"BY THIS TIME TOMORROW .......... NIGERIA WILL BE UTOPIA!"

ZION B-BC   NEWSLETTER.  

(Looking at Nigeria's Political System from a godly Perspective).

A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. [VOL. 7. NO 247. 6th May, 2018.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You   Free! (John.8:32).

"BY THIS TIME TOMORROW .......... NIGERIA WILL BE UTOPIA!"

Successful global democracies were not founded on bed of roses! Visions were conceptualized with ideas to conceive well-planned expeditions which were executed by determined/dedicated people who believed in exploring new frontiers to spread civilization for better living conditions.
To achieve their quests, they had to face serious challenges ranging from security, to health, weather/climate, environmental changes, hostilities/wars with indigenes of new found lands or settlements etc.

History is replete with stories of the dangerous exploration/expedition experiences of the founding fathers of the various exisisting continental countries without which, many of today's inhabited places of renown would been expansive habitations of WILD LIFE! The United States of America (USA), and the United States of Nigeria (USN), are TWO global countries that stand out with distinctive similarities for our case study on how determined people were able to change the course of history through divine inspiration which empowers Man to possess, subdue, and have dominion over the Earth, and also to be fruitful, flourish, multiply etc. but not without challenges!

AMERICA AND NIGERIA WERE FORMER BRITISH COLONIES!
The Nigerian and the American history cannot be narrated without giving immense credit to the FOUNDING FATHERS; like Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Anthony Enahoro; George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and the others, whose determination to change "servants to  masters, and slaves to lords" and whose persistency and consistency to either negotiate or to go to WAR with their COLONIAL TASK MASTERS; and also their tenacity of purpose to achieve the seemingly impossible, gave them outstanding qualities beyond their contemporaries of the 18th and 19th Centuries respectively!

History revealed that one 15th-Century Italian adventurer, Christopher Columbus, discovered America while he was in fact trying to find a westward sea passage to the Orient but landed in the New World, just like the Scottish Explorer of West Africa, Mungo Park, who set out to discover the true central portion of the River Niger in 1795 but eventually died at the BUSSA FALLS in an attempt to reach the source of the river! Long before Mungo Park, Columbus, arrival in 1492 started the European colonization of the Americas with settlements spanning a period between 1600 and the 1770s when thirteen British colonies of about 2.5 million population eventually came into existence, but subsequently had to fight  a CIVIL WAR to severe relations from Britain by declaring Independence on 4th July, 1776, while Nigeria now with 36 States, had its share of a civil war, shortly after independence in 1960!

BECAUSE INDEGENES had weird dispositions to European adventurers, the colonialists had rough times to possess their lands but they always succeeded to fulfil their ambitions of establishing new settlements and to extend CIVILIZATION to remote areas of the world which would have remained DARK CONTINENTS, had they not pursued their intuition!
America in 242 years of its independence as a united country (4th July,1776 - 4th, July, 2018), can boast of strong /iron-cast institutions that run the social contract with the people and determine their limitations ACCORDING TO THE LAW - a condition which is akin to the new drive by Nigeria, which is determined at 58 years to borrow a leaf from this accomplished world power by following suit to also ensure the establishment of VERY STRONG AND RELIABLE INSTITUTIONS, instead of strong personalities that would naturally fade off!
Whatever the American Law states remains an established command that must be obeyed by all citizens - including the President, who is regarded and acknowledged as the most powerful in the world. That was why President Donald Trump could not "bulldoze" the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), into submission, in the cover-up attempt by the Executive to sweep the alleged Russian Government involvement in the hacking of Mrs. Hillary Clinton's website to favour the incumbent president in winning the 2016 US Presidential Elections!

Nigeria is much more determined to even do better than the US - under this divine dispensation of God - headed by President Muhammadu Buhari, who, at the invitation of Donald Trump, visited the Oval Office, to consolidate a new and fresh US-NIGERIAN relationship, through various bi-lateral discussions, negotiations and agreements favourable to both countries in commerce, industry, manufacturing, agriculture, power/energy and most importantly, supply of war armaments of the TWELVE TUCANO FIGHTER JETS -  procured at a sum of USD $ 496 million dollars - thus reversing earlier ban on supply of military weapons and hardwares to the country by the Obama Administration!

