanguard showed that petty thieves have
invaded these supposedly revered places which ought to be esteemed, stealing
even Bibles ,with the hope to find money tucked in by worshipers. They also
steal handbags and phones, including shoes which are usually kept in front of
worship centres. To avoid falling preys to these criminals, most worshipers now
take their bags and other belongings with them while going to drop their
offerings. Some even put their shoes in the their bags instead of leaving them
at the entrance. In some cases some worship centres been been burgled, with
their vaults and singing instruments taken away. With the foregoing, it is
obvious that Nigerians, irrespective of age and sex , are groaning under these
hard times that have done Buhari’s initial goodwill any good. It cannot with
manufacturers lacking forex while religious pilgrims are getting approvals for
PTA at N197 to a dollar. Nigerians are hoping that the CHANGE Buhari promised
and made a campaign slogan does not mean the current doom.
Friday, August 12, 2016
Council of Elders NG, Coalition Of Nigerian Christians and Other Civil Right Groups Reject Buhari’s Federal Islamist Jihadist Imperial Gov’t
Islamist
jihadists of the Hausa, Fulani, and Kanuri ethnic nationalities, who are
Negroid immigrants to Nigeria, are pushing the nation to an implosion.
It is therefore imperative that the remaining 386 ethnic nationalities
of Nigeria should, as a matter of priority, convene a conference to
demonstrate to the few Islamist jihadists of these three ethnic
nationalities the grave danger of Islamism as a system of governance.
Nigerians are reminded that the present
distress in the nation is not an act of God but man-made. The brazen and
audacious imposition of Islamist Jihadists into key positions in the
country is not an expression of religious piety but a deliberate
manipulation of religion for cultural and political domination by three
ethnic groups. This agenda commenced in 1975 after the overthrow of
General Yakubu Gowon by General Murtala Mohammed. The Islamist jihadists
are a violent and domineering strain of Islam rejected by mainstream
Muslims
We are reminded that after the Arab
Spring, Tunisia, and Egypt elected Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood
into power. One year later, the two Arab Islamic nations staged another
revolution and sacked them. If Arab nations could not tolerate Islamist
jihadists’ domination, we wonder how Nigeria, a multi-cultural,
multi-religious, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic nation would cope with
the dire consequences of flooding government with Islamist jihadists.
The signs are ominous that the Islamist
jihadists, a minority in the three ethnic nationalities of Arab
ancestry, have contrived a malevolent agenda against the other 386 Negro
ethnic nationalities that make up Nigeria. These Negro Ethnic
Nationalities and non-Islamist jihadists must rise to contain the
present challenges especially the activities of the murderous Boko Haram
and Fulani herdsmen that is now being strengthened with the
discriminatory appointments that weighs very much against non-Muslims in
Nigeria.
The distinction between Negroes and
Negroids is necessary to reject the assumption of superiority of the
Negroid of Arab descendants in Nigeria.
It is pertinent to explain that
there is a difference between Islam and Islamism. While Islam is a
religion, Islamism is but a political ideology that holds that Islam is
not only a religion but a political system that must dominate wherever
Islam is practiced in the world. Islamism is the ideology driving the
Taliban, Al Shabab, Al Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and
others. Islamism operates through religious terrorists and stealthily
through “Civilization Jihad” (deceit) both seek to undermine democratic
societies and convert them forcefully to Sharia States.
All attempts to draw the attention of
the Buhari administration through previous press releases and press
conferences have, mischievously, been interpreted as politics. We are
also dismayed that the Christian Coalition Group as well as other arms
of Christians in Nigeria that have expressed concern about evolving
issues in the nation have been described as members of a political
party, specifically, the main opposition party in Nigeria, the People’s
Democratic Party, PDP. This is a very disappointing response to very
serious national issues.
As Nigerians, we have the right to
comment on issues that are of great importance to the nation especially
when our elected representatives chose to be silent. While we were
worried about the lopsided appointments in Nigeria’s security services,
we also noticed, a few days ago, that the education sector has been
privatized in the hands of only the Fulanis and Islamist jihadists.
Virtually all strategic federal educational offices and appointments,
have gone to persons with Islamist jihadists tendencies as heads of the
universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, University Admissions
Board (JAMB), Educational Funding and Policy Departments, etc. Our
concern is not about the job and appointments but the fundamental
Islamist jihadists agenda that is playing out in Nigeria.
