ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 2. NO 63. 26-10-14.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). BIAFRA AND SAUDI ARABIA PEACE INITIATIVES! ARBITRATORS who negotiate Peace and Conflict Issues were often apt to adopt a global parlance which claims that: “WITHOUT WAR, THERE COULD BE NO PEACE”, as part of their Rules of Engagement, when pacifying gladiators to embrace that well-rehearsed traditional belief and world-view! *Who would originate that kind of fallacy which is the complete opposite of the divine message: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. For ye shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” [Isaiah. 55:7,8,12]. *Men who are led by the Spirit of God will recall that the events of CREATION in Genesis, Chapters One and Two, were carried out under peaceful, tranquil and serene atmosphere which the LORD pronounced as, VERY GOOD! *God did not create the wars and conflicts of the human race and that is why the only logical conclusion of ending all wars and conflicts would always be at ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCES OR PEACE DIALOGUES! *Beginning from World War I, 1914-1918 and to date, peace was never achieved at the war fronts or the trenches! The United Nations (UN) and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) are products of Peace Initiatives! *FORTY-FIVE years ago in Addis Ababa, the Horn of Africa’s capital city of Ethiopia, a peace initiative was brokered by the Organisation of Africa Unity (OAU), now African Union (AU), to end the 30-month-long Biafran war of secession against Nigeria and presently in 2014, in Saudi Arabia, negotiations are on-going to end a-five-year-old insurgency spearheaded by Boko Haram, the Muslim terrorist group, against the corporate State of Nigeria! *The “still born” nation of Biafra was located in the South Eastern Region of Nigeria occupied by the Igbo Tribe from independence in 1960; while the insurgents had brazenly occupied a portion of the North Eastern State of Bornu consisting of three local governments which they christened, an “Islamic Caliphate!” *We thank God that both claims are now “dead and buried” as Nigeria remains one united and indivisible great nation under the watchful supervision of the SOVEREIGN GOD HIMSELF! *The 30-month-old Biafran or Nigerian Civil War, began on 6th July 1967 and ended on 15th January, 1970, under the Commands of General Yakubu Gowon, (who turned 80 years on 19th October, 2014) and late Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, with the unifying declaration of “NO VICTOR NO VANQUISHED”, by General Gowon. (Retired). *The immediate and remote causes of the Civil War included Ethnic, Economic, Cultural, Religious, Political bias, Attempted Secession and most importantly, the mass killings of Nigerian citizens of Eastern extraction during the period between the Second ‘coup de tat’ of July 29, 1966(master-minded by Northern soldiers in retaliation to the first, carried out by Igbo soldiers of the South East, on January 15, 1966;) and the start of the secession war in July 1967! *At the end of the war, “BIAFRA”, was re-united and re-absorbed into Nigeria, following series of both local and international arbitration in Africa, Europe and the United States but not before about 1.5million lives (military and civilians), have perished in an AVOIDABLE WAR! *Both the Biafran and Boko Haram Wars have one thing in common and that is, the OPTION FOR DIALOGUE; but outside of this premise, there are a lot of dissimilarities, which MUST be pragmatically approached to bring the very unstable CEASE-FIRE agreement with the insurgents to permanent PEACE and an end to the prolonged conflict! *The Biafran War, was conventional because both sides recognised their enemies or adversaries while battle lines and war fronts could be identified. *Caution was exhibited on the part of the Federal Government which was very reluctant to wage war against its citizens but as it became inevitable: time, space, opportunities, human and material resources, were devoted to several peace accords, before, during and even up to the end of the war! *TWO very prominent Peace Accords include those of ABURI in Ghana and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. At the Aburi peace negotiations, Ojukwu was reported to have insisted on settling for a CONFEDERATION instead of an outright SECESSION, which was initially contemplated; while at Addis Ababa, the Federal Government implored Ojukwu to surrender to save the Igbos from the continuous pains and agonies of war by opting for a UNITED NIGERIA! *GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON (RTD), was divinely appointed as the Head of State saddled with the task to convince Ojukwu that Confederation was synonymous to Secession and that a united Nigeria was the preferable solution! *We of this Editorial Board doff our hats to this Octogenarian, who is still alive to Go On With One Nigeria and is still able to bend his knees to God in consistent supplications and prayers, to keep this nation united especially when our detractors have negative intentions! *The Editor of Zion B-BC Newsletter was privileged to be part of General Gowon’s entourage which travelled to participate in the OAU’s Peace Initiatives of September 7th-9th, 1969, and as Head of the Nigerian Delegation to this last effort which brought the war to a happy ending on 15th January, 1970, the General delivered a very powerful and soul-searching treatise which captivated the hearts of all parties involved to the extent that on the eve of the last day of the conference, some DELIGHTED BIAFRAN DELEGATES DANCED TO SOUL MUSIC AT A NIGHT CLUB IN ADDIS ABABA IN CELEBRATION! To God, be the glory. Amen *Our delegation also met, the late Emperor Haille Selassie of Ethiopia, Presidents Milton Obote of Uganda and late Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, separately, in the course of the peace conference, in Addis Ababa. *On our return journey to Nigeria, our entourage made stopovers at ENTTEBE AND KAMPALA IN UGANDA; AND NAIROBI IN KENYA; all in East Africa for General Gowon to show gratitude and cement the good relationship and support of the Presidents of those countries during all peace initiatives! *The 1970 PEACE that was won through blood and sweat has been on trial in the past Five Years because of the Boko Haram terrorism, which is a complete departure from the Civil War, both in scope and dimension! *The insurgency is a war of attrition laced with guerrilla warfare tactics in which terrorists attack government infrastructures, power and police stations, Christian targets – bombing church gatherings at Christmas, New Year, on Sundays and motor parks, bus stations, food stuff markets and killing at random Muslim Clerics opposed to their extremist ideologies and disappearing among their communities whom they deployed as human shields! *Whereas the Igbos neither attacked fellow Igbos nor invaded other regions to vent their anger on innocent citizens, the Boko Haram have consistently gunned down, slaughtered, killed, maimed, used Improvised Explosive Devices(IED’s) and have destroyed their kith and kin in all Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT); also other tribes without discrimination to tribe, tongue, religion caste or colour! *And whereas the Biafran secession lasted for 2years, 6 months, one week and two days, Boko Haram terrorism which began in 2009 is still ongoing; 5 years in spite of CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT! *Whereas Biafran Leaders responded to all peace initiatives, the terrorists initially refused to all entreaties for peace for the following reasons: (1) Government did not allow them freedom to practice their own kind of Islamic faith of extremism and fundamentalism, but hounded and intimidated them with security agents since 2001. (2) Were prevented from establishing a “pure” Islamic State ruled by Sharia Law in order to put a stop to what it deemed “Westernization”. [Boko Haram means Western education is harmful!]. (3) The extra-judicial killing of their founding leader, Mohammed Yussuf, by operatives of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force in 2009, without any form of redress to the group! *Now that they have at last agreed to dialogue, whichever of their THREE CELLS is being engaged in the Saudi Arabia Peace Initiative, should be encouraged to persuade the others to cooperate and bring this brutality to a speedy end! *The terrorists promise to release the CHIBOK GIRLS in batches should also be facilitated according to the terms of agreement which has been a behind-the – scene global norm of HOSTAGE EXCHANGE, even among the SUPER POWERS! *Up to a million innocent Nigerians have been murdered in cold blood while an equal number are displaced and have become REFUGEES in their own country since this senseless war began in 2009! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! *2015 General Elections is at the DOOR! This is the most appropriate time to fish out the righteous men and women from among us and vote them to lead us into a new era of peace and tranquillity, according to the Word of God: “And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever and ever. “And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings and in quiet resting places.”[Isaiah.32:17-18]. And the Lord Jesus Christ has equally assured peace to all Nigerians; saying: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your be troubled, neither let it be afraid![John. 14:27]. Amen. If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com https://www.google.com/ +zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail .com .]