THUMBS UP FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON THIS ONE! BRAVO!
With this new support by the most-powerful nation in the world, Nigeria, under the watch of President Buhari, will definitely push harder to end the recalcitrant Boko Haram terrorism once and for all and also bring to book all corrupt Nigerian politicians who believe they are "UNTOUCHABLE", recover all looted funds, and ensure that all of them are sent to rot in prison according to the LAW - as it obtains in the United States - Nigeria's formidable ALLY! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD MAKE A U-TURN TO FAVOUR NIGERIA IF IT WERE NOT FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION!

DETRACTORS OF NIGERIA WILL COLLAPSE IN THE TWINKLE OF AN EYE!
Detractors have predicted that the Nigeria of their imagination would not survive the rehabilitation, reconstruction, and re-invention of the economy, and the pursuit of safety and security measures of government for its citizens, and have therefore formed a new COALITION comprising of SOUTH WEST, SOUTH EAST AND THE MIDDLE BELT DO-GODDERS which has begun fresh campaign of CALUMNY by spreading prophecies of DOOM THAT THEIR CONCEIVED NIGERIA WAS ON THE PRECIPICE OF COLLAPSE AND BREAK UP - without proffering one credible solution to end the incessant killings by armed herdsmen, who have turned out to be the MONSTERS they created while in government, just as the BOKO HARAM!

We prophesy that Nigeria will be divinely-secured and bask in the euphoria of a bubbling economy! IS THERE ANYTHING TOO DIFFICULT FOR OUR GOD TO DO?  THESE EVIL TIMES WILL PASS AWAY ACCORDING TO THE ORACLE OF GOD IN ZION - AND "BY THIS TIME TOMORROW, THIS NATION WILL BE UTOPIA"! The criminals will repent and surrender to lawful authorities and PEACE will prevail from North to South and East to West!
UTOPIA is a condition of absolute perfection! A state of completeness where thoughts, motives, intuition, drive etc, unite to exhibit a righteous administration where none is molested, rejected, insulted or sidelined in social, political, or economic affairs of the STATE and where all activities are righteous according to the LAW and oversighted by men and women of integrity, probity, and impeccable antecedents!
Utopia is a state where, LOVE, TRUTH, FAITHFULNESS, SINCERITY AND RULE OF LAW PREVAIL!
Utopia is a classic country where only the GUILTY are sent to the GUILLOTINE and the RIGHTEOUS are vindicated, recognized and rewarded to encourage good people to participate in governance! It is a society of LOVE - crime-free, corruption-free, hate-free, tribalism-free, nepotism-free, and without religious bigotry etc.
Utopia is a place of PEACE, TRANQUILITY, SERENITY, BLISS, JOY AND HAPPINESS! To the uncouth, the doubter and the unbeliever, this could be just a dream adventure, but it would happen TOMORROW and Nigeria will be the "NUMERO UNO", THE CYNOSURE OF ALL EYES - THE NUMBER ONE NATION, THE COMMERCIAL, ECONOMIC AND INVESTMENT DESTINATION IN AFRICA, HIGHLY RATED FOR TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNANCE, DEVOID OF HUMAN RIGHT ABUSES AND HIGHLY-ESTEEMED FOR COMPLIANCE TO ALL INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND CONVENTIONS!

PROPHET ELISHA'S PROPHECY WILL COME TO PASS IN NIGERIA!
During the OT Bible times in the nation of Israel just as in today's Nigeria there were several churches, mosques and many worship centres. There were also many "men of God", prophets, pastors, imams, marabouts etc. - genuine and fake! But there was one anointed and highly-revered Man of God called, Prophet Elisha, who carried DOUBLE ANNOINTING OF HIS MENTOR, PROPHET ELIJAH (THE FIRE PROPHET), WHOSE GENUINE  PROPHECIES AND MIRACLES WERE UNPRECEDENTED IN ISRAEL AND WHOSE PROPHECY OF TERMINATION OF FAMINE AND DIVINE RELEASE OF ABUNDANCE IS ABOUT TO BE FULFILLED IN NIGERIA TOMORROW!