What the list of students’ admission
will look like in the nearest future in our nation with an Islamist
jihadist in charge of JAMB, we are constrained to ponder.
During the 2015 elections a major
apprehension was the possibility of President Muhammadu Buhari dividing
Nigeria along religious lines. This apprehension has now been justified
as the president has officially completed the last phase of the
Islamization exercise by instituting a strong Islamic foundation
throughout the Nigerian education sector.
Most functional Boards in the Civil
Service are headed mostly by Muslims and Fulanis which is becoming a
threat and danger to the very foundation of Nigeria.
We, as Christians, pray that God will save us from the hands of the Islamist jihadists.
We appeal to Mr. President not to set a record as the most insensitive president ever in the history of Nigeria.
Mr. President assured the Nation during
his inauguration, that he belongs to everybody: “I BELONG TO EVERYBODY, I
BELONG TO NOBODY” he said.
Unfortunately, since coming into office,
President Buhari has consistently proved that he belongs only to
Muslims and the Fulanis. Mr. President has finally confirmed what he
affirmed in his BBC Hausa interview in 2003 when, according to Hope For Nigeria, he stated that he would continue in the “quest to ensure that Islamic Sharia is spread across Nigeria.”
Violation of Principle of Federal Character in Federal Appointments
Section 171 sub-Section 5 of the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)
stipulates that the president in exercising his powers of appointment
under this section shall have regard to the federal character of Nigeria
and the need to promote national unity.
A critical look at the list of
appointments by this administration shows utter disregard for issues
that promote national unity and a gross violation of the Constitution.
We wonder how Mr. President can relate
the impunity of his administration to his mantra; fight against
corruption. By flagrantly violating Sections 171(5) and 10 of the
Constitution, the president has presented himself as corrupt.
Below are some of the very important
appointments made by “Federal Islamist Jihadist Imperial Government” to
confirm our apprehension:
Chief Executives of Educational institutions:
1] Head of Universities: NUC Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed Hausa/Fulani Muslim
2] Head of Polytechnics: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
3] Head of Colleges of Education: Prof. Bappah Aliyu Hausa/Fulani Muslim
4] Head of TETFUND: Dr. Abdulahi Baffa Hausa/Fulani Muslim
5] Head of JAMB: Prof. Ishaq Oloyede-Professor of Arabic studies–Muslim
6] Head of UBEC Dr. Hameed Bobboyi: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
7] Head of NABTEB: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
8] Head of NTI: Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare Hausa/Fulani Muslim.
88% of the appointments are Northern Muslim/Fulani Muslim. (Only one person is from South West, nevertheless, a Muslim.)
1] Head of Universities: NUC Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed Hausa/Fulani Muslim
2] Head of Polytechnics: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
3] Head of Colleges of Education: Prof. Bappah Aliyu Hausa/Fulani Muslim
4] Head of TETFUND: Dr. Abdulahi Baffa Hausa/Fulani Muslim
5] Head of JAMB: Prof. Ishaq Oloyede-Professor of Arabic studies–Muslim
6] Head of UBEC Dr. Hameed Bobboyi: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
7] Head of NABTEB: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
8] Head of NTI: Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare Hausa/Fulani Muslim.
88% of the appointments are Northern Muslim/Fulani Muslim. (Only one person is from South West, nevertheless, a Muslim.)
This is in addition of handing over the
security units in the nation to Muslims. President Buhari has
masterfully completed the configuration of the entire National Security
structure/architecture firmly in the hands of the Northern Hausa-Fulani
Muslims alone to the exclusion of all other ethnic groups in Nigeria.
This is definitely unfair, not just to Christians but to all non-Muslims
in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s security units are configured as follows:
1. Police IG ……….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
2.Chief of Army Staff ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
3. Minister for Defense ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
4. Minister for Internal Affairs …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
5. National Security Adviser (NSA) ……… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
6. DG, Department of State Services (DSS) ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
7. Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
8. Chief of Staff …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
9. ADC to President ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
10. CSO to President ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
11. Principal Secretary ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
12. Private Secretary to President ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
13. Protocol to President ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
14. DG Customs ………. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
15. DG, EFCC ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
16. DG, Nigeria Prisons ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
17. DG, Immigration …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
18. Chairman, INEC …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
19. Minister for Petroleum …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
20. Minister for FCT …….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
21. President/Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces …………. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
2.Chief of Army Staff ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
3. Minister for Defense ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
4. Minister for Internal Affairs …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
5. National Security Adviser (NSA) ……… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
6. DG, Department of State Services (DSS) ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
7. Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
8. Chief of Staff …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
9. ADC to President ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
10. CSO to President ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
11. Principal Secretary ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
12. Private Secretary to President ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
13. Protocol to President ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
14. DG Customs ………. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
15. DG, EFCC ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
16. DG, Nigeria Prisons ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
17. DG, Immigration …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
18. Chairman, INEC …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
19. Minister for Petroleum …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
20. Minister for FCT …….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
21. President/Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces …………. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
Fellow Nigerians, added to the above disturbing appointments are:
1. Head of National Assembly/Senate President …… Northern Muslim
2. Head of Judiciary/Chief Justice of Nigeria ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
3. Head, Federal Courts of Appeal …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
4. All Registrars and Principal Officers all Levels of the Federal Judiciary ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
5. Clerk of the National Assembly …… Northern Muslim.
2. Head of Judiciary/Chief Justice of Nigeria ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
3. Head, Federal Courts of Appeal …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
4. All Registrars and Principal Officers all Levels of the Federal Judiciary ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
5. Clerk of the National Assembly …… Northern Muslim.
Police Officers Announced as New AIGs:
1] Ibrahim Adamu, AIG, Zone 1
2] Abdulmajid Ali, AIG, Zone 2
3] Usman Tilli, AIG zone 3
4] Dorothy Gimba AIG, Investment Formation
5] Mohammed Mohammed, AIG Special Protection Unit
6] Mohammed Katsina, AIG National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos It is notable that state CPs were also promoted to AIG making it a total of 18 New AIGs.
2] Abdulmajid Ali, AIG, Zone 2
3] Usman Tilli, AIG zone 3
4] Dorothy Gimba AIG, Investment Formation
5] Mohammed Mohammed, AIG Special Protection Unit
6] Mohammed Katsina, AIG National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos It is notable that state CPs were also promoted to AIG making it a total of 18 New AIGs.
Other appointments of President Buhari are as follows:
1. DG DPR, Mordecai Ladan. North/West
2. Accountant-General Ahmed Idris;. Nort/ West
3. Chief of Protocol, Lawal Kazaure Kano North/West
4. Chairman INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu North/East
5. Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari Borno North/East
6. DG NIMASA, Buba Haruna Jauro Yobe North/East
7. Head of Service, Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita South/South
8. SSA Media, Shehu Garba Kano North/West
9. SA Media, Femi Adeshina Osun South/West
10. CG NSCDC, Abdulahi Mohammed North Central
11. DG SSS, Lawal Daura Katsina North/West
12. NSA, Babagana Monguno Borno North/East
13. CDS, Abayomi Gabriel Ekiti South/West
14. Chief of Army Staff, T. Y. Buratai Borno North/East
15. Chief of Air Staff, Marshal Sadique Bauchi North/East
16. Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas Cross River South/South
17. DG Amnesty, Brig. P. T. Boroh South/South
18. ADC, Mohammed Lawal Kano North/West
19. CSO, Abdulrahman Mani North/West
20. EVC NCC, Umaru Danbatta Kano North/West
21. Chairman Transition Committee, Ahmed Joda North/East
22. MD AMCON, Ahmed Lawan Kuru North/West
23. CG Customs, Col Hameed Ali North/West
24. Aliyu Yahaya Gusau DG Budget North/West
25. EC FIRS, Dr Williams Babatunde Fowler Lagos South/West
26. Babachir David Lawal SGF North/East
27. CG Customs, Col Hameed Ali North/West
28. CG Immigration, Kure Martin Abeshi North Central
29. SSA NASS, Suleiman A. Kawu North Central
30. SSA NASS, Ita S.J. Enang South/South
31. MD NPA, Habibu Abdulahi Kano North/West
32. DG Budget, Aliyu Gusau Zamfara North/West
33. EFCC, Madu Ibrahim North/West
34. DG NOTAP, Dan Azumi Mohammed North/West
35. NIMC, Engr. Aliyu M Aziz North Central
36. NDIC, Umaru Ibrahim Kano North/West
37. Federal Character, Shettima Bukar Abba North/East Borno
38. SA Social Protection, Maryam Uwais Kaduna, North/West
39. Chairman NDLEA, Muhammad Abdallah Adamawa, North/East
40. MD NDDC, Sam Ekere A/Ibom, South/South
41. PA New Media, Bashir Ahmed Kano, North/West
42. NEITI Waziri Adio, Osun South/West
42. DG SMEDAN Dr Dikko Umaru Raqqa. Katsina North/West
43. DG NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside Rivers South/South
44. OPEC, Sec Gen Mohammed Barkindo North/West
45. DG NYSC, Kazaure North/West
46. SA Prosecution, Okoi Obono-obla Cross River South/South
47. CG Prisons, Ahmed Jafaru Jigawa North/West
48. CG Immigration, Mohammed Babandede Jigawa North/West
2. Accountant-General Ahmed Idris;. Nort/ West
3. Chief of Protocol, Lawal Kazaure Kano North/West
4. Chairman INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu North/East
5. Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari Borno North/East
6. DG NIMASA, Buba Haruna Jauro Yobe North/East
7. Head of Service, Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita South/South
8. SSA Media, Shehu Garba Kano North/West
9. SA Media, Femi Adeshina Osun South/West
10. CG NSCDC, Abdulahi Mohammed North Central
11. DG SSS, Lawal Daura Katsina North/West
12. NSA, Babagana Monguno Borno North/East
13. CDS, Abayomi Gabriel Ekiti South/West
14. Chief of Army Staff, T. Y. Buratai Borno North/East
15. Chief of Air Staff, Marshal Sadique Bauchi North/East
16. Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas Cross River South/South
17. DG Amnesty, Brig. P. T. Boroh South/South
18. ADC, Mohammed Lawal Kano North/West
19. CSO, Abdulrahman Mani North/West
20. EVC NCC, Umaru Danbatta Kano North/West
21. Chairman Transition Committee, Ahmed Joda North/East
22. MD AMCON, Ahmed Lawan Kuru North/West
23. CG Customs, Col Hameed Ali North/West
24. Aliyu Yahaya Gusau DG Budget North/West
