JUNE 12 SPIRIT IS ANGRY WITH NIGERIAN UNRIGHTEOUS LEADERS!

ZION B-BC   NEWSLETTER.  

(LOOKING AT NIGERIA'S POLITICAL SYSTEM FROM A GODLY PERSPECTIVE).

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JUNE 12 SPIRIT IS ANGRY WITH NIGERIAN UNRIGHTEOUS LEADERS!

For 27 consecutive years, the grieved Spirit of June 12,  hovered painfully and restlessly over the nation of Nigeria wondering why military/political leaders were so callous, wicked, insensitive, selfish, irresponsible, greedy and unpredictable in all manner of avowed socio-economic commitments with each passing administration, and pained that the unbroken chain of calamities that have  bedevilled the country could have been avoided if only the acclaimed winner of the 1993 Presidential Election, was not denied his mandate!

It so happened that the Military which accused politicians of avarice, aggrandizement, institutional corruption and maladministration from 1966 when they staged two bloody coups along ethnic lines, decided to sit tight, haven tasted the forbidden apple in a diarchy through which everyone rubbed each other’s back in a combined invasion/looting of the nation’s treasury!

“Unity In Diversity” turned out to be the sing-song doctrine passed on from Aguiyi Ironsi to Yakubu Gowon (who supervised a 30-month-long “Biafra War” between 1967 and 1970), to Murtala Mohammed, then from Aremu Obasanjo to Civilian Shehu Shagari who was dethroned by Mohammadu Buhari and who was also booted out by fellow soldier, Ibrahim Babangida, the CULPRIT WHO ANNULLED THE FREEST, PEACEFUL, POPULAR AND DEMOCRATIC, ELECTION WON BY MOSHOOD KASHIMAWO ABIOLA ON JUNE 12, IN A CATASTROPHIC, OUTRAGEOUS AND MINDLESS ONE-MAN DECISION WHICH HAS TURNED NIGERIA INTO AN ABATTOIR  OF CEASELESS FLOW OF HUMAN BLOOD FROM 23RD JUNE 1993 TO DATE!

That Muhammadu Buhari’s government now gave recognition to JUNE 12 as the new DEMOCRACY DAY which was first celebrated in the year 2020 was plausible; BUT could the belated gesture REDEEM THE BLOOD OF THOUSAND OF THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS WHO PAID THE SUPREME PRICE WITHOUT GOING TO A BATTLE FRONT or turn back the hands of the clock to 1st October, 1960, when the nation was birthed as an independent country, fresh, untainted and unadulterated by pseudo leaders! The Spirit of June 12 goes beyond an Executive Bill signed by Buhari in 2019, declaring the day as the new Democracy Day to replace the previous 29th May date!

Who says that bad leadership (immersed in institutional corruption) is NOT responsible for the quagmire of endemic INSECURITY baggage bequeathed from one administration to another till date, especially the Boko Haram insurgency that is in its 11th year of devastation in Nigeria? Why was it difficult to convince the Easterners in 1967 that SECESSION was not the solution to ethnicity or tribal challenges whereas in DIVERSITY RESIDES THE STRENGTH OF NIGERIA AS A NATION!

The disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ were all Israelites but not Galileans by tribe and when instructed to stay together in Jerusalem in order to receive the blessings of the Holy Spirit as “Another Comforter” in not too long a period, their obedience actualized the promise and also spread the Christian Gospel to the whole universe.

DIVERSITY SHOULD BE HARNESSED FOR STRENGTH!
Diversity is the recognition of individual uniqueness in spite of individual differences along political/religious beliefs, cultural differences, dimensions of race, socio-economic status, physical abilities/disabilities, ethnicity, age, different ideologies, sexual orientation, gender disparities and all the qualities that make people different and the united capability to harness uniqueness to advantage!
Is it not therefore very important that leaders should have pre-occupied themselves to recognise the different human traits/demographic characteristics of the people and how they could harness value/attitudes, occupational differences in skill/abilities etc, for the overall benefit of the nation in all fields of endeavours before attempting to venture into any elective office?
IN ALL OF THE FOREGOING HUMAN TRAITS RESIDES THE UNIFIED STRENGTH OF A DIVERSE NATION! The United States of America (USA) is a shining example of a nation of diversified immigrants which has tried very hard to be united in spite of the age-long dichotomy of Black/White race which is strongly opposed by modern and civilised Whites!   Nigeria as a nation endowed with a natural gift of diverse people of different tribes and tongues (over 250 and 500 respectively), needs to ask itself (whether the objectives of June 12, which foisted A MUSLIM/MUSLIM TICKET without consideration for tribal and ethnic bias), was actualized? The painful answer is NO! June 12 turned out to be a HOPE betrayed through the inordinate ambition of a soldier who wanted to sit tight in office at all costs!  

EVERYONE IS CALLING FOR THE HEAD OF BABANGIDA!
A former democratic Governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has joined the bandwagon of those calling for the head of military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, who was the arrowhead responsible for all the woes/tribulations that greeted the TREASONABLE JUNE 12 ANNULMENT, and insisted that a probe must be instituted urgently to bring him to book!
If June 12 had actualized, the elusive clamour of patriots for UNITY/EGALITARIANISM would have been entrenched and crimes and criminalities would not have festered at the present uncontrollable and alarming rate in which all citizens dwell in perpetual FEAR from day to day!

WHAT DID BUHARI SAY TO NIGERIANS ON JUNE 12? 
“Sustaining our democracy thus far has been a collective struggle, and I congratulate all Nigerians and particularly leaders of our democratic institutions on their resilience and determination to ensure that Nigeria remains a shining example of democracy.
“ .... I promise to frontally address the nation’s daunting challenges, especially, INSECURITY, ECONOMY AND CORRUPTION. I give account of my stewardship.....  “We have recorded notable achievements...... On the economic front our objectives have remained to stabilize the macro economy, achieve agricultural and food security, ensure energy sufficiency in power and petroleum products, develop infrastructure, fight corruption and improve governance.
“ We have witnessed eleven quarters of consecutive GDP growth since exiting recession. The GDP grew from 1.91% in 2018 to 2.27% in 2019 but declined to 1.87% in the first quarter of 2020 as a result of the decline in global economic activities due to the COVIC-19 pandemic.
“Every single economy in the world has suffered a decline. Ours has been relatively moderate, “In order to stabilize the economy, the Monetary Authority took steps to build the external reserves which resulted in improved liquidity in the foreign exchange market. The external reserves grew from $33.42 billion on April 29th 2020 to about $36.00 billion in May 2020 which is enough to FINANCE SEVEN MONTHS OF IMPORT COMMITMENTS.
“Agriculture remains the key of our economic diversification strategy. The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative programme continues to deliver significant quantities of affordable and high-quality fertilizers to our farmers. This initiative has also revived 31 blending plants and created a significant number of direct and indirect jobs across the value chain. “Government is also revamping the cotton, textile and garment sector via a CBN Textile Revival Intervention Fund that would considerably reduce foreign exchange spent on cotton and other textile imports. “Through the food security initiative, we are promoting ‘Grow What We Eat’ and ‘Eat What We Grow’.  I am also delighted that more and more Nigerians are taking advantage of the opportunities in the agriculture and agri-business sector. I assure you that government will continue to support Agriculture sector through the CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme and similar schemes..” The President also spoke extensively on security protection on farming investments; integration of rural communities to the formal economy by extending access to credit and inputs to rural farmers and the building of feeder roads. Non-oil exports got some mention as Cocoa and Sesame Seed increased by seventy nine point four million US dollars and one hundred and fifty three million US dollars.
Nigeria has risen by 25 places on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking from 146th to 131st and is now rated as one of the ten top performing countries. The Mining Sector is also receiving attention through the resuscitation of the Ajaokuta Steel Plant based on Government-to-Government financing and a Public-Private Sector financing – similar  activities are also evolving in harnessing the supply value chain in gold production. The critical Power Sector is also receiving adequate attention to meeting industrial development aspirations by tackling challenges that still existed in the delivery of power through different strategies – an existing agreement with SIEMENS OF GERMANY will ensure a total of 11,000 Megawatts by 2023, to serve Nigeria’s electricity needs! Government efforts on Road/Rail Projects, Aviation Sector and progress on the 2nd Niger Bridge were also given prominence in the presidential broadcast which mentioned that peace had been restore in the Niger Delta Region while impact of the new Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy on economic activities; access to quality Education to enhance productivity, affordable accommodation, desertification, total ban on open defecation, job creation, efforts at combating Covid-19 in Nigeria etc, etc also got some mention in the broadcast.

LESSONS TO LEARN FROM ANNULMENT OF JUNE 12 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!
Let’s imagine that the June 12 presidential election was allowed to debut and winners executed their mandates flawlessly, Military dictatorship would have terminated in1993 and Democratic Government nurtured to an almost perfection level because all the present security challenges – especially insurgency/terrorism/kidnapping would be non-existent – CORRUPTION would have no place in the polity because only men/women of probity would occupy positions of authority in government and there would be absolute peace all over the land of Nigeria! We believe that President Buhari could still achieve the lofty expectations of Nigerians for peace and tranquillity within the limited period of his second tenure for the SPIRIT OF JUNE 12 to be pacified and rested! “A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE!

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