When the nation of Israel suffered an unprecedented hunger through a SEIGE by the Syrian King and his army, total food scarcity across the nation precipitated CANIBALISM as citizens BOILED THEIR CHILDREN FOR MEALS! But the Prophet Elisha, pronounced these word of prophecy quoted as follows: "TOMORROW ABOUT THIS TIME, SHALL A MEASURE OF FLOUR BE SOLD FOR A SHEKEL, AND TWO MEASURES OF BARLEY FOR A SHEKEL, IN THE GATE OF SAMARIA!" (Please read 2 Kings. 7 - 1- 19).

The prophecy came to pass! Those who believed enjoyed the abundance while, “a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.....fell and died according to the word of Prophet Elisha, for he was trodden upon by the surging crowd"

WARNING FOR DESPISERS OF THE WORD GOD! Henceforth, GOD will not spare the enemies of Nigeria who do not believe in DIVINE INTERVENTION in the affairs of men! What befell the doubter of the Word of God in the above narrative would definitely be their portion! “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.’’ (1Sam 15:22b)

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.

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.

I am, yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08098194390.  08080243066. g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com.

DOES THE HOOD MAKE THE MONK? [THE NIGERIAN YOUTH: 1960-2018].

ZION B-BC   NEWSLETTER.  

(Looking at Nigeria's Political System from a godly Perspective).

A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. [VOL. 7. NO 246. 29thApril, 2018.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You   Free! (John.8:32).

DOES THE HOOD MAKE THE MONK? [THE NIGERIAN YOUTH: 1960-2018].

When Microsoft inventor and Philanthropist Bill Gates, came visiting Nigeria in March 2018, at the invitation of Africa's richest man and business mogul, Aliko Dangote, he emphasised the urgent need for the nation to critically re-engineer its Human Capital Architecture in order to achieve economic viability by the year 2020 and also completely eradicate Poverty before the set time for the actualization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).

The two personalities from Europe and Africa, just like FACEBOOK inventor Mark Zuckerberg, an outstanding global achiever and NAIRALAND founder, Nigeria's 'Seun Osewa, whose site records more than One Million views daily among the top 1,000 sites in the world, should serve as role models for the serious-minded and patriotic Nigerian Youths, because they did not allow initial educational challenges to stop their ambitions to get to the top! While Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard to pursue their interest while 'Seun Osewa, dropped out of University of Ife, from an Electrical Engineering Course in 1998, at a tender age to make success of Nairaland!

There are TWO - albeit - THREE groups of Nigerian Youths:
(1). Patriotic and determined youths, who believe in acquiring good education in order to give back to the society;
(2). Those who have flair for vocational/professional engagements theatre arts, acting, drumming, fashion designing, tourism, welding, motor/tri-cycle repairs, drivers, builders, traders, including land cultivation/animal husbandry - which have now engaged prominent national attention;
(3). Youths with poor academic assimilation who believe in SHORT CUTS AND "FREEBIES", who were always available as evil tools/pawns in the hands of dubious Nigerian politicians or fake Religious leaders!
These last set are the rabble-rousers, who have lost hope of any form of positive achievements in any business endeavour - these, who are classified colloquially as; "LOW LIFES", are those that are bent on truncating the nascent democracy which the present APC Administration is building for the TALAKAWAS!
They have neither respect for God, the LAW, nor for lawful authorities, parents or elders, not even the Executive President and Commander-in-Chief, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria!

NIGERIAN YOUTHS PASSIONATELY HATE THE TRUTH!
Since Wednesday, 18th April, 2018, several Nigerian Youths (between 18-60 years), had thrown caution to the wind to vet tirades of anger and venom against the FATHER OF THE NATION, President Muhammadu Buhari, through several derogatory, abusive, insulting and libellous comments, statements/articles on the internet social media and all tabloids across the globe, in a manner as had never been witnessed before, because he said, "MOST NIGERIAN YOUTHS WANT EVERYTHING FREE WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING."