25. EC FIRS, Dr Williams Babatunde Fowler Lagos South/West
26. Babachir David Lawal SGF North/East
27. CG Customs, Col Hameed Ali North/West
28. CG Immigration, Kure Martin Abeshi North Central
29. SSA NASS, Suleiman A. Kawu North Central
30. SSA NASS, Ita S.J. Enang South/South
31. MD NPA, Habibu Abdulahi Kano North/West
32. DG Budget, Aliyu Gusau Zamfara North/West
33. EFCC, Madu Ibrahim North/West
34. DG NOTAP, Dan Azumi Mohammed North/West
35. NIMC, Engr. Aliyu M Aziz North Central
36. NDIC, Umaru Ibrahim Kano North/West
37. Federal Character, Shettima Bukar Abba North/East Borno
38. SA Social Protection, Maryam Uwais Kaduna, North/West
39. Chairman NDLEA, Muhammad Abdallah Adamawa, North/East
40. MD NDDC, Sam Ekere A/Ibom, South/South
41. PA New Media, Bashir Ahmed Kano, North/West
42. NEITI Waziri Adio, Osun South/West
42. DG SMEDAN Dr Dikko Umaru Raqqa. Katsina North/West
43. DG NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside Rivers South/South
44. OPEC, Sec Gen Mohammed Barkindo North/West
45. DG NYSC, Kazaure North/West
46. SA Prosecution, Okoi Obono-obla Cross River South/South
47. CG Prisons, Ahmed Jafaru Jigawa North/West
48. CG Immigration, Mohammed Babandede Jigawa North/West
Let us attempt a tally of the last set numbered 1-48 only:
North/West 25
North/East 9
North Central 4
South/West 4
South/ South 6
South/ East 0
North/East 9
North Central 4
South/West 4
South/ South 6
South/ East 0
This is the full list of the army
officers compulsorily retired by Muhammadu Buhari. They are 90%
non-Muslims. It projects that Ethnic and Regional cleansing continues:
Maj. Gen TC Ude (SE-)
Maj. Gen LC Ilo (SE)
Maj. Gen IN Ijeoma (SE)
Maj. Gen O Ejimai (SE)
Maj. Gen PAT Akem (SS)
Maj. Gen ED Atewe (SS)
Maj. Gen Letam Wiwa (younger brother of murdered Environmental Rights activist and Author, Ken Saro-Wiwa) (SS)
Maj. Gen FO Alli (SS)
Maj. Gen Mobolaji Koleoso (SW)
Maj. Gen SD Aliyu (MB)
Maj. Gen MY Ibrahim
Brig. Gen GO Agachi (SE)
Brig. Gen Okonkwo (SE)
Brig. Gen Ogidi (SS)
Brig. Gen Koko Essien (SS)
Brig. Gen PE Ekpeyong (SS)
Brig. Gen Bright Fiboinumama (SS)
Brig. Gen. M. Onoyiveta (SS)
Brig. Gen IMD Lawson (SS)
Brig. Gen Oyefesobi (SW)
Brig. Gen AI Onibasa (SW)
Brig. Gen Bashir Mormo (SS)
Brig. Gen AH Sa’ad (SS)-Former ADC to late President Musa Yar’adua
Brig. Gen MG Ali
Brig. Gen LN Bello
Brig. Gen D Abdusalam
Col. CK Ukoha (SE)
Col. OU Nwankwo (SE)
Col. Nicholas Achinze -Dasuki’s ADC (SE)
Col. Tonye F Minimah –Younger brother of former Chief of Army Staff, LT. General Kenneth Minimah (SS)
Col. FD Kayode (SW)
Col. Ojogbane Adegbe –ADC to former President Goodluck Jonathan (MB)
Col. Audu (MB)
Col. DR Hassan
Col. MA Suleiman
Lt. Col GC Nyekwu (SS)
Lt. Col C Enechukwu (SE)
Lt. Col CO Amadi (SE)
Lt. Col Adimoha (SS)
Lt. Col OC Egemode (SS)
Lt. Col TE Arigbe (SW)
Lt. Col TO Oladuntoye (SW)
Lt. Col Baba Ochankpa (MB)
Lt. Col DB Dazang (MB)
Lt. Col A Mohammed
Lt. Col AS Mohammed
Maj. Gen LC Ilo (SE)
Maj. Gen IN Ijeoma (SE)
Maj. Gen O Ejimai (SE)
Maj. Gen PAT Akem (SS)
Maj. Gen ED Atewe (SS)
Maj. Gen Letam Wiwa (younger brother of murdered Environmental Rights activist and Author, Ken Saro-Wiwa) (SS)
Maj. Gen FO Alli (SS)
Maj. Gen Mobolaji Koleoso (SW)
Maj. Gen SD Aliyu (MB)
Maj. Gen MY Ibrahim
Brig. Gen GO Agachi (SE)
Brig. Gen Okonkwo (SE)
Brig. Gen Ogidi (SS)
Brig. Gen Koko Essien (SS)
Brig. Gen PE Ekpeyong (SS)
Brig. Gen Bright Fiboinumama (SS)
Brig. Gen. M. Onoyiveta (SS)
Brig. Gen IMD Lawson (SS)
Brig. Gen Oyefesobi (SW)
Brig. Gen AI Onibasa (SW)
Brig. Gen Bashir Mormo (SS)
Brig. Gen AH Sa’ad (SS)-Former ADC to late President Musa Yar’adua
Brig. Gen MG Ali
Brig. Gen LN Bello
Brig. Gen D Abdusalam
Col. CK Ukoha (SE)
Col. OU Nwankwo (SE)
Col. Nicholas Achinze -Dasuki’s ADC (SE)
Col. Tonye F Minimah –Younger brother of former Chief of Army Staff, LT. General Kenneth Minimah (SS)
Col. FD Kayode (SW)
Col. Ojogbane Adegbe –ADC to former President Goodluck Jonathan (MB)
Col. Audu (MB)
Col. DR Hassan
Col. MA Suleiman
Lt. Col GC Nyekwu (SS)
Lt. Col C Enechukwu (SE)
Lt. Col CO Amadi (SE)
Lt. Col Adimoha (SS)
Lt. Col OC Egemode (SS)
Lt. Col TE Arigbe (SW)
Lt. Col TO Oladuntoye (SW)
Lt. Col Baba Ochankpa (MB)
Lt. Col DB Dazang (MB)
Lt. Col A Mohammed
Lt. Col AS Mohammed
With the above statistics, it is fair to
suggest that President Buhari is promoting division between Muslims and
other Nigerians.
