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A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by Nobody: 4:48pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
OPINION: The shame of a nation by Femi Fani-Kayode Author: Nnenna Ibeh UPDATED: A DAY AGO VIEWS: 16006 TWEET IT! SHARE ON FACEBOOK SEND VIA EMAIL SEND ON WHATSAPP Editor's note: Former minister and director of media and publicity Femi Fani-Kayode condemning the neglect of Nigerian soldiers by the military hierarchy and the President Muhammadu Buhari has listed how civilized nations must act. The former minister also writes on the hardship faced by Nigerians especially this period of yuletide. The shame of a nation by Femi Fani-Kayode Former minister Femi Fani-Kayode has condemned the neglect of Nigerian soldiers by the federal government I just watched a very sad and disturbing video of our soldiers on the war front begging their President and Commander in Chief to provide them with food and water. They did this through footage which was shot on their cell phone cameras and released as a short video on social media. They were desperate, angry and very loud and some of them were shedding tears about their deep frustration and sorry plight. We saw the lifeless bodies of at least two of them who had apparently died, not of bullet wounds, but of exhaustion, starvation and lack of water. We saw and heard others as they were slowly dying and we heard their heavy panting and deep groans. We also heard and saw the anger, aggression, loud lamentations and startling complaints from the troops, one of whom had the courage to film the whole thing. He and at least three of his colleagues appealed to those of us that were watching the video on social media to let the President know what they are going through. It was very moving and even the most hardened heart would have melted whilst watching that video. READ ALSO: Shame of a nation? Many lecturers unqualified - NUC declares This was a heart-breaking and pathetic scene. These young soldiers had just won a major battle on the war front and they had just recovered numerous towns and villages from Boko Haram yet they were not even given water to quench their thirst or food to fill their stomachs after what was obviously a hard fight. How could things have got so bad? This is the sort of thing that leads to mutiny and rebellion in the military and once that starts no-one is safe and no-one can stop it. I urge the Chief of Army Staff and indeed our President to do something about this problem quickly and ease the suffering and pain of our servicemen and women at the war-front and indeed when they come home. In a country with a civilized government members of the Armed Forces that are prepared to sacrifice their lives just to keep our borders secure and the rest of us safe are cherished and honored. Their salaries are paid promptly and regularly and they are not starved of water and food whilst on the war front and whilst fighting a battle. The sorry plight of our gallant warriors in today's Nigeria is indeed the shame of the nation. Instead of meeting the needs of our soldiers we are told that the military authorities are sending them to Argentina to learn about cattle-rearing and that they are preparing to set up cattle ranches in every state of the federation. One wonders why? What purpose does this serve? Is there a hidden agenda? Is it an attempt to smuggle in the rejected Grazing Reserve Bill through the back door? What on earth has cattle-rearing and setting up cattle ranches for itinerant and vagrant herdsmen got to do with soldiering? I guess one does not have to dig too deep to find the answers. READ ALSO: SHAME of a nation: Snakes chase Nigerian doctors out of hospitals These are indeed interesting times and those that seek to utterly demoralize, destroy, demystify and demean the essence, ethos, confidence and very fabric of our Armed Forces and our military men have gone far. Instead of equipping them to fight on the war front and providing them with the necessary provisions on the battle field they are turning them into cattle-rearers, herdsmen and farmers. What a tragedy! Yet for our country the picture is even more bleak than that. It is not just the military that are going through hell but the people, both high and low, as well. That is what drove Mr. Edwin Dico Okugbo to write the following words out of what can only be described as frustration and anger. He wrote:"Buhari is not fighting against corruption. He is stealing the nation blind. 2015 and 2016 budgets have already been embezzled and they are already moving to 2017. Everyone around him has been exposed already as crooks. Which corruption is he fighting? He is only fighting his enemies to consolidate political power. He is the worst thing that has ever happened to Nigeria. A big scam!" Harsh words indeed yet there can be little doubt that Mr. Okugbo reflects the thinking of many. The bitter truth is that there is unprecedented hardship and suffering in the land. There is also injustice, wickedness, persecution, abuse of power, mass murder, corruption, impunity, religious and ethnic marginalization, sectarian butchery and conflict, state-sponsored genocide, extra-judicial killings and massive and debilitating poverty. Few are feeling the joy and love of Christmas this season. Yet sadly this is precisely what the Nigerian people wanted. At the risk of our liberty, lives and reputation some of us warned them about the dangers of voting for the great evil of Buhari and his APC.There is nothing that is happening today that I did not accurately predict would happen if Buhari was given power. People laughed me to scorn, insulted me, threatened me, made mockery of me and said that I was wrong but I have been proved right. You see the problem is that most Nigerians do not know the history of their nation and neither can they possibly comprehend the obsessive, narcissistic and sociopathic nature and disposition of most of their leaders. Most of our people are incapable of any form of logical reasoning or analytical deduction that is truly detached from or devoid of emotion and irrational thinking. Worse of all they do not understand the prophetic or what is known as "revelation knowledge". Knowledge means nothing to them