The Naija Dream

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 Martin Luther King jr. had a dream, that dream was the American dream, that dream is finally being lived today-the Obama phenomenon. In Nigeria, we hope that things will get better, we hope to have a better nation but then I wonder “what is the Naija dream?” we are talking about rebranding Nigeria but into what if I may ask? do we have a naija dream? is there one common hope, one common purpose one common goal, vision, objective or we hope to rebrand naija into a multidimensional, diverse, visionless nation?

The diversity of tongues that we have is seemingly a negative rather than a positive. This reminds me of the biblical story of the tower of babel where diversity of tongue was what God used to put disunity among man and stop the achievement of their gargantuan goal of reaching heaven -  a feat which God himself said was achievable hence the drastic measure!

In Nigeria, what is obtainable is different people coming into office with their individual goals and what often happens is a new administration overhauls most if not all of the things that the previous administration has done, then beginning theirs which of course will not be completed during their tenure before a new government comes in and the cycle continues making it seem like there’s no development in the country when in actual fact, each developmental effort is always aborted!

until we have unity of purpose and speak the same language (figuratively), Nigeria may never achieve her potentials neither will her people be proud citizens in the committee of nations.

What do you think?

IS THERE A NAIJA DREAM?

RCCG and the APC desperation

 The desperation of the two major political parties leading to the 2015 general elections in Nigeria is such that may have not been witnessed in the democratic history of our nation. From bickering to name-calling, massive propaganda and even leveraging on brands and religious institutions such as the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and even, the personality of its General Overseer, Pastor E. A Adeboye the parties have ensured that they stop at nothing in swaying the electorate to their side.

One co-incidence too many is that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been at the fore-front of manipulating pictures, videos and stories relating to the G.O to suit their agenda. Recently, Pastor Adeboye had to put out a disclaimer via his facebook page stating that the church does not have any political alignment and would not use its platforms to portray such for any candidate or party despite one of his pastors being the vice-presidential candidate for the APC.

Recent developments beyond the phone call allegations leveled against same party is the desperation being exhibited by impersonators claiming to be senior Pastors of the RCCG, meeting with several pastors across the country and claiming Pastor Adeboye sent them informing them to embrace “change” and vote APC. However, an attendee at one of such meetings was wise enough to verify from the leadership of the church in one of such states and was informed there was no such directive in fact, there can NEVER be such directive given the earlier disclaimer put out by the G.O himself.

It is evident the APC are “not afraid” of soiling the person, character and brand of Pastor Adeboye and the RCCG all in a desperate bid to get to power. If the church has intentionally stayed out of politics leading to the 2015 general elections, I wonder why this party is employing deceit and other forms of propaganda, smearing the church and her G.O because if someone is so desperate and negates the fear of God in the process, I wonder if/she he can be trusted.