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| Femi Adesina, Media to President Muhammadu Buhari. |
If Nigeria's leaders no longer fear God, at least, they fear in curses. This is what it seems when Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said Nigerians out of hatred for Buhari, strangely found joy in raining curses on the President every day, but then wonder why things are bad in the country.
Quoting Numbers 14:28, Adesina said there is power in the tongue, and that what God hears, it what he does. He said, "When we speak evil about our country, and its leaders, it comes back to us. What we say is what we get. It is an inexorable spiritual law. Sow wind, reap the whirlwind."
Speaking in an opinion piece titled "Nigeria At War On Many Fronts", the Presidential aide said Nigeria is suffering because Nigerians continue to speak evil of their leaders.
He said, "A war of tongues has been unleashed on Nigeria, her leadership, anyone in government, in fact anybody serving the country in one capacity or the other.
"A vicious war of tongues is raging in the country, and from President Muhammