Nigerians and the use of God’s name

Nigerians behave as if they own God. This may have been heightened by the abundant natural resources in our country.

The natural resources in Nigeria close the gap on the natural resources of the entire world. We now believe God is a Nigerian.

Some Nigerians also use the name of God glibly to perpetuate their evil doings. It is, in fact, a business for them. That is why the generality of Nigerians reduce arguments to God as if to mock or tempt Him.

A Nigerian can be heavily intoxicated with alcohol as a habit and yet drive out urging God to take care of his irresponsibility. He will pay school fees, build personal and worship places with looted money yet pray that God should eradicate corruption.

In the impending 2019 election cycle, Nigerians are going to be invoking the name of God to win election at all cost. Presently, God’s name is pervading the atmosphere.

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In the journey to 2019, a lot of people who do not like President Muhammadu Buhari would eventually support him because he is deft at using Nigeria’s security system to win elections. And so people are trooping to him on that pedestal. One sure way of supporting Buhari is that they would claim God directed them to support him.

God always! Without doubt, having God in our national life is an advantage, but we must not scorn true worship in the face of rot in the country. By now, we should be wary of political leaders whom we know ripped us off mentioning God.

By now, we should be wary of mentioning God in our political life. We have heard that noise too much. We can hardly connect such leaders to good governance. They would tell us about God to weaken our guards. Nigeria has suffered this from façade since independence.

Azibola Omekwe, Abuja.