Reports have it that the President, in a keynote address on "Making Business Easier Between Commonwealth Countries" also said, during the Commonwealth Business Forum  in Westminster, London, that those youths preferred to do nothing because they felt that Nigeria was an oil-rich nation, adding, " We have a very young population, our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million. This is a very conservative one. More than 60 percent of the population is below 30, a lot of them haven’t been to school and they are claiming that Nigeria is an oil-producing country, therefore, they should sit and do nothing, and get housing, healthcare, and education free."

Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Mr. 'Femi Adesina, who was present at the forum said the President never described ALL Nigerian Youths as lazy. According to him, the President said, "A LOT OF NIGERIAN YOUTHS ARE LAZY AND NOT ALL YOUTHS", during a discussion/question/answer session at the said forum. The presidential aide attributed the imbroglio to manipulators and twisters whose stock in trade was to lie in wait to make mischief. He said that elementary English recognizes a wide gulf between "a lot of" and the word "all", and he queried, how can "a lot of them" suddenly transmogrify to mean "all of them?" Mischievous and unconscionable! He also said that the focal areas of the administration; securing the country, reviving the economy and fighting corruption were actually intended to give youths a future and a hope!

But in a swift reaction, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, convener of the "Bring Back Our Girls" #BBOG, described 'Femi Adesina's defence as sheer "semantic obscurantism", as her father would have described it, adding that it "would have made sense to sincerely apologize on this legendary misspeak of our President.@MBuhari than to rush out with these acrobatics of "A Lot of is Not Equal to All".”When shall his media team learn? Been almost four years. I mean, FOUR YEARS. Haba", she concluded!

IS PRESIDENT BUHARI'S ADMINISTRATION, "ALMOST FOUR YEARS" OR "FOUR YEARS Haba"? HOW WILL OBY'S FATHER DESCRIBE THIS MISSPEAK OF HER DAUGHTER? PERHAPS, "SEMANTIC CONFUSIONISM"?

OUR EDITORIAL COMMENT: This will be the umpteenth time that we will be writing on our ebullient and boisterous Nigerian Youths! In some past editions i.e., Vol. 3... No. 80, of 22nd February, 2015, "AGONY OF THE NIGERIAN YOUTH [1999-2015]; Vol. 4. NO. 118, 15th November, 2015, "MUST NIGERIAN YOUTHS BE DRAGGED INTO THE TRAUMA OF VICIOUS DECEITS AGAIN AND AGAIN BY PDP"? And VOL. 7. NO. 237, 25th February, 2018, NIGERIAN YOUTHS ARE NOW BACKED BY LAW TO CHOP "GOVERNMENT MONEY", we had graphically charted the cultural, traditional and spiritual traits/mien of the NIGERIAN YOUTH vis-a-vis his/her relationship to their immediate environment and perception of world-view as offsprings of a THIRD WORLD DEVELOPING AFRICAN NATION and have come to the unsavoury conclusion that the slow pace of education/civilization was responsible for the serious set-backs which they now grapple with in a fast-growing global village of high-speed Information/Space Rocket Technology!

IN THE BEGINNING OF PRO-CREATION: When the GOD OF CREATION, assessed the failure of the full-grown ADAM (Genesis. 2:7; compare 3:6), He sent him and his wife out of the Garden of Eden to begin the process of pro-creation, according to His blessings upon mankind in Gen.1:26-30, having equipped him with the art of sense of duty and hard work. (Gen. 2:15-17). Children are God's heritage and they are to fill and replenish the Earth. The New Testament talks about the call to duty and how LAZY PEOPLE WHO REFUSED TO WORK, SHOULD NOT EAT! (2 Thessalonians. 3:10-11).

The first offspring’s - Cain and Abel - were into Agriculture and Animal Husbandry while their descendants diversified into, Hunting, Brazier (worker in brass), Brick maker, Builder, Foundry, Aquaculture etc,  as the world progressed into the Dispensation of Human Government.
God did not give room for any form of laziness! The TRUTH must be told that there is plenty of room at the TOP but every aspirant must passionately desire to pursue his/her course diligently with dedication, consistency, persistency, devotion and resilience before SUCCESS could be guaranteed! Must we lose sight that all Nigerian leaders (past or present), started off as YOUTHS before they acquired those positions in life! More importantly, Nigerian Youths should understand that there is no short-cut to success except through dint of hard work! DOES ANY NIGERIAN LAW STOP ANY NIGERIAN YOUTH FROM CULTIVATING THE LAND LIKE ADAM? SHOULD THEY OPT FOR THE PRESIDENCY AND OTHER TOP POLITICAL JOBS WITH THEIR MILK TEETH BECAUSE THERE IS MUCH ILLEGAL LOOTING OF THE TREASURY AMONG UNPATRIOTIC POLITICIANS?

APC WILL NOT STOP DETERMINED NIGERIAN YOUTHS FROM SUCCESS! Outside of the concerted efforts by the APC Governments at Federal and State levels in almost THREE YEARS, to fight insurgency, ensure security and eradicate endemic institutional corruption, utmost priority was placed on improving on YOUTH EDUCATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT.
More than 50% of the children of school age who were roaming the streets have been absorbed into the educational mainstream, over one million of the university graduates, have been gainfully employed through the N-POWER PROGRAMME, (at the Federal level alone), while millions of able-bodied youths are working  at all the resuscitated textile factories, manufacturing industries, Ajaokuta Steel Industry, several construction firms, the oil and gas sector - where SHELL will soon upgrade the stakes through an investment of USD $ 15 billion dollars - that would create more employment opportunities that would gradually eradicate poverty from the polity!

PRESIDENT BUHARI’S COMMENT IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR LAZY YOUTHS ACROSS THE NIGERIAN NATION!
"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to ALL people." (Proverbs.14:34). Lazy able-bodied/employable youths believe in SHORT CUTS to the top or to making illegal money, having wasted good opportunities to acquire education or vocations while growing up. Check the following list below and come to your own conclusions!
WHO ARE THE UNPATRIOTIC CITIZENS INVOLVED IN: CYBER CRIME, POLITICAL THUGGERY, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, INSURGENCY, TERRORISM, PASTORAL/FARMERS CLASHES, HERDSMEN KILLER GROUPS, MILITANCY/BRIGANDAGE, ORGANISED MILITIA GROUPS, NIGER-DELTA MILITANTS, O'DUA MILITANT GROUPS, ISLAMIC BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS, DISORDERLY SHI'ITE MUSLIMS RELIGIOUS FANATICS, DANGEROUS DRUG PEDDLERS/USERS, SMALL ARMS/AMMUNITION PROLIFERATORS AND USERS, SMUGGLERS OF CONTRABAND GOODS, MONEY LAUNDERERS, BANK FRAUDS/CURRENCY COUTERFEITERS CERTIFICATE FORGERS/EXAM MALPRACTICES EXPERTS; ETC.  THEY ARE THE NIGERIAN YOUTHS OF 1960-2018 OFCOURSE!!!
"Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." ( Proverbs.29:18).

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.

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.

I am, yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08098194390.  08080243066. g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com.

IMF'S LATEST RATING INDICATES POSITIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA!

ZION B-BC   NEWSLETTER.  

(Looking at Nigeria's Political System from a godly Perspective).

A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. [VOL. 7. NO 245. 22ndApril, 2018.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You   Free! (John.8:32).

IMF'S LATEST RATING INDICATES POSITIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA!

In 2016, the Economic Management Team of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Federal Government set up the Presidential Enabling Business Council (PEBC), as a strategic move aimed at boosting trade investments at all levels according to its ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, which is one major plank of its SIX PRIORITY AREAS OF OPERATIONAL CHART to the citizens of Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari, promised Nigerians, (especially the downtrodden), on assumption of office on 29th, May, 2015, that he would expressly tackle the burning issue of insecurity posed by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, and restore confidence of safety among the citizens, ensure righteous governance through eradication of corruption and urgently boost/restore the dwindling economy.

With the PEBC in place in the following year, government's deliberate and determined posture to create an enabling environment for EASE OF DOING BUSINESS by both local and foreign investors, earned Nigeria 24 points on an Business Index published by the World Bank in 2017!
While the Buhari Administration was determined and focused on fulfilling those promises through the National Social Investment Programme, (NSIP), Central Bank's Anchors Borrowers Scheme, for aggressive diversification into the Agricultural Sector, and the National Cash Transfer Programme (NCTP), to the poorest of the poor, the major opposition PDP, which for 16 years, destroyed the nation's economy, castigated all efforts to revamp it and vowed with impunity, to regain power at the centre in 2019!

But since Nigeria is a major economic bloc and investment destination in Africa and by extension, globally, friendly international bodies/financial institutions had consistently kept watch over all of its economic activities to assess progress/achievements for the major purpose of supporting recommending and charting the way forward.

Because Nigeria is determined to be counted among the first 20 successful world economies by the year 2020, President Buhari ignored all distractions and endured hardness like a soldier of Jesus Christ. "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." (2 Timothy, 2:4).

Detractors of this divine administration had always failed to acknowledge the truth that Muhammadu Buhari is the ANNOINTED SON of the Living God, purposely sent on a mission to clear the "Augean Stables" and purge the entire mess of corruption and impunity of past administrations, in order to create the enabling opportunities for job employments and by extension, total eradication of POVERTY in a land that is "flowing with milk and honey"!
Come to think of it, is Nigeria not flowing with milk and honey and even Crude Oil? There is no part of the country that is not suitable for massive agricultural investments; there is no STATE that cannot generate sufficient revenue internally to cater for its citizens if the managers are RIGHTEOUS AND GOD-FEARING!
There is no State that is not endowed with at least, 10-14 economically-viable natural mineral resources (from BITUMEN TO COPPER, ZINC, TIN, COAL, GOLD, even URANIUM), which, if commercially harnessed will supply sufficient IGRs and also enrich its population for positive living!
But, the 16 years between 1999-2015, were the dispensations of satanic agents who robbed, plundered, destroyed and desecrated the economy of the precious land with ignominy and impunity and also exhibited the brazen audacity that they would go unpunished! We can assured them that sooner than they expected, divine judgment would come heavily upon them except they urgently REPENT AND MAKE RESTITUTION!

THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF), LIKE THE WORLD BANK; has boldly supported the Nigerian Government's economic measures through the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP), which was launched on Wednesday, 5th April, 2017, and geared towards total elimination of trending inflation on goods and services which to some extent has prevented the large masses of citizens from enjoying the dividends of democracy so far achieved in spite of the fact that the nation is out of recession!
The globally-accredited financial institution says that the economic blue-print (ERGP), was yet to impact significantly on the non-oil/non-agricultural activities/inflation rate and needed to be fast-tracked!
Some of the factors responsible for the slow pace of achievements which the agency also highlighted included, proliferation of non-performing bank loans, weak revenue generation, excessive foreign loan servicing, an aggressive government BONDS, which has almost snuffed out PRIVATE INVESTMENT participation, glaring poverty environment and visible unemployment statistics etc.

It is an undisputable fact that the damage done to Nigeria's economy during the PDP era was colossal and its re-vamping was definitely going to be Herculean and for this very reason, all the efforts of the APC Administration in still less than THREE YEARS, seemed to look insignificant to detractors and undiscerning minds - but the reforms and the achievements are very real and very glaring - like THE STILL WATERS THAT RUN DEEP!

INTERNATIONAL UMPIRES ARE CREDIBLE!
It is gratifying to know that this new APC Administration under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari has immense credibility before patriotic Nigerians, accredited international communities and agencies because the government is TRANSPARENT in all of its social contracts with the masses. The 2017 figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), confirmed that Nigeria's economy recovered from recession after contracting for five consecutive quarters since 2016, with a new growth rate of 0.55%.
NBS further explained that the new growth rate, year-on-year, was 2.04% more than the rate of the corresponding quarter of 2016, which was -1.49%, but higher by 1.46%, recorded in the preceding quarter of 2017.

IMF's major concern, which is in tandem with Nigeria's ERGP, is that the nation should not slide back to recession in the nearest future. The agency believes that the country could be vulnerable unless urgent measures were implemented to capitalize on the gains from favourable rising oil prices in the international market, new foreign exchange measures by the Central Bank, the attractive yields on government securities, the tighter monetary policy regime and increased external reserves, which rose astronomically to a total of USD $46.210 billion dollars in March, 2018, a phenomenon that was not witnessed in the last four years! In addition IMF advised Nigeria to address the current high inflation rates in the economy as precipated through the banking industry, insecurity, delayed fiscal policy response and weak implementation of structural reforms which are risks that beset realistic economic recovery!

"WHAT ERGP STANDS FOR” - WAS PUBLISHED ON PAGE 3, (9th April, 2017); IN OUR VOL.6. NO.191 EDITION. BELOW ARE SOME EXCERPTS.
"In a very expository treatise by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr 'Femi Adesina, before the launch date, Nigerians were told that the vision of ERGP was one of sustained inclusive growth which a nation needed to drive a structural economic transformation with emphasis on improving both public and private sector efficiency. He also provided the following salient reasons for an urgent but steady implementation of the laudable Plan. That the Medium Term ERGP, which has amongst its broad strategic objectives, restoration of sustainable, accelerated inclusive growth and development; investing in the people and building a globally competitive economy is also aimed at increasing national productivity to achieve sustainable diversification of production, significantly grow the economy and achieve maximum welfare of the citizens beginning with FOOD AND ENERGY SECURITY!
The Plan is a pointer to the type of Nigerian that the people desire in the short to medium-term and encourages the use of science, technology and innovation to drive growth, promote national cohesion and social inclusion in which Nigerians are the ultimate beneficiaries of more inclusive growth which is rooted in the core values that define the Nigerian Society as enshrined in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution, notably, discipline, integrity, dignity of labour, social justice, religious tolerance, self reliance and patriotism and requires all citizens and stakeholders to adhere to these principles.
"We recommend that ERGP Document must be taken over by the National Orientation Agency (NOA), of the Federal Government for incisive grassroots understanding through dissemination of its content by well-trained officials, to the 36 States and the 774 Local Government Areas, so that there would be an avenue to monitor the level of implementation by government and to also require accountability as at when due. The required cooperation by the citizens would equally be ensured if State Governments were also carried along."

President Buhari was not put in the saddle accidentally like his predecessors since 1999-2015! He was spiritually, mentally and physically prepared for the arduous and onerous task of the presidency and above all, was anointed by the Almighty God! (Isaiah. 44: 28 - 45:1-4). HE IS, "MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO"! A MAN OF "SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY"! THE PRESIDENT GOT STANDING OVATION AT THE 72ND SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN NEW YORK FROM 19TH-25TH SEPTEMBER, 2017, AND ALSO AT THE AFRICA UNION (AU), SUMMIT IN ADIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, WHERE HE WAS NAMED AS "AFRICAN ANTI-CORRUPTION CHAMPION"! ALSO AT THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING (CHOGOM), 18TH-20TH, APRIL, 2018, PRESIDENT BUHARI WAS THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER AFRICAN HEAD OF GOVERNMENT WHOM BRITAIN AND OTHERS ESTABLISHED BI-LATERAL ECONOMIC AND SECURITY AGREEMENTS WITH IN VIEW OF NIGERIA'S STEADY AND FOCU!SED ALL-ROUND PROGRESS!

Buhari's moving train will move on and deliver to the TALAKAWAS all of the dividends of democracy according to the letters and spirit of the SOCIAL CONTRACT until 29th May, 2023, when all the rogues and vagabonds of past administrations would have been stripped of all stolen COMMON WEALTH monies/properties and sent to prison where they would ROT! Amen.
WE PROPHESIED TWO GLORIOUS TERMS OF IMPECCABLE SERVICE TO NIGERIA BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI! IT WILL COME TO PASS BECAUSE HE WILL WIN THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITH A LANDSLIDE MARGIN! Amen.

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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. 

I am, yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08098194390.  08080243066. g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com.