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 2. NO 62. 19-10-14.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS MUST PRODUCE IDEALISTIC LEADERS! It is an undisputable fact that there is a WIDE GULF of ideology between an Opposition Political Party and a Civil Rights Organization; yet, if an opposition force is credible and constructive, and civil rights programmes and intentions are genuinely masses oriented, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE in any clime would thrive and succeed! But an Opposition Party in Nigeria, for reasons of failure at elections would rather adopt an offensive posture and would be eager to find faults in every move by the incumbent administration! Goaded by its nomenclature, the Opposition interprets any policy action or inaction of a sitting government from negative perspectives, to always prove ineptitude. Until February 2013, when four major political parties, the Action Congress of Nigeria, [ACN], Congress for Progressive Change, [CPC], All Nigeria Peoples’ Party, [ANPP], and a faction of the All Progressive Alliance, [APGA], merged and fused into the mega ALL PROGRSSIVE CONGRESS, [APC] and brandishing the Independent National Electoral Commission, [INEC’s] approval of July 31 of the same year, there was no serious or credible opposition political party in Nigeria! OUR CONCLUSION IS THAT OUR PRESENT CROP OF POLITICIANS HAVE NO LIVER TO FORM ANY FORMIDABLE OPPOSITION because of the “winner-takes-all” syndrome which permeated the political scene since the new experiment at democracy from 1999, and which has introduced a sinister notion of regarding politics as a lucrative business venture which must be selfishly protected. Losers at elections now prefer to jump ship instead of fusing into a viable, formidable and constructive opposition pressure group, monitor and protect the interests of the poor majority who were usually used and dumped after elections! On Thursday 16 October, 2014, there was a change of guards in Ekiti State where a new Governor was sworn in for a four-year-tenure. Shortly after his inaugural speech SIXTEEN members of the former State Assembly announced their defection to the winning party! A WAVE OF “APOSTACY” HAS TAKEN OVER THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IN NIGERIA, PERILOUS LAST DAYS IN WHICH GREED AND AVARICE HAS BECOME THE NORM! (Please read 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5) THESE POLITICIANS ARE DETERMINED TO PERPETUATE THEMSELVES IN OFFICE THROUGH MANIPULATION OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESSES OF DISENFRANCHISING ELIGIBLE VOTERS FROM THE FORTHCOMING 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND “WIN” WITHOUT ANY FORM OF OPPOSITION! *Do not be deceived by Atiku Abubakar and Muhammad Buhari of the APC, who recently picked forms of intention to contest in the 2015 presidential race. They are only after the position and immense power attached to Nigeria’s prodigal presidential system which caters only for about TWO MILLION OF THE 170MILLION POPULATION! *Did you not witness the post-election atrocities and mayhem, sequel to Buhari’s presidential bid loss in 2007 and 2011 and how he has also threatened that more blood would still flow in 2015 if Jonathan’s PDP government rigged the elections? *Whether it is Buhari, Atiku or Jonathan, the driving force propelling them towards the ASO ROCK NO.1 SEAT is sheer greed and covetousness. They have all tasted presidential power but are INSATIABLE! THE WORD OF GOD SAYS: “Thou shall know the TRUTH and the TRUTH shall set you FREE, (John 8:32); and that glaring GOSPEL TRUTH is that none of these presidential candidates possesses LOVE OR EMPATHY for the poor masses of this nation; they only love themselves, members of their families and cronies! There are credible men and women of impeccable characters in this nation who are ready to serve the masses faithfully and ensure even distribution of the COMMONWEALTH, without fear or favour. This is the most opportune time for Nigerians to close ranks and reject their plans of disenfranchisement and insist on the CONTINUOUS VOTER REGISTRATION (CVR)! Although the Electoral Act 2010, Part III- Section 9(5), stipulates that: “The register of voters, updating and revision of the register of voters under this Section shall stop not later than 60days before any election covered by this Act;” and Section10 (1) says, “……there shall be continuous registration of all persons qualified to be registered voters……”; at designated registration venues; CVR or new registration, was conducted for only SIX DAYS (20-25 August, 2014) in ELEVEN STATES –Bauchi, Yobe, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kwara, Ebonyi, Anambra, Ondo, Oyo, Delta, Cross River and Federal Capital Territory[FTC], by INEC and stopped, SIX MONTHS TO THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS! In spite of massive protests and petitions across these States and FCT, INEC maintained that it would not entertain further CRV until after the 2015 elections! On Friday 17 October, 2014, INEC announced that the Third and final phase of the distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards [PVCs], would take place from 7 9 November, 2014, in 13 States, namely: Lagos, Kano, Rivers, Adamawa, Borno, Edo, Imo, Kaduna, Katsina, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun and Plateau. This exercise would be immediately followed by CVR in the affected States for only FIVE DAYS, from 13-17 November, 2014. INEC claimed that PVCs and CRV exercises were earlier conducted in Ekiti and Osun States because of the governorship elections held recently and had also distributed and conducted the PVCs and CRV exercises in 21 States and FCT this year, in the Phases I and II of the electoral programme! Not withstand that INEC has flagrantly abused the electoral process by delaying until few months before conducting these vital masses franchise exercises, which the Electoral Act STIPULATES AS CONTINUOUS, its management still has the audacity to issue the following warning quoted bellow: “The electoral commission warns that only electorates with permanent voter cards will be allowed to vote during the 2015 general elections and advises eligible voters to cross check their names in the displayed voters register. “Those who registered before but do not see their names in the displayed register are to register during the continuous voter registration exercise. “The CVR exercise is not for those who wish to transfer. Those wishing to transfer should write to the resident electoral commissioner [REC] in their new states of domicile well before the election, as no transfer will be approved less than 30 days before the election”! *The Commission also advised those who have lost their cards to similarly communicate in writing to the REC of the local government area of their registration for a replacement which must be done not less than 30 days before to the election. *The meaning of continuity is a progression that should not be bridged or breached! The Electoral Act 2010 as amended is very clear in its statutory stipulation that VOTERS REGISTRATION EXERCISES MUST BE ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS FROM ONE ELECTION PERIOD TO ANOTHER; but from all indications from 1999 to 2014, there had been an orchestrated plan to always disenfranchise eligible voters in every election so that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], will remain perpetually in power! *Is it not very obvious that Professor Attahiru Muhammad Jega and his INEC Management Team are playing other scripts outside of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution and the Electoral Act 2010? *Can INEC, as the electoral body responsible for the forthcoming general elections’ claim they are not being intimidated to destroy the Nigerian Dream of a free nation, detached from the shackles and manacles of 100% Corruption which most politicians of this dispensation represent? *Before he assumed office on 8 June, 2010, Jega had a distinguished record of being a left-wing, or socialist-inclined, radical personality of a reformer who believed very much in the welfare of the masses unlike his predecessor, Maurice Iwu, who was adjudged to have conducted the worst election in the annals of this nation! * With INEC’s disobedience to the letter and spirit of the Electoral Act 2010 which Jega swore to uphold, can this former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities [ASUU], be further trusted to righteously and faithfully conduct the 2015 elections? *Can this defiant who vehemently opposed Ibrahim Babangida’s Military Government in the 1990s, muzzle his innate marxism ideals against these desperados in government? *Voter and Civic education has become imperative now if citizens must prevent the forthcoming 2015 elections from going the way of the others since 1999! *All Civil Society and Civil Rights Organizations MUST intensify efforts to move en-mass to educate voters especially at the grassroots and ensure that they are fully prepared to elect only credible candidates into positions of governance! *We need not emphasize that to ensure democratic and successful elections, voters needed to be sufficiently knowledgeable and well-informed on the electoral process of how to identify credible politicians and political parties through their ideologies, manifestoes and most importantly on how to check their antecedents and pedigrees! *Globally, it is the fundamental duty and primary responsibility of a sincere government and its election management team to educate citizens on all aspects of voting up to their civic duties on election days, but where there is deliberate plan to disenfranchise the Citizens, Non-Governmental Organisations [NGO’s], MUST intervene with Godly precision to bridge the gap! *We recommend creative approaches of spreading the 2015 general elections information through educative posters, leaflets, hand bills, tracts and public awareness activities of radio jingles, songs, comic strips on television and internet campaigns; to ensure that all eligible voters – especially, the RURAL MEN AND WOMEN, have access to the needed information and participate intelligently in the voting process! *On Wednesday, 28 November, 2012, Attahiru Jega told Nigerians that, CONTINUOUS VOTERS REGISTRATION [CVR] EXERCISE, WOULD COMMENCE NATION-WIDE; but the first set of the inconclusive CVR exercise took place for only SIX DAYS in 11States and FCT, in August, 2014! *JEGA cannot afford to be compromised! As a tested and proved intellectual of very credible, impeccable and outstanding pedigree; [though it is said that “every man has a price”,] we of this editorial board, put our integrity on the line, that JEGA would not disappoint the TALAKAWAS of this great nation! *Hear the WORD OF GOD, ATTAHIRU: “Thus saith the LORD to His anointed, to Attahiru, whose right hand I have holden to subdue the ELECTION RIGGERS before him: …… I will go before thee, into 2015 and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron which they have structured to impede your integrity; I the LORD have spoken!” Amen. *Nigerians need to vote for righteous and upright leaders who would correct the negative image of CORRUPTION which has stuck upon this nation like LEACH and steer our fragile democracy ship across the turbulent seas, storms and swarms of marine predators of the deep, to a coastal shore of economic buoyancy, security, peace, tranquillity and stability! *Have you noticed how our YOUTHS (future Nigerian leaders), are being transformed into NAIRA HUNTER AMBASSADORS AND HOW THEY WERE PRESENTED AS SHRINE SACRIFICES AT THE EAGLE SQUARE ON SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER, 2014, BY THE CHIEF PRIEST WHO LOST HIS VOICE THROUGH DIVINE INTERVENTION? *Did you know that, at the last count, there were over 500 Youth Groups who have been brainwashed with the Doctrine of Continuity Cross-country Rallies – though they have no CREDENTIALS, which are, concrete evidences of exposure to quality and continuous education or regular employments promised to graduates during the last elections to show for their troubles! From all indications these Youths forgot the Word of God which says: “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. While the sun or the light, or the moon or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain.”[Ecclesiastes.12:1-2]. *But, did they not receive momentary cash rewards which may be “sufficient gratuity to secure their future?” Definitely, those politicians, who thrive in manipulating Nigerian Youths to despise moral and spiritual values, and embrace the worldly pursuit of monetary gains, will have GOD to contend with because no sinner will escape divine punishment! Amen. If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.comhttps :// www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .]