and, simply put, they worship and rever money and power and nothing else. Most Nigerians will do anything, including selling their own heritage, glory and divinely ordained destiny, to have or achieve that money and power or to appease those that possess and wield it. Consequently if a rich man, a powerful politician or a key government official defecates in his pants at a party or a public function the average Nigerian will continue to celebrate him there and then and tell him and the entire world that he smells like roses or like the finest and most expensive perfume in the world. That is how depraved some of us are. We have a terrible aversion to truth and we are very comfortable with living with suffering, wickedness and injustice. In fact the greater the injustice, violence, persecution and wickedness that the state metes out to others the more comfortable and the happier we are. We actually enjoy it and secretly rejoice when those around us and our compatriots suffer pain, death, humiliation, shame, hardship, destruction, injustice and persecution. It is a strange and self-destructive disposition and a devious form of sado-masochism. For example just to spite President Goodluck Jonathan and his Niger Delta people and get him out of power the Nigerian people brought Buhari upon themselves. Can there be a greater example of an entire people cutting their nose to spite their face? This was made all the worse by the fact that Jonathan enjoyed massive support in the south east which has come to be the whipping boy of the Nigerian state. The thinking was that if the Igbo wanted Jonathan then he had to be stopped at all costs. READ ALSO: Shame of a nation: Find out what policeman did to driver over N100 bribe Consequently a radical, angry, vengeful, bitter and divisive Buhari who was viewed and often described by his supporters as the nations "mahdi" and "messiah" became their choice. They chose him over the gentle, soft-spoken, forgiving, accommodating and humble Jonathan who was maliciously depicted as a clueless, corrupt and incompetent villain. This was a grave error. I say that because the former was malignant and the latter was benign. The former was malevolent and the latter was benevolent. It was rather like the time that the Jews chose our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ over the armed robber and murderer Barabas for crucifixion. It was like choosing night over day. It was like choosing s demon over an angel. It was like choosing evil over good. For the mess we are in today and the disaster and impending doom that our nation is facing I blame those in the core north who introduced religion into our politics and who wanted power back at all costs, those in the Middle Belt who supported them in that quest for reasons best known to themselves and those in the south west that have come to be known as the "Jagaban Yorubas" that supported the diabolical and occultic concept of "chanji". I also blame a small but notable and identifiable section of the media who sold their heritage for a mess of pottage and who have opted to remain silent and, in some cases even openly encourage and support, the evil that has been visited upon us as our nation goes to the dogs. All these groups and individuals have betrayed the Nigerian people. They have destroyed their destinies, enslaved their children, impoverished their lives, shamed their loved ones, dishonored their forefathers, divided their nation, shattered their dreams and set our country back by at least 50 years. The truth is that by the time this is all over we may not even have a country left. Those that voted for this mess and put us in it should enjoy their "change" and live with the consequences of their stupid choice. Do you know the number of families that cannot even afford to buy turkeys this Christmas? Do you know the number of people that will not get presents or be given Christmas gifts by their parents, siblings, spouses and loved ones this season? Do you know the number of children that will silently shed tears this Christmas and that will secretly wish that they had never been born Nigerians? It has never been this bad in our entire history and it really is so sad. Those that put us in this terrible mess deserve no mercy and no pity. They certainly do not deserve a second mandate in 2019. As for the Nigerian people they have finally got the leadership that they deserve. Our nation needs repentance and prayer. May God forgive and deliver us from His tool of judgement. Permit me to conclude this contribution with the following observations. READ ALSO: SHAME OF A NATION! FG Abandoned Nigerian Students In Russia Reveal How They Survive I was right when I wrote both in 2008 and 2012 that Barack Obama would divide America and the entire world and that by the time he finished his tenure the American people would reject his legacy. I was right when I wrote about what the outcome of the war in Syria would be and how the Americans were making a big mistake by supporting the terrorists, jihadists and islamic fundamentalists and trying to remove Bashar Al Assad. I was right when I wrote that the Americans and the Europeans were making a huge mistake by removing and killing Muammar Ghadaffi of Libya. I was right when I wrote that Europe was making a mistake by allowing in the Syrian refugees who I described at the time as a Trojan horse. I was right when I wrote about the damage that Buhari would do to our land if he was given a mandate to lead the Nigerian people. I was right when I wrote about the damage that Ali Modu Sheriff would do the opposition Peoples Democratic Party if he was given the position of National Chairman. I was right when I wrote that Donald J. Trump would win the presidential primaries of the American Republican Party to become their presidential candidate and when I wrote that he would go on to win the presidential election against Hilary Clinton. I was also right when I wrote that Nana Akufo-Addo would win the presidential election in Ghana. All these things came to me by revelation knowledge and by the power of the Holy Spirit and not by logical deduction or any power of my own. Now let me share another prophetic word with you today by saying the following. For President Muhmmadu Buhari, like the biblical King