NO MORE STREET PROTEST, TAKE OVER 2023 IN PEACE!

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. 9.NO 380. 22nd  November, 2020.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). . PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

NO MORE STREET PROTEST, TAKE OVER 2023 IN PEACE!

For thirteen consecutive days (8th-20th October, 2020), brand new and well-organized Nigerians youths, held very peaceful street protests across the federation - federal and state capitals – such as had never been witnessed before - with one voice to demand for justice, equity and fairness in the discharge of security obligations to all citizens from whom government derived its power and authority to function!

Bona fide and patriotic Nigerians should give credit to these youths who had and still have good intentions for not embarking the war path (in spite of the fact that they were the aggrieved, traumatized, brutalized, disembowelled), in all of the new political arrangement through the unleashing of cruelty against them by those who should protect them!

Can the citizens easily forget that after about TEN days of consistent peace among the youths in their various locations especially at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos and the Unity Fountain, Abuja, and in some Northern State Capitals, “parallel government-sponsored touts” emerged to counter the advocacy of #End Sars, #End Police Brutality, by demanding that the notorious Police outfit should not be disbanded!

INSTITUTIONALLY-SPONSORED HOODLUMS, THUGS AND A CONFUSED MILITARY!

With all the facts available to OFFICE OF THE CITIZENS, and all Information Communication Technology (ICT), collated/documented evidences; videos, bullet pellets, human blood specimens etc, collected especially at Lekki Toll Gate Plaza and other venues of protests, plus international verifiable news reports by CNN (US- based news agency), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which are already before the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the Hague, Netherlands, that the so-called hoodlums/thugs who unleashed mayhem were institutionally sponsored, how would the federal government information minister erase all the evidences against his country and “SANCTION” the international news agency/agencies for publishing false reports or fake news?

Did he suddenly forget that the Nigerian Army has officially admitted (after initial denial), that they were present at the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza to disperse the peaceful unarmed protesters and “fired only blank bullets and not live ammunitions” into the air and not at the crowd though it has been alleged and reported that at least 12 or 42 dead bodies of innocent future youth leaders were cleverly carted away by the soldiers to destroy evidence?

“THE LIFE OF THE BODY IS IN THE BLOOD”!

Nigeria has earned for itself the notoriety for being classified as a TERRORIST NATION where human life is NEITHER PRECIOUS NOR SACRED and for this obvious reason, blood-letting has become the order of the day across board! Precious lives are lost daily through senseless killings by terrorists, bandits, local/foreign Fulani cattle herders/rustlers, armed robbers, kidnappers, police/army stray bullets, land disputes, etc, but RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT would erase such calamity!

ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY IN NIGERIA!

Massive and unbridled institutional corruption of 60 years!
Deliberate and non-incentive posture toward education policy which annually voted between 3-6% of annual budget instead of UNESCO recommendation of 26%
Over 13million of uneducated roaming children of school age are yet to be taken off streets!
Social injustice, gender discrimination, tribalism nepotism, religious bigotry, acrimony, bias, etc.
Lack of good health care facilities beyond the reach of the “ordinary man” and lack of regular access to food potable water!
Unemployment of able-bodied youths, lack of jobs opportunities with living wages!
Double digit inflation of 14.8% announced by NBS, coupled two consecutive Negative in Q2 and Q3 have ushered in a new Economic Recession in the current Q4 of October-December 2020!
Politics of self aggrandizement which cared less for its citizens condition of lack of social amenities/welfare programmes, redirecting funds to building elephant projects that become moribund infrastructures instead of empowering its Human Capital Assets!
Election of semi-illiterates and dullards into political offices through selling and buying of votes of poverty-stricken electorate by money bags!
In spite of the fact that Nigeria has the highest GDP in Africa, over 90% of the population dwell in abject poverty!
Absence of strong institutions and economic infrastructures that could stand the test of time!
Incessant warfare/conflicts, brigandage, banditry, insurgency, terrorism resulting in continuous destruction of lives and properties!
Environment calamities like storms, floods, wild fires global warming etc, always aggravated poverty level of victims of such calamity who dwell in poor rickety habitations!

WHEN BUHARI BECAME THE NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN!

His manifesto of a three-prong agenda promised:
Assurance of adequate and very tight security against all forms of insurgency, terrorism, vandalism, etc, for citizens to dwell in safety.
War against corruption in all its ramifications and
Re-jigging of the Economy to boost/local/foreign investments portfolios and encouraging “ease of doing business” and eradication of poverty!