O' JESUS CHRIST FRIEND OF SINNERS ,TOUCH ALL HEARTS ,THAT ALL MAY KNOW YOU!

       ZION B-BC   NEWSLETTER.

[ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ]   { VOL. 2.  NO 52.  10-08-14.}

ZION B-BC Newsletter is 52  Weeks  Old, Hurray !

*This Edition is a TRIBUTE to the thousands of our esteemed   Readers, Followers and Viewers [Home & Abroad].

GLOBAL TRUE FEDERALISM MUST BE OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL!

“GOD’S CONSCIOUSNESS”, was the title of the very first edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter, published on 18-08-13.

Here are some excerpts: “If you are conscious of the existence of God and you have accepted His son Jesus Christ, as your Lord and Saviour, then you are in a position of a cordial relationship with Him. It is written, ‘Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.’ [II Cor. 5: 17]; meaning that God in His infinite mercies terminates the ‘old man’ of sin and replaces him with the ‘new man’, the Lord Jesus Christ, the saviour of the world. However, certain attitudes of man can still disqualify or alienate him from God’s holy presence. For instance, a constant life of iniquity, in the midst of a carnal world; [Isa.6:5, cp. V.1-4 and 6-8], must be shunned because the LORD, in grace, requires that none should perish, ‘…..but that all should come to repentance.’ [II Pet.3: 9]. ”Since our debut, Biblical doctrines on spiritual discernment, reverence, obedience, worship, adoration and glorification of our Creator, remained permanent reference issues, running through every edition. In the Biblical account of CREATION and not the scientific theory of EVOLUTION, God completed His assignment in seven calendar days and not several centuries! Through the first human couple, Adam and Eve, world population has multiplied into over SEVEN BILLION mass of people across the length and breadth of the Earth, as God commanded in the Book of Genesis: 1:28-29.   What we have today as technological high-definition and digitalized world, began as a result of the global dispersion of the multitude, who ingeniously produced an architectural master-piece, embarked on the construction of a city and a sky scrapper, biblically known as the TOWER OF BABEL that would reach to the Heavens!    According to Genesis.11:1-9 account;

*the whole world (ie. the post dilluvian remnants of the universal flood), had one language and a common speech;

*they moved eastward, found a plain called SHINAR and settled there;

* they moulded and baked bricks thoroughly, substituted bricks for stones and tar for mortar, for the ‘laudable project’, because of the scarcity of stone and mortar in the region where they intended to make a name for themselves so as not to be scattered by God, over the face of the  earth!

*In verses 5-9, of this biblical account, (compare,Gen.10:8-13), God perceived that their motive for unity was self-aggrandizing, rebellious and designed to dominate His creation. He therefore, confused their language and scattered them over the face of the whole earth!

Those self-conceited leaders, no doubt bequeathed the idea of autocracy and despotism to the present generation, who had consistently suppressed popular opinions in respect of TRUE FEDERALISM and were always ready to kill and maim to maintain status quo of being the overlords with the iron fists!

ARE THEY GOD CONSCIOUS?

Look around you and observe the wide gulf between the rich and the poor, the dichotomy between the lifestyles of leaders and their followers and you would not need a soothsayer to tell you that majority of world leaders are in government to get rich at the expense of the poor masses!

In the EARLY CHURCH GOVERNMENT, there was the close-knitted fellowship among believers in which no one lacked the basic necessities of life because all available resources were distributed according to NEEDS! [Acts.2:42-47; 4:32-37].

What obtains now in most nations is the greedy acquisition and brazen possession of the COMMONWEALTH by a minority group who also, with impunity, deploy security agencies, funded with tax-payers money, to oppress any form of opposition by the people.

 *Recently, a similitude of the “Tower of Babel” conference was replicated in Nigeria when 492 wise men and women, were gathered together from the six – geo political zones to brainstorm on how to move the country forward!

 But it ended abruptly through Divine  intervention because it was another conduit pipe of sharing the NATIONAL CAKE  to some few in the divide-and-rule game by the incumbent administration, to keep the Nigerian masses in perpetual slavery in their  own fatherland! Is not an undisputable truth that all monies that accrue to the Federal and State governments of Nigeria and other nations of the world ARE SQUEZED FROM THE BLOOD AND SWEAT OF THE SO-CALLED COMMON PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, WHO IN TURN ARE TREATED WITH DISDAIN IGNOMINY!

