The will of God In Nigeria

What is the will of God in Nigeria?
The will of God in Nigeria must
include that a Nigerian citizen be
comfortable, proud and self-
confident in his own country,
knowing that he is the subject of
the concerns and actions of elected
and other public officials and all the
institutions of government. That he
feels protected and at peace in his
country because his rights are
protected and his immunity from
abuse and harassment, from
governing officials, government
agents, landlords/landladies and all
kinds of “big men” and madams, is
guaranteed by the laws of the land.
And that he feels secured in the
knowledge that his right to partake
in the wealth of his country is
inviolable.
It is not the will of God that the
generality of Nigerians live in
insufferable social and economic
conditions because a
disproportionate percentage of the
nation’s wealth is stolen by a
privileged few. It is a perversion of
the will of God that the Nigerian
political class remains
contemptuously indifferent to the
continually increasing economic
plight of the Nigerian masses. It is
against the will of God that
government agents, especially, the
police, ride roughshod over
Nigerians and extort money from
them and arrest the innocent,
consign them to dirty, bug-ridden
and dingy cells; and demand “bail”
money for their release. And so on
and so forth.
Armed with the power of the word of
God and the sanctity of the pulpit,
the Nigerian men of God are not
confronting the societal vices
militating against the will of God in
Nigeria. Why are they not speaking
out against the forces of greed and
wickedness that are subverting the
will of God in Nigeria? Why are they
not asking our conscienceless rulers
to change their evil ways, and stop
looting the national wealth? Why are
they not urging them to obey the
laws of the country and uphold their
political and moral responsibilities to
the Nigerian people?

Extracts from the men of God and the will of God in Nigeria by Tochukwu Ezukanma writes from
Lagos, Nigeria. maciln18@
yahoo.com