We wonder, whether, Islamism has
something to do with the abolition, by President Buhari, of the single
four-year tenure for permanent secretaries and two-term of four years
(eight years) tenure for directors in the Federal Civil Service in order
to entrench Islamism and neo-colonialism in Nigeria.
Collaboration and Acquiescence of Elites in Nigeria
There is need to define imperialism and
what it stands for, especially because the Fulani Jihadists after having
been conquered by the British imperialists were appointed junior
partners in imperialism and colonialism by way of indirect rule
throughout Northern Nigeria. This form of colonial policy was adopted
with some modifications to suit Southern Nigeria.
Imperialism is a type of advocacy of
Empire. Its name originated from the Latin word “imperium”, which means
to rule over territories. Imperialism is “a policy of extending a
country’s power and influence tough colonization, use of military force,
or other means”.
Imperialism also includes a policy of
extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military
force. Imperialism is particularly focused on the control that one
group, often a state power, has on another group of people. This is
often through various forms of racial, religious, or cultural
stereotypes. There are “formal” or “informal” imperialisms.
“Formal imperialism” is defined as
“physical control or full-fledged colonial rule”. “Informal imperialism”
is less direct; however, it is still a powerful form of dominance.
Northern and Southern Nigeria ceased to exist as political terminologies
with the creation of states in 1967 by General Gowon. There cannot be a
political North when there is no such South.
Unfortunately, the ghost of colonialism
continues to haunt Nigeria with the Fulani as the “ghost” and
neo-colonialists of Arewa (North) with a perceived South. The south as
is employed is used merely to promote Arewa (North) as a political
terminology.
After independence, the Fulani decided
that they were successors to the British imperialism in Nigeria, and,
thereby have become the neo-colonialists with military arsenal and
man-power to continue where the British left. This backward policy is
not in accord with democracy, the 21st Century Africa and the World.
Collaborators
In the book titled Empire – The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present, the author, Denis Judd wrote: “Faced with the onward march of British imperialism and European civilization, local peoples had to make a choice between acceptance and defiance, collaboration and resistance. It is small wonder that for the most part, collaboration with the imperial authorities became the inevitable consequence of imperial expansion and control. Without the collaboration – the acquiescence – of local elites, tribal and religious groupings, the different castes and sub-divisions of colonial society, the British would never have been able to carry out their stupendous task of conquering, ruling, dominating, and controlling so large a proportion of the planet, without also the collaboration and acquiescence of the educated elites.”
In the book titled Empire – The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present, the author, Denis Judd wrote: “Faced with the onward march of British imperialism and European civilization, local peoples had to make a choice between acceptance and defiance, collaboration and resistance. It is small wonder that for the most part, collaboration with the imperial authorities became the inevitable consequence of imperial expansion and control. Without the collaboration – the acquiescence – of local elites, tribal and religious groupings, the different castes and sub-divisions of colonial society, the British would never have been able to carry out their stupendous task of conquering, ruling, dominating, and controlling so large a proportion of the planet, without also the collaboration and acquiescence of the educated elites.”
The same neo-imperialist can be said of
Fulani Empire in present day Nigeria. Nigerian Christians in 2015
substituted a substantive president with a vice president and with the
discriminatory appointments and action listed above, the question
Nigerians are asking is:
“Where are the non-Islamists in
partisan politics who, by their conduct are members of the ruling party
and opposition, – when the Islamist Jihadists decided to take over the
country. Have they been paid off so that Nigeria can become a true
Islamist Jihadist country?”
If that is the case, Christian elites in
partisan politics have promoted the worst form of neo-colonialism
bordering on slavery where the “Christian” South provide the funds for
the Fulanis to extend the Sokoto Caliphate Empire and influence through
Islamic Jihad, Boko Haram, and the stealth Jihad Taqiyya to the rest of
Nigeria.
History will be very harsh on non-Muslim
Nigerians especially the “Christian elites” if we do not let President
Buhari appreciate that democracy not Islamism is the best form of
government invented by humans.
Only democracy can save Nigeria from the
paths treaded by Pakistan, Afghanistan, Rwanda, Eretria, Burundi,
Southern Sudan, Central African Republic, Syria, Iran, and Yemen etc.
