For a New Nigeria to Emerge – Channels TV Interview to Pastor E.A Adeboye on 24th September 2021
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FOR A NEW NIGERIA TO EMERGE: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE SHARES THOUGHTS AND ALSO PRAYS FOR NIGERIA AND NIGERIAN IN AN INTERVIEW SESSION.
FULL TEXT OF INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY CHANNELS TELEVISION AS TRANSCRIBED BY DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW (DMC).
Your Excellency, Your Royal Majesty, my Brother and Sisters.
I want to Thank the Almighty God for a day like this and I want to thank the Organisers (Channels Televisions) for asking me to come and Pray for Nigeria.
But when they told me that I will be Ministering for about ten (10) Minutes; I said: Ha, Ha; if I Pray for ten (10) Minutes; by the time I finished Praying, I hope those who are listening (or reading now on the Label of DMC) won’t be falling asleep.
So, I believed that what they actually meant is that Probably I will share some few thoughts with you before I Pray.
I’m sure that you all know that I’m not a Politician – I don’t belong to any Political Party; I have never been a Governor and neither do I hope to be.
As a matter of fact, each time that I travelled throughout the world and I have the opportunity of visiting Heads of State; I always come out of there thanking God that I am a Pastor because when you considered all the Protocols, the Security Checks; you can only come to the Conclusion that it is easier to see Jesus Christ than to see some of our Heads of State.
But before I became a Pastor; I was a Mathematician – An Applied Mathematician!
And Mathematicians love and they Practically lived their lives solving Problems.
You see – When you begin to talk about Nigeria from the Year 2060; the first Question that a Mathematician will like to ask is: Are we sure that there will be a Nigeria in the Year 2060?
In other words, we are talking about something that you are not hundred Percent sure will be there at the time you are talking about it.
You see before we can begin to discuss Nigeria of 2060; we need to address the Problems that we have right now.
That if these Problems are not solved, then this will just be an “Academic Exercise”.
… Not that I don’t enjoy the Exercise – At least, very Refreshing.
But you see, I think in one of the occasions when I was on a Long Flight – I think from London to Singapore; a Journey of about thirteen (13) Hours or something.
After you have eaten and you have slept and you wake up and then you discovered that you have some seven (7) Hours to go – Definitely, you have time to Pull around a little bit.
And then I was thinking about Nigeria – And I have this thoughts within myself which I think I just want to share with you.
By the time that I finished sharing; you are likely to consider it a “Joke from a Mathematician” because afterall a Mathematician can be eccentric at times.
I JUST FELT THAT WHY CAN’T WE HAVE A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT HUNDRED PERCENT NIGERIA – UNIQUE TO US?
For Example: We started off with the British System of Government but somewhere along the line, we moved over to the American System of Government.
Now, I was just wondering: Can’t we have a Combination of BOTH (British and American Systems of Governments) and see whether it could help us solve our Problem
Because in Mathematics, if you want to solve a Problem and you try what we call “Real Analysis” and it doesn’t work; then you move out to “Complex Analysis” and see whether that will help you. If that fails, you move on to “Vector Analysis” and so on and so forth.
I believed that Probably we might need to look at the Problem of Nigeria in a slightly different manner!
You see because some People feel that all our Problems will be over if Nigeria should “Break Up”.
… I think that is trying to solve the Problem of Nigeria as if it is a “Simple Equation Problem”.
The Problems of Nigeria will require quite a bit of “Simultaneous Equation” and some of them are not going to be “Linear” either.
… Forgive me, if I’m talking as a Mathematicians!
SO, I WAS THINKING: WHY CAN’T WE FOR EXAMPLE HAVE A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WILL CREATE A KIND OF WHAT I CALL – “UNITED STATES OF NIGERIA?
Now, let me Explain:
We all know that we must Restructure!
I mean either we Restructure or we “Break Up” – You don’t have to be a Prophet to know that one.
… That is certain to come: Restructure or “Break Up”.
Now, we don’t want to “Break Up” – I mean God forbid!
In Restructuring, why don’t we have like I said: A Nigerian Kind of Democracy?
- At the Federal Level for Example: Why don’t we have a President and a Prime Minister?
Hey, what do you mean?
If you have a President and a Prime Minister and we share Responsibilities between these two (2) such that one is not an Appendage of the other.
For Example:
I. If the President controls the Army and the Prime Minister controls the Police.
II. If the President controls shall we say Resources like Oil and Mining and the Prime Minister controls Finance and In-land Revenues, Taxes and Customs et cetera et cetera.
… You just divide Responsibilities between the two (2).
- And then you come to the State Level and you have the Governor and a Premier.
And again, you distribute Responsibilities between these two (2) People in such a manner that one cannot really go all the way alone without the other.
… Maybe this might just be a Mathematical Suggestions – And a Mathematician can be eccentric like I said.
Maybe we can begin to tackle the Problems of Nigeria from there!
And if we are going to adopt this Model; then I think that we will need urgently to restore what we used to call “House of Chiefs”.
I have a feeling that one of our Problems is that we have Pushed the “Traditional Rulers” to the background and I believed that is a Great Error – Particularly for a Country like Nigeria
You see: I found it very ridiculous that one would ask a “Traditional Ruler” to inform the Chairman of his Local Government before he travels!
Go to any Town in Nigeria, everybody in the Town knows who is the “Paramount Ruler” of the Town and they respect them. Many of them don’t even know the name of the Chairman of their Local Government.
The “Traditional Rulers” are the “Actual Landlords” – They control the respect of their People.
… Their People will listen to them much more than I’m sorry to say; they will listen to the Politicians!
So, just as they have say: “The House of Lords” in Britain; why can’t we have “The House of Chiefs”?
We might expand this and include in that “House of Chiefs” some Religions Leaders (Bishops and Chief Imams and so on and so forth) – I’m just a Pastor and don’t think that I’m trying to include myself.
… These are the People who can Shape the Opinions of the People!
I am just putting the above as a “Little Presentation” to those of you who can think about it – Maybe it will help us to get Nigeria going again!
And then without any doubt: We must Restructure and do it as soon as Possible.
A UNITED STATES OF NIGERIA IS LIKELY TO SURVIVE MUCH MORE THAN OUR PRESENT STRUCTURE!
But then, my Assignment is that I should Pray for you (As Nigerian) and to Pray for Nigeria (As a Country) – And I’m ready to Pray now!
So, if you don’t mind; can we just bow our Heads in Prayers?
SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR NIGERIA AND NIGERIANS.
Almighty God, I want to Thank You very, very much for Nigeria.
I want to Thank You for all what You have done for us inspite of all our Problems, inspite of all our Weaknesses.
Thank You for the Mercy Lord God Almighty that You have shown unto this Nation (Nigeria) again and again.
Oh Lord God Almighty; it is of this Your Mercy that we have not been consumed by Covid19 because we don’t even have what it takes to face this huge terrible enemy that we can’t even see.
And while “Greater Nations” with all manners of Resources are counting their dead by the hundreds of thousands; You have been so Merciful unto us that You have spared us.
We are very Grateful Lord!
And we are Praying that You will continue to be Merciful unto us and continue to treat us Lord God Almighty with Compassion.
At least until we can put our acts together, continue to be Merciful unto us and let Nigeria become Great again.
As for Your Children who are Participating in this Discussion (Inclusive DMC as the Transcribing Team); Lord I Pray that You will continue to help them, solve their own Individual Problems, help them to carry their burdens, let it be well with them.
And I Pray that even though this is supposed to be just some rubbing of Minds; I Pray that You will bring something out of it Lord that will Preserve our Nation (Nigeria) and Propel this Nation (Nigeria) to Greatness so that Your Name will be Glorified.
Thank You Almighty God.
For we have Prayed in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!!
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