 In spite of the fact that the 492 hand-picked delegates could not reach consensus on the REAL ISSUE OF TRUE FEDERALISM because of hidden motives and agenda which were already revealed to GOD, over N7billion naira went into selective pockets in respect of an issue that was a ‘done-deal’, before commencement!

*THEY HAD TO FAIL BECAUSE GOD CONFUSED THEIR LANGUAGE!

(1) They were divided over Derivation Principle, ie. the percentage to be paid to Mineral Producing States(Areas)!

(2) Most delegates from the North supported that the current 13 per cent derivation formula should remain.

(3) The Southern delegates, demanded between 21.5 to 50 per cent!

(4) They also disagreed over the recommended, Stabilization, Reconstruction and Development Fund, for the States that were ravaged by insurgency and terrorism!

(5) These disagreements lingered for seven days, July 8 to15, 2014, when “50 wiser men and women” were selected by Mr. Chairman and his advisory team, to ‘think-tank’, for the rest and report back on August 4, 2014!

(6) In view of glaring North and South divide, they believed that the period would create avenue for wider consultations with their “home groups” and also enable them to collate other recommendations that would be forwarded to Mr. President in August 2014!

(7) Acceptable terms of co-existence between the diverse tribes and tongues could not be reached as conference wound up in view of the polarization of interests!

(8) They described the contentious issues as TECHNICAL IN NATURE and that ONLY MR. PRESIDENT could handle them by setting up ANOTHER COMMITTEE comprising, professionals, experts, advisers and technocrats! All delegates voted in agreement to the recommendation!

 The conference which began in March, was originally scheduled to hold for three months, but was extended to enable delegates finish the onerous task which could pave way to ironing out contentious areas of the constitution that needed urgent amendments.

Is it not very clear, even to the dumbest, that the gathering was a mere diversionary ploy to paved way for CONTINUITY since the assignment had been returned to sender uncompleted!   

Their major assignment was to ‘Chart a New Nigeria of our Dreams’, and re-structure the platform to ensure a feasible system, that would embrace all interests of the diversified people!

 Nigerians, (except the politicians), have all complained about wastages in governance since the adoption of a presidential system in 1999 which encouraged stupendous appropriation on salaries, allowances and other emoluments like gratuity and pensions after FOUR YEARS of the politicians “service” to the nation!

We have witnessed mass looting of the treasury through failed leadership policies which have produced emergency billionaires who now terrorize the impoverished Nigerians with siren-fitted, bullet-proof Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs), and state-of-the-art PRIVATE JETS which have forced both the, commercial and NIGERIA AIR FORCE aircrafts out of our airspace, in spite of the airmen indispensability at this critical moment of insurgency!

Modern World leaders cannot practice the True Federalism of the Early Church

because, most of them are agents of Satan who, as the prince of this world in charge of all ephemeral and mundane things, controls their minds and hearts to trust only in physical possessions and not the truth of the Word of God which says, “Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life…..what shall we eat…..drink……wear?…..for the pagans run after these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” [Matthew. 6:25-34].

The adoption of True Federalism (TF), as a system of government should henceforth be the only acceptable norm in every country of the world for the following incontestable reasons:

* TF, is the real path, the Biblical  ‘narrow road’, that leads to life/secured future and only few find it. [Matt.7:14].

*TF creates room for more decentralization and greater devolution of power.

*TF allows for States to develop at their own pace with less dependence on a CORRUPT AND INEPT CENTRE!

*TF creates the enabling atmosphere for massive infrastructural and socio-economic development of the various parts of the country which, in turn, allows for healthy economic rivalries among the Federating States.

*TF creates the platform of financial empowerment for States to contribute quality percentages of earnings from natural resources to the centre for expedient and critical national expenditures.

*TF could also be in the form of a bigger sub-national structure of Nigeria’s six-geo political zones, instead of the creation of additional States, which would give every corrupt political jobber the opportunity of being addressed as an “Excellency”!

Although the Conference accepted the recommendation of its Committee on Politics and Governance, to return Nigeria to a ‘true federal structure’, with the States as federating units, and for States to create local governments as they deemed necessary, they FAILED TO REJECT THE PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM of massive fund wastage, which has engendered systemic and endemic corruption to the detriment of the masses!

The United States of America, a nation of immigrants, populated with over 300 million people of different nationalities, stands out to be the best democracy the world has ever known because its governance is based on the principles of True Federalism!

We dedicate this edition to you our esteemed global DEMOCRATS, who share the authentic views on the WEEKLY ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER and encourage you to speak out against bad governments and leaderships; form PRESSSURE GROUPS and demand for TRUE FEDERALISM in your various countries, from Africa to the Middle East, Arabia, Central Asia,  Nepal, India, Pakistan, European States, Iceland, Greece, the Far East, China, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Russia, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Canada, Java, Sumatra, Porto Rico; etc.! Your government officials exist to serve you because you are the source of their authority!

 Always remember that you are “SOVEREIGN” IN THIS SOCIAL CONTRACT OF DEMOCRACY! YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE YOUR GOVERNMENT AT THE POLLS IF IT DOES NOT SERVE YOU JUSTLY!

 Let us keep the democratic flag flying!

 If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer:      

Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations.  Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord.