We, therefore, draw the attention of all
non-Muslims in government (past and present) from presidents, heads of
state, vice presidents, presidents and deputy presidents of the Senate,
speakers of the House of Representatives, governors, members of the
Senate and House of Representative and state assemblies, church leaders,
Cardinals, Overseers, Archbishops, Bishops, Pastors and Priests to
realize that Christians constitute 50% of the population of Nigeria and
that it is only with their collaboration and acquiescence that the
Islamization of Nigeria can be accomplished.
This appeal also goes to professional
groups like the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Nigeria Medical
Association (NMA), Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), Nigerian Society
of Engineers (NSE), Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN),
Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers of Nigeria (NIESV),
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Medical and Dental
Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), Pharmacy Council of Nigeria
(PCN), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Institute
of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN), Nigerian Institute of Public Relations
(NIPR), Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), Chartered Institute
of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), Nigeria Institute of
Architects (NIA), National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives
(NANNM), Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Nigerian Institute of
Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), National Union of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Workers (NUPENG), National Union of Textile & Garment Workers of
Nigeria (NUTGWN) and other professional associations trained in Western
democracies.
Surely they do not want to leave the
country once again as some did during the 1975 purge of educated
Nigerian. They must all speak out to save their country Nigeria and its
young democracy. Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen are not alternatives.
We, Christians, will be called to
question in the world beyond if we do nothing. We, the elites, will
appear before God to explain why we failed to utilize God’s gift to us
especially our knowledge to solve our country’s problems by working to
stop the backward policies of Islamist jihadists. Christian elites who
are vocal in condemning Christians in authority cannot remain silent
unless of course they have sold out to the Islamist jihadists in
Nigeria.
We must conclude by pointing out that
imperialism rested on and indeed was sustained by “assumptions of
superiority”, where one white person or Negroid in the case of Nigeria
was thought to be worth literally any member of blacks”.
In Nigeria, the Arab descendants who
partnered the British in indirect rule believe that they are superior to
Negro tribes that make up over 80% of the population. Nigerian
non-Muslims who acquired Western education over 70 years before the Arab
Negroids are being regarded “technically” as inferior to those with
Arabic education Boko Haram – Western education is “worthless”.
Thus, Western educated collaborators are
promoting unwittingly, the superiority of the Arab descendants over the
other 386 Nationalities that make up Nigeria with Islam as superior to
Christianity and other religions. Not only are these Jihadists’
assumptions false, wicked and devious, they are also backward,
retrogressive, undemocratic and against the rule of law.
Our answer is to show that while arms
and Taqiyya (deceit) win Jihads, it takes ideas to win the peace. The
options open to us non-Islamist Jihadists in Nigeria today are dialogue,
reconciliation, and restructure – in that order.
God Bless Nigeria.
Solomon Asemota, SAN
For and on behalf of
Coalition of Christian Groups:
National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF); Nigerian Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF); Think Tank For The Body Of Christ; Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON); Association of Christian Schools in Nigeria (ACSIN); Students Christian Movement (SCM); Christian Professionals Forum (CPF); Council of Elders Ng (CEN); Ministers Prayer Network (MPN); International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ); Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association (NEMA); International Prophetic Ministerial Association (IPMA) (Inc. Worldwide College of Bishops & Ministers, Africa, UK & USA); Intercessors Without Walls (IWW); Wailing Women International (WWI); Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship; Nigerian Fellowship of Christian Students (NIFES); University Joint Campus Christian Fellowship (UJCM); Nigerian Christian Corpers Fellowship (NCCF); Nigeria Supreme Council For Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA); African Association for Ecclesiastical Affairs (AAEA), and others.
For and on behalf of
Coalition of Christian Groups:
National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF); Nigerian Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF); Think Tank For The Body Of Christ; Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON); Association of Christian Schools in Nigeria (ACSIN); Students Christian Movement (SCM); Christian Professionals Forum (CPF); Council of Elders Ng (CEN); Ministers Prayer Network (MPN); International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ); Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association (NEMA); International Prophetic Ministerial Association (IPMA) (Inc. Worldwide College of Bishops & Ministers, Africa, UK & USA); Intercessors Without Walls (IWW); Wailing Women International (WWI); Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship; Nigerian Fellowship of Christian Students (NIFES); University Joint Campus Christian Fellowship (UJCM); Nigerian Christian Corpers Fellowship (NCCF); Nigeria Supreme Council For Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA); African Association for Ecclesiastical Affairs (AAEA), and others.
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