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Christians will, through the duo, meet at the National Ecumenical Centre “for a week of intense prayer, with prayer warriors from various denominations focusing their efforts on the nation’s adversities.” Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, provoked very critical issues surrounding this matter. Drilling down into religious practices in Nigeria and churches’ relations with the Nigerian state, Obi made mess of Tinubu and Ribadu’s spiked fascination with the hubris of development, rather than its science.the Nigerian state’s unholy interface in religion, Obi called for reforms to Nigeria’s religious and political culture.
Obi’s madness at how lowly religion has sunk in Nigeria and Oluremi Tinubu/Ribadu’s denied decision to weaponize it in defence of the Tinubu government’s lackluster performance must be put in proper contexts. There is no doubting the fact that Nigeria has become a very fertile soil for religion. The 21century has also marked the collapse of virtually all the values preached for centuries by both Islam and Christianity.
Miracles in Nigeria have become synonymous with baits on a rat trap. So also the “sowing seed,” “tithes,” “first fruit” and “offering” shibboleths that have become objects of exploitation by religious Smart Alecs. One of the fora where they are marketed is vigil. Publicity is then given to the “showers of miracles” through early morning street preaching, radio, posters, televisions and newspapers. These have been on the upswing in the 21st century.
In the last 18 months in Nigeria, hopelessness has pushed Nigerians more into unorthodox practices. Government daily manifests its incapacity to offer neither succor nor redemption to the people. Frustration and despondency grip the people despite federal spin doctors’ spirited attempts to cobble together tissues of what they call nascent hope. It is getting clearer that government’s absence from the lives of the people may be for far longer time to come.
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