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ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 2. NO 61. 12-10-14.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). MO IBRAHIM’S FOUNDATION IS A MISPLACED PRIORITY FOR AFRICAN PRESIDENTS! A Sudanese-British philanthropist and Communications Entrepreneur, Dr. Mohammed “Mo” Ibrahim was born at the end of the Second World War, grew up in the African Continent that is allergic to modern civilization/ digitization and also piloted by several self-centred, corrupt and avaricious leaders to the detriment of their illiterate masses! In 2006, he established a Foundation with a focus on the critical importance of credible leadership to actualize his cherished dream of good governance amongst the present crop of African Presidents, through a very generous monetary retirement benefits, bigger than the Nobel Price! The Foundation aims to ensure meaningful change on the African Continent by providing tools to support progress in government by defining, assessing and enhancing leadership qualities among African Presidents while in office. Presidents are monitored by various organs of the Foundation to identify the developments achieved in poverty alleviation, education, industry, manufacturing, sustainable and equitable prosperity etc. At the end of tenure in office, on an annual basis, one exceptional and incorruptible President is awarded by an independent committee with a Prize money of $5Million US Dollars initial payment plus $200.000 per year for life – an amount that is believed to be the world’s largest-exceeding the $1.3Million Nobel Prize! In addition, such a President is globally highlighted as a ROLE MODEL and Africa continues to benefit from the experience and expertise of his exceptional leadership as he is enabled to continue in other public roles on the Continent. The Mo Ibrahim’s Foundation defines governance, “as the provision of the political, social and economic goods that a citizen has a right to expect from his or her State and a State has the responsibility to deliver to its citizens.” Sadly, African Presidents have not measured up to the lofty ideals of this honourable organisation as only THREE of them have received the exorbitant prize money in EIGHT YEARS and the logical conclusion to this “APATHY” is their ALLERGY TO CHANGE! Most African Presidents venture into office to savour the power, pomp pageantry, spoils of office and consequently amass all the corresponding wealth which accrue in the process of time, to the advantage of their families and cronies; not the masses! Accountability in office is taboo because their hidden agenda is to perpetuate themselves and conduct government as private property which assets were never declared since the nation’s funds are usually invested to amass more wealth to the advantage of the ruling class! Whereas, the purpose of the laudable Foundation is to challenge those in Africa and the world to debate what constitutes excellence in leadership, the standards of credibility set for the prize are high and the number of eligible candidates, very few, which makes it most unlikely for the coveted prize to be awarded annually. Most African Presidents cannot wait or depend on philanthropy after the opulence of office where there was opportunity to appropriate billions of dollars to themselves and this attitude has rendered Mo Ibrahim’s Foundation a moribund venture from inception a shattered dream and a misplaced priority! It is common knowledge that good testimonies were always celebrated while bad ones are kept secret. This explains why the super-rich African Presidents would rather keep mute over their assets and leave the inquisitive to keep guessing! The following quotation was the outburst of the Nigerian President, who in 2013 during a Media Chat exhibited anger against being coerced into public assets declaration: “The issue of assets declaration is a matter of principle. I don’t give a damn about it, if you want to criticise me from Heaven. The issue of public declaration, I think is playing to the gallery. You don’t need to publicly declare any assets. If I am somebody who wants to hide, it is what I tell you that you will believe.” We cannot blame Mr. President from being very blunt, after all, the size of a leader’s purse, reveals the transparency portfolio of government because it is POSSIBLE FOR SOME PRESIDENTS TO BE RICHER THAN THEIR COUNTRIES! On 9 August, 2007, as Vice President, Mr. Jonathan bowed to pressure and publicly declared a total net worth assets of N.295.304.420.00 Billion, because he had “nothing to hide”, according to his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs! We believe that this issue might be very delicate and dicey - seven years after the last declaration- because that figure would have attracted more deposits in form of salaries, allowances, interests, commissions and might be astronomical to provoke PUBLIC PANIC AND OUTCRY ON THE EVE OF AN ELECTION YEAR! We were also informed that before 1999, Mr. Jonathan – as a civil servant -declared his assets on seven consecutive occasions and therefore empathize with his frustration and outburst! However, we counsel that the time is now ripe for Nigeria to re-apply to join the global anti-corruption body called OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP [OGP], which boasts of the membership of SIXTY major countries since investiture in 2011 and to which Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and South Africa are members and which is now viewed globally as a mark of a country’s high transparency standard. Nigeria was rejected twice because of negative corruption indexes of previous years! OGP emphasizes member governments’ commitments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption and use new technologies to strengthen governance. Last week Wednesday, the social media came alive with the news of the categorisation of world’s richest AFRICAN PRESIDENTS and KINGS, by the US-website of ‘Richest Lifestyle’. Nigeria’s Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and King Mswati III of Swaziland, tied in the SIXTH position with an estimated net worth of $100million US Dollars each! Nigeria’s Aso Villa wasted no time in denying the report with a threat of litigation in the absence of retraction and apologies for the embarrassment caused to Mr President. Others on that list from the first position are: 1.Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola -$20BillionUSD; 2.Mohammed VI of Morocco, -$2.5Billion USD; 3,Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea,- $600Million USD; 4.Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, -$500Million USD;500Million; 7.Idris Deby of Chad, $50Million; and 8.Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe,- $10MillionUSD. It is certain that there would be more denials from the government and thrones listed on that website as the days go by. KING SOLOMON did not have to declare his net worth assets because he inherited all of them through GOD who made him the wisest and Richest King the world has ever known and would ever know, but the Bible still recorded the net worth assets of Solomon’s immense wealth as over $174.040.602.660.00Trillion US Dollars. [1Kings.9:1-10:29]. When riches and wealth are legally acquired, there would be no need for secrecy about public declaration as was confirmed by the Holy Spirit, in the case of our highly revered King of the Old Testament Bible. However the concern of our editorial board on these revelations has raised the following questions: 1. Were people forced or conscripted into public offices which demanded faithful allegiance and obedience to all statutory laws of government? 2. Do public officials believe in accountability to the citizens whom the constitution recognizes as the POWER BROKERS? 3. Do they realize that while in public office, they have become public figures- to be criticised, harassed or intimidated from time to time in respect of good or bad policies of government? 4. Why would they get angry or aggrieved for being subjected to the masses demands and agitations? The following, is the Bible’s record of King Solomon’s divine favour: At Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day. Now, O LORD my God, you made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?” The LORD was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will give you a wise and discerning heart so that there will never have been anyone like you nor will there ever be. Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for- both riches and honour- so that in your lifetime, you will have no equal among kings. And if you walk in my ways and obey my statutes and commands as David your Father did, I will give you a long life.”[1Kings.3:5-14] Can the Nigeria still boast of men like King Solomon who asked for the Spirit of Wisdom and Discernment instead of those of Riches and Vengeance? The answer is YES because CREDIBLE CITIZENS are now urging Nigeria to join OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP and entrench transparency in government as the necessary tool to turn the followership around for the necessary support and co-operation that would move the country to greater level of economic progress as we approach a new year of general elections which had been predicted by the detractors as a year of schism and break-up for our great nation. They have predicted a “casting down”, but we prophesy a “lifting up” for Nigeria and Africa! Amen If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.comhttps://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .] th

