In spite of the
universal acknowledgement that all men are created equal and possess divine
inalienable rights to life, liberty, equity, pursuit of happiness and
justice, we are still confronted with discrepancies of wealth and poverty, of abundance
and hunger, of opportunity and absolute neglect that issue from the ineptitude
of political and economic players in global democracies!
Unalienable rights cannot be surrendered,
sold, battered away or transferred to someone else, except in an autocracy,
despotism or in punishment of crime in accordance to the rule of law.
IF DEMOCRACY IS ACCLAIMED THE BEST FORM OF
GOVERNMENT, THEN THE WISH OF THE PEOPLE TO WHOM SOVEREIGNTY BELONGS MUST BE
PRIORITIZED!
We of the Zion B-BC Newsletter are ethically
and religiously sensitive to the doctrine of equity and feel anguished as
fellow human beings are reduced to the underclass of unemployed and aimless
citizens who have very slim chance of survival in countries that flow with
“milk and honey”!
Our divinely-appointed role is that of the Ombudsman,
who is committed to exposing bad governance, and selfish politicians in world
democracies – with Nigeria as Case Study – because we do not have a profound
PUBLIC THEOLOGY – a deep and broad concept of what GOD requires of humanity in
our public behaviours in this broken, divided, terrorised and threatened world!
A combination of very serious literary and spiritual
treatise in weekly dosages is served to our teeming readers in unique
and exquisite manner to sensitizing citizens rights in democratic
dispensations!
The Nigerian Project is the major focus of the
Editorial Board because the country occupies a strategic position as the
most-populous global black nation and one with the highest rebased Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) in Black Africa!
In spite of this economic “laurel” and in
spite of the fact that able-bodied but unemployed youths occupy between 65-70
per cent of the country’s population of about 200.000 million people, Nigeria
is very popular for CELEBRATING CORRUPTION!
Prophet Amos of the Old Testament Bible
period was remarkable for his outspokenness and prophecies against erring
nations, which cared only for the affluence to the detriment of the poor!
The tone of his message was set by the great
proclamation at the beginning of his prophecy that from Zion the LORD’s voice,
like the roar of a lion, will be heard in judgment. [Amos.1:2].
Beneath the respectable surface of material
prosperity, Amos uncovered the decaying mass of religious formalism and
spiritual corruption. [5:12, 21]. He points out the total disregard of human
rights and personality [2:6], and the deterioration of morality and social
justice. [2:7, 8].
The prophet had a remedy for the disease that
threatened the life of the nation: “….let
men seek the LORD, let them repent and establish justice and they might live.” [5:14,
15]. But to emphasize the hopelessness of the situation, the prophet warns that
those responsible for the evil in the land are not “grieved” over the
threatened disaster. [6:6]. Prophet Amos’ message was largely a “cry for
justice”!
Prophet Moses also cried to Pharaoh, “Let my
people go….!” Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, John the Baptist and even Jesus Christ
spoke against injustice!
THE CRY
FOR JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL NIGERIANS AND DIASPORIANS IS ALSO
OUR VISION, MISSION AND CONVICTION!
WE ALWAYS ANALYZE
GLOBAL ISSUES AS THEY UNFOLD! WE PUT
THEM IN THEIR RIGHT PERSPECTIVES..ALWAYS THE TRUTH!
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I am,
Yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886,
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