BETWEEN SAINTOCRACY AND HYPOCRISY

I was perusing through the Holy Bible yesterday night ( i am a Moslem though ) and one of Jesus Christ's teaching got me rooted as it caught my fancy. He was talking about the Saduccees and Pharacees and their Hypocritical nature. These people, Jesus said would when they fast 'squeeze their faces' (Bone) , and start behaving irritational so that people around can know that they are fasting. Jesus continued by saying that these people where out and out pretenders who would preach to their people about one thing and do something in direct contravention to what they just preached about. He summarised his teaching there by talking about church goers. He thus ended with this phrase 'AT LAST, THE WHEAT SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE CHAFF WHILE THE GOAT SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE SHEEP' I strongly hold the belief that JESUS had Nigeria in mind when he was making these teachings because the above illustration aptly describes the Nigerian situation because Nigerians are out and out hypocrites who pretend to be what they are not. The average Nigerian is very religious , even to a fault yet morally corrupt, acts wickedly yet demands to be treated fairly, intellectually gifted yet uses his intellect in defrauding others, sentimental in passing judgement but yet demands fair trial and fair hearing where it concerns him directly. When a Nigerian tells you good morning, it is better for you to go outside to confirm if its really morning because the average Nigerian could be highly deceitful. That is why the INFORMATION MINISTER DORA AKUNYILI DID NOT BLINK AN EYELID WHEN SHE LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO THE EYES OF NIGERIANS TO TELL THEM THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEDED TO ASUU's DEMANDS EVEN WHEN SHE KNEW THAT IT WAS A LIE, YET SHE WOULD WANT FOREIGNERS TO BELIEVE THAT THE REBRANDING PROJECT IS NOT ANOTHER LIE. One would however be forced to ask why?Afterall Nigerians are the most religious people in the world and religious people are supposed to be morally upright. AA report has it that with any metre you walk, be sure to meet a church or mosques. In these places of worship, you would see Imams and Pastors preaching without ceasing about humility and moral purity but ask how many of them are humble. A pastor or Imam preaches about humility, but stillgoes around town in a convoy of flashy cars, siren blaring with with routine of bodyguards and you might be forced to ask, where is the humility? What about the average man in the congregration who hears the teachings of God week in week out and when in church, assumes the posture of a saint and a man who would never hurt a fly. Let him leave the church , you might be forced to wonder if this is man whom you saw in the church looking so pious. The above illustration is just an example of what obtains in Nigeria. This is one of the reasons why Nigeria has been a failure in every sphere of life, with other African countries catching up and leaving Nigeria behind in the race for success. Have you ever stopped to ask yourselves why less religious countries like USA, ENGLAND and even even idol worshipping INdia are far more successful than Nigeria? At least, one might be forced to assume that God should love Nigeria more because Nigerians worship him more. But i have bad news for you, God cannot be decieved as he knows that inside the heart of hearts of that Nigerian who goes to Jumat every Friday never misses a single day in the month of Ramadan observed his Salat without ceasing and who goes to ASALATU every sunday, is the heart of a wicked, selfish and pretentious man who cares only about himself and cares less about his neighbour. That is why i am always wary of those FELLOWSHIP boys and girls who believe that they are above board and can do know wrong.Knowing what these people do in their closet would shock you. That is why God cannot prefer the average Nigerian to the American who doesnt pretend that he is more morally upright than his counterpart but who cares for his neighbours. The leader of the Boko Haram Sect, MOHAMMED YUSUF encourages his members to shun anything western as he says that they are evil, but yet, he cruises about town in a 2009 JEEP, his house is filled the the most recent Gadgets from the USA but yet would not allow his members to use them, or is it about a popular Pastor who asks his members not to watch TELEVISION but has a Television in hos own house. These amongst other examples show the nature of Nigerians or what about those SOUTH SOUTH LAWMAKERS WHO PROMISED TO GO ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF THEIR PEOPLE BUT YET 2 WEEKS ON, THEY DONT LOOK LIKE SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE HUNGRY FOR 2 WEEKS AS THEY LOOK ROBUST AND WELL FED. THE average Nigerian loves to play to the gallery so that he can be seen as a super hero or why do you think OSHIOMOLE was doing all his show boating when he was NLC leader? That was because he wanted to contest for Edo State Governor! My conclusion? The more we continue to pretend and feign Godliness, the more we would go backward as no country can thrive on falsehood. I REST MY CASE www.knuckleswithoddy.blogspot.com

DECIEVERS AN DECIEVEES

That the industrial action embarked upon by the ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF UNIVERSITIES almost two months ago still thrives is heartbreakingly disheartening. It is even more heartbreaking that the 'GENUINE' attempts by the Federal Govrnment to solve this imbroglio is truthfully ingenuine, wicked, deceitful,callous,and animalistic.Even more embarrassing is the way the Federal government has been going about the whole thing. They are not bothered but come, why should they? Their children do not attend this abhrrations that we call Universities here.Instead, they attend IVY LEAGUE Universities abroad and are tutored by well motivated Lecturers unlike the Hungry lecturers here. Their children are lecturerd by teachers who earn so much that they earn higher than political office holders, unlike what obtains here, where EDUCATED ILLETRATE COUNCILLORS earn higher than university Professors. Why then should you think that our leaders are worried about our plight? Have you forgotten that while this strike was still going on, The MINISTER FOR EDUCATION SAM EGWU held a 250 MILLION naira party to mark his 25th wedding anniversary and also to mark his birthday. In ideal climes, he should have resigned but like the average Nigerian, he would never resign even in the face of glaring failure. ASUU have been losing their public sympathy of late because of the way the Federal Government has been blackmailing them as been greedy, selfishly self-serving people who do not have the Interest of the Nigerian students at heart. Perusing closely at ASUU"S demands, money is the least to them. Remember that the Federal Government recently increased their salary by 40 percent which they rejected. To them, it goes beyond money. What they are asking for is that our Universities should be upgraded from its PARIARICH of status being GLORIFIED SECONDARY SCHOOLS to standard world class Schools or even if semi-worldclass. Remember that a sub standard University can only bring about a sub standard graduate who doesnt know his onions and cannot hold his own among his peers anywhere in the world. More worrying is the fact that the President of this country UMAR MUSA YARDUA as well as his Vice GOODLUCK JONATHAN were University lecturers who cannot feign ignorance about the problems that ASUU have been talking about. This is just to show us that the Government only pays lip service to educaton and the much talked about 7point agenda where THE PRESIDENT HAS A CARRY OVER IN ALL HIS COURSES. Back to the issue at stake, there seems not to be a headway in this QUAGMRIEIC GRIDLOCK. ASUU do not want to cpmprose its stance while the Federal Government does not care or if the President really cares, why would he travel to Brazil on a Jamboree when his house is on fire. It is very clear that the DECIEVERS are unconcerned about the plight of we , the DECIEVEES. That is why peole like myself are still in school when actually i should be out of school by now. That is why we(STUDENTS) might have problems if we want to go for MASTERS abroad. You ask me why? they would look at your certificate and wonder loudly why you should do a 5 years course for 8 years. they would never understand that the deceivers are the cause of this epileptic Education system. My parting word? The University system is very frail at the moment and the current impasse might only make the university fall into a state of coma, which might make it difficult to revive . A stich in time saves nine. And as for us, the decievees, let us pray that God touches the Hearts of the decievers.