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 2. NO 60. 05-10-14.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). 54 YEARS OF NIGERIA’S “BREAD AND BUTTER” POLITICS! Politics in Nigeria is a game of moving in the direction of where your interests are best catered for; where your “bread is well-buttered”! No wonder the recently-concluded National Conference Delegates still endorsed the Nigerian CUSTOMIZED PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM of wastages in government through which most appropriations of the nation’s commonwealth are consumed by RECURRENT EXPENDITURES in every annual budget while CAPITAL PROJECTS of pseudo electioneering campaign promises, take the back seat! From Independence in 1960, the Nigerian politician had the penchant for opulence which he admired in the Colonial Master’s lifestyle during his long years of APPRENTICISHIP! He could hardly wait for the UNION JACK to be lowered for him to dip his hand into the PEOPLE’S TILL to consummate his covetous desires! Historians cannot easily forget the treasury-looting of the FIRST REPUBLIC championed by none other than the SECERTARY OF THE EXCHEQUER [Minister of Finance], custodian of the commonwealth and his partners in crime and the back-lash of several military coups and the lingering economic retrogression being witnessed 54 years on! Let no one deceive Nigerians about the economic jargons that the country recorded the highest Gross Domestic Product [GDP] In Africa and also adjudged the 26 in the world, when over 70% of 170million citizens live below the poverty line, (one US dollar and fifty-cents per day) and when more than 60% of able-bodied and employable youths, mostly university graduates are unemployed! What is the meaning of Nigeria being the ENTREPRENEURIAL DESTINATION OF AFRICA, when all businesses destined for Nigeria are usually hijacked by SURROGATES AND PORTFOLIO CONTRACTORS of those at the helm of affairs in Government! Let us beam the searchlight on all Ministries, Departments and Agencies [MDG’s] of Government and even the Household of God since independence and we will see exactly the abominable and detestable acts of covetousness, avarice, self aggrandizement, rivalry, back-stabbing and acts of all forms of idolatory, lying divinations, witchcraft and wizardry, which Prophet Ezekiel saw in a VISION in 597BC! [Ezekiel.8:1-9:11; 11:1-15; 13:1-23]. Those visions are still very real in this dispensation of the end-time! Are our Political Chief Executives and their stooges (since 1960), not been patronizing SHRINES, CHURCHES, MOSQUES, DIVINERS, SORCERERS, ENCHANTERS, FALSE PROPHETS AND PROPHETESSES, MARABOUTS, SOOTHSAYERS, FORTUNE TELLERS, METAPHYCISISTS, MAGICIANS and their likes to acquire, “power” to subdue the masses and remain in elective offices forever? Have the members of this present ruling party not boasted that they WOULD RULE NIGERIA FOR 100YEARS? On whose authority did they base their assumption if not on the occult support of Satan and his fallen angels? Their strategy is fashioned after the constitution of the venomous OCTOPUS, a sea creature with a soft oval body, which possesses EIGHT tentacles (very long and vicious arm-like parts round-about), with which it hunts for its preys! The Octopus never lacks in victuals with the advantage of its TENTACLES! In comparison, the Octopus in government employs the tactics of a well-conceived defection of its members (tentacles), to other parties to infiltrate their ranks under the pretexts of lack of “internal democracy” and after winning elections on those external platforms, return with a large crowd of compromised and covetous “new members”, to boost their ranks for subsequent elections! Right now, an unbridled athletic cross-carpeting and criss-crossing from one political party to another, has become the order of the day in Nigeria, as the 2015 General Elections approach without recourse to stipulations in the 1999 Constitution. Chapter 5, Part I, Sections 68(1-3), 69(a-b) and Part II Sections 109(1-3) and 110 (a-b), applicable to Federal and State Legislators, in respect of TENURE OF SEATS OF MEMBERS and RECALL PROCEDURE, stipulate that ABSENTISM AND DEFECTION, should be punished with the RECALL of defaulting legislators through petitions of loss of confidence by more than one-half members of their constituencies. The Constitution states as follows: “A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of which he is a member if….(1)(g), ….being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected: Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored;…..” *How many legislators have, members of their constituencies successfully recalled in the past 54 years, or especially, in the last 15 years of our fresh attempt at “democracy”, when, this attitude of defection became a free-for-all affair? A serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in a very recent televised global interview, affirmed that ideologies and manifestoes of major political parties were virtually the same – authored by one man – a late Minister of Justice and Federal Attorney-General of the Federation- which makes any of these parties a veritable platform through which politicians could express political ambitions! The Senator in question is an authority on the subject of CROSS-CARPETING, having migrated into FIVE parties within eleven years of THREE GENERAL ELECTIONS [2003-2014]! The Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], which took over from the military and has clung to power since 1999, controls and appropriates monies accruing from CRUDE OIL, AGRICULTURAL AND MINERAL RESOURCES sales, through annual budgets usually expended on juicy weekly-billion naira contracts by the illegal Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings, which is not recognized by the Constitution! Award of contracts is the responsibility of the, Federal Ministry of Finance as guided by the Appropriation Act/Due Process and not the party caucus! Many Nigerian politicians, the likes of our distinguished Senator, who lack scruples and purity of soul, always manoeuvre with well-calculated strategies to become members of any winning or ruling party, provided they could always have their regular shares of the “national cake”! Though corruption is not