DID THE PRESIDENT PERFORM WELL IN ALL AREAS OF PROMISES TO THE CITIZENS?

In all fairness, he performed fairly well in his first term, considering all variables of PDP’s hand over of an almost empty treasury after 16 years of maladministration from 1999-2015; a looming/threatening economic recession in view of the squandermania attitude of past administration which put all the monies in the politicians pockets instead of the Citizens’ Social Contract Programmes; and the terrorists occupation of 17 Local Government Areas in Bornu State, North East Nigeria!

Slowly but steadily, President Buhari and his economic management team headed by the Vice,  were able to confront the ailing economy headlong and within the third/fourth quarters of the 2017 Budget year, overcame the recession and got the economy back on steam and on its feet! He also recovered billions of stolen government funds in both local and foreign currencies through the EFCC, individual restitution, voluntary refunds and plea bargains!

In the Security sector, he pursued, overtook and recovered all the 17 Local Government Areas, where Boko Haram terrorists flags had hither flown, routed their rank and file and captured several Prisoners of War (POWs)!
But in this second term it seems that the Sheriff has aged and gone to bed; entrusted the job in the hands of his KITCHEN CABINET, who must perform and report to his NEW Chief of Staff whom he has moreover placed above his cerebral Vice, Professor ‘Yemi Osinbajo, (SAN), who had proved on several occasions (when he was not sidelined), that he was more equal to TASK OF GOVERNANCE, than all of them put together!

OLIGARCHY IS ANATHEMA TO NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY!

“Oligarchy is the government of a few, by a few for the benefit of a few”, a system of administration currently romanced by APC, which concentrates on few political allies at the expense of the larger population has earned Nigeria the odious title of poverty capital of the world!  As a consuming economy, the President finds it difficult to initiate aggressive drive to re-engineer socio-economic projects!
Revolutionary diversification to agriculture from Petrol (now selling at $48 dollars), is still experiencing teething ache due insecurity through incessant banditry attacks on farmers!
Nigerians are tired of President’s Buhari’s repetitive propaganda of “lifting TEN MILLION Nigerians out of poverty In Ten Years” (i.e. 2019-2029), when APC would have long be forgotten, while he retires to his home State in Katsina from 29th May, 2023, and the nation’s  population almost doubled!

President Buhari should get cracking by disengaging himself from surrogates, boot-lickers and charlatans with whom he had surrounded himself since 2015 and have KILLED THE ARMY GENERAL’S SPIRIT with which he came on board five years ago (following three failed attempts – 2003, 2007, 2011), to complete the JOB of caring and fighting for the welfare of the POOR (TALAKAWAS), having been ousted as head of state in a military coup in 1985!

IT’S TIME FOR THE YOUTHS TO GET READY FOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN 2023!

Because institutional WASTAGES have become the bane of socio-economic development and has deepened through the game of “you rub my back and I rub your back” (a norm), between the Executive and the Legislative, patriotic Youths should get ready to monitor the TREASURY SINGLE ACCOUNT from now on!

In the FIVE years of APC Administration, the Executive  regularly forwarded FOREIGN LOAN REQUESTS to the latter for un-delayed attention and vice versa, the Legislative forwarded BILLS for the purchase of luxury automobiles (2015 and 2019), costing 14.14 billion naira and also N37billion naira for the Renovation of the National Assembly Complex (NASS), outside of their humongous salaries, monthly working allowances of N 3.8million per month and not excluding the SCAM of unexecuted annual Constituency Projects, to which billions of naira are allocated through BUDGET PADDING!
Nigeria’s total foreign and domestic DEBT now stands at 31.01 trillion naira and the Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning, announced last week that the Federal Government was poised to BORROW ANOTHER LOAN OF USD$ 750 million from the World Bank to cushion the effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on the 36 States of the Federation!  

YOUTHS SHOULD SUPPORT ADVOCACY FOR UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURE FROM 2023!

We on this platform have consistently advocated that President Buhari should, without further delay call for a REFERENDUM TO SHUT DOWN THE SENATE AND REDUCE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS FROM 360 TO 74!
Nigeria can now boast of a band of articulate, empowered, resourceful, unified, cohesive, focussed, ebullient, bonded and freshly branded YOUTHS rising from the ashes of 60 years of deliberate neglect, abandonment, disorientation, manipulation and disenfranchisement of all inalienable human rights!   However the equation has changed since the #EndSars, #End Police Brutality Youths Protesters engaged both the Federal/State Governments meaningfully and diplomatically to succeed in getting their Five-For-Five demands accepted and approved! “A stitch in time saves nine!”

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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.