Belshassar of Babylon, the writing is on the wall. And Like Belshassar he has been weighed and found wanting. Soon he will be gone and the Lord will raise a new leader: a biblical Cyrus with the heart of David, who will heal, unite and prosper our land. This new leader will be a blessing to our people. He will remove our shame, restore our peace, return our joy, rebuild our walls, encourage and strengthen our Church and men and women of God, re-establish our sacred alters, resurrect and re-invoke our covenant with the Living God, defend our borders, jealously guard our people and bring glory and honor to our nation. Thus sayest the Lord and so it shall be. The vision is for an appointed time. Though it tarry, it shall not prove false. God bless you and merry Christmas. Source: https://www.naij.com/1079270-opinion-the-shame-a-nation-by-femi-fani-kayode.html 2 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by Nobody: 4:53pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
FFK has written nothing but the truth. Only the dishonest zombies will fault this article. Cc. Lalasticlala, please come and do your thing. 6 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by ogologoamu: 4:58pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Interesting |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by Nutase: 5:04pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Truth defender. The fearless one. 4 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by tollyboy5(m): 5:08pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
I cant read this long epistle |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by morbeta(m): 5:17pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Ffk you as a rich man, how many people have you touched their lives these season? How many families benefitted from you. So change begins with you. 1 Like |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by tuscani: 5:25pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
morbeta:The best thing is for you to leave the article and attack his person. Why not comment on the article first before throwing aspersion on his person ? 4 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by morbeta(m): 5:36pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
tuscani: No single record of any humanitarian work done by this dude, not even one. Only to brag on how he was raise with silva spoon and condemning others. Forget the article, this period is season of giving be it political or straight from the heart. He is Mr. I know it all. 2 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by PatriotTemidayo: 5:47pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Truth in its pure form, undiluted, unadulterated. ....... #weneedyoungleaders 3 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by donsteady(m): 5:56pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Interesting |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by MalcoImX: 6:01pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
tuscani:His motive is suspect. Did FFK write on Dasukigate? 2 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by omogin(f): 6:02pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Break this article into 5 parts. |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by Garrithe1st: 6:13pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Fools like ffk are the reason Boko boys lasted this long. They embezzled monies meant to prosecute the war on insurgency.. Ffk should shove his trashy article in the right hole.. ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by kingsamosy(m): 6:36pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
great piece. so on point. Zombies, don't bother reading it, you will only hurt your heart for the evil you have brought upon us with your zombiism. 2 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by kingsamosy(m): 6:38pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Garrithe1st: I doubt if you read the article before writing this OP. 1 Like |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by kurt09(m): 6:59pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
The messenger is not credible. The message who it epp? I don't take him serious since his days as SA to Obj. |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by dpete1: 7:11pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
For once, I commend this man..he said nothing but the truth. Unfortunately,the zombies will be attacking him right here 2 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by dpete1: 7:14pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
morbeta:As I said earlier,one of the zombies is here Do you know his house? Do you know how many people went there this festive season? Do you bug his calls? Do you know how many people he has helped? Just keep shut...I can see stupidity is your calling 3 Likes |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by Mujaheeeden: 7:24pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
morbeta:how many did your stupid buhari did all through the years he was outside power? FFK is miles ahead of that dullard in all indices 1 Like |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by KidsNEXTdoor: 8:05pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Buhari is a dunce |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by morbeta(m): 9:36pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
dpete1: You are a mistake, just ask your mother. Expired spermatozoa. Your FFK is ranting cos he has not been given finger licking opportunity.....ask Orji Uzo Kalu. |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by morbeta(m): 9:38pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Mujaheeeden: And the dullard determines the fate of your family as of now. Just leave politicians and their ways, no permanent friend and enemy, only interest is. Dopkesi of AIT always visit TINUBU after media ranting. |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by Nobody: 9:05am On Dec 27, 2016 |
Mynd44, if you don't mind, please send this post to the FP |
Re: A Must Read!! Thought Provoking Article By Femi Fani Kayode by mbaboy(m): 9:11am On Dec 27, 2016 |
Because u hate the truth |
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