supported by the Constitution, accusations of corruption by the citizens are readily countered, resisted and denied by government officials! *Where is the forensic audit report instituted to unravel the “missing or unremitted” $20bllion USD from the financial accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC], by the Minister of Finance, several months ago? *Why would the ruling party operate, illegal financial accounts of the Sovereign Wealth Fund and the Excess Crude Oil, when the 1999 Constitution recognizes only one Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation, into which all accruable revenues of the Nigerian nation should be deposited? *From which of the above ACCOUNTS are the regular Legislators quarterly CONSTITUENCY ALLOWANCES of billions of naira paid? *Why was Transformation Agenda of Nigeria [TAN], a pro-Jonathan campaign organization, allowed by Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC], to freely campaign in the past one year for continuity in government, on bill-boards, television, radio and newspapers, to the detriment of the ELECTOTATE and in contravention of the Electoral Laws and process without legal sanctions? *How did President Jonathan emerge as the consensus candidate of the ruling party, in spite of the “GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT OF, ‘ONE TERM ONLY’?” *Why did the PDP’s faction of “Nigeria Governor’s Forum” [NGF], the National Working Committee,[NWC], the Board Of Trustees, [BOT], a faction of the House of Representatives members, the Women’s and Youth Wings, approve the consensus agenda? There is only one answer to all of the above questions: ENDEMIC CORRUPTION OF THE SYSTEM AND THE INORDINATE AMBITION OF THE NIGERIAN POLITICIANS SINCE THEIR CREATION BY GOD! Let us check the ensuing and very ugly portfolios of these carnal beings: (a)Those who had NO SHOES, aspire to break the former Philippine’s First Lady’s record of a wardrobe of 5.000 shoes! (b)Those who have completed the mandatory EIGHT YEARS as governors want to retire into the cosy chambers of the SENATE and continue the accumulation of wealth in addition to RETIREMENT BENEFITS of houses, vehicles, pension entitlements and employment of a retinue of paid-servants, which run into billions of naira of their States tax payers’ money! (c)All PDP Legislators, including the incumbent Senate President, intend to return unopposed; (d)The custodians of the Secretariat machinery are also poised to maintain status quo or be elevated into the POLITICAL PLAYING FIELD! Everyone in the ruling party is anxious about his/her “tomorrow”! HERE ARE SOME EXCERPTS OF THE INTERVIEW OF THE CROSS-CARPET RECORD HOLDER: (1)On corruption: “It is endemic in Nigeria…no nation is corruption free. The student who malpractices in examination, the Teacher who connives with candidates to cheat with answer sheets, the Parent who buys the original question papers in advance, are all corrupt…..in fact we are all corrupt to some extent! Lack of basic amenities of life and abject poverty in the society could also breed corruption.” (2)On appropriation: “No agency or statutory organ of government must expend funds without the legal appropriation by the National Assembly; any agency that indulges in such attitude should be sanctioned” (3)On rule of law: “President Jonathan is a gentleman who conforms with the rule of law….he is a man of liberal disposition!” (4)On Cross-carpeting: “This is the beauty of democratic principles….there is no difference in parties’ ideologies… “to jump ship” is a kind of revolutionary process since parties are mere platforms to prepare for elections.” *The distinguished Senator began his political career with the All Progressive Party [APP] and cross-carpeted in the following fashion to; Alliance for Democracy [AD], Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN], All Progressive Congress [APC], and back to PDP in that order; BUT NOW TO “CONTEST AS MR. GOVERNOR” in the 2015 General Elections, having thrown ethics and morality to the dogs! You cannot blame these set of gamblers who possess the common trait of GODLESSNESS and are always poised to either swim or sink in their selfish pursuit of ephemeral things of life! The ultimate pursuit of every child of God should be God’s Kingdom and His Righteousness. God is the one who enthrones and deposes those who are in authority according to His purposive Will! [Matthew. 6:25-34; compare John.2:12-17].What you need is GOD’S RECOGNITION FOR ETERNITY IN PARADISE. Amen. Fellow brethren, it is time to clear the AUGEAN STABLES, meaning that it is time to flush out those who reneged on their electioneering promises and have damaged the system with so much impunity believing that political power in Nigeria is their birthright. We implore you by the mercies of God not to sell your votes to those who are determined to enslave you and your generations yet unborn for 100 years! On Thursday 3 October, 2014, the ONDO STATE Governor and his entire cabinet of the LABOUR PARTY, including State and National Legislators also defected to the ruling party to support continuity! Would this fresh effrontery against our collective psyche and Constitution pass unchallenged? Also on the same day, the former Chairman of the ruling party, who predicted the most-covetous 100-year-tenure ambition, was also discharged and acquitted, of a 17-count alleged contract fraud committed in 2001, involving N176million Nigerian Naira, when he was Minister of Special Duties, but his partner was not so lucky, he bagged five years imprisonment, without option of fine! It is very advisable that all legitimate sons and daughters of GOD and bona-fide citizens should not be dismayed about these prevailing carnal events; there are still CREDIBLE MEN AND WOMEN among Nigeria’s over 170million population; let us fish them out, sponsor and vote them into office come 2015. THE MONEY-MONGERS SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO GOD’S IMMINENT WRATH AND JUDGEMENT WHICH WILL HAPPEN SOONER THAN LATER IN JESUS CHRIST’S NAME; BECAUSE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD ENCAMPS AROUND THOSE WHO FEAR HIM AND DELIVERS THEM! AMEN. If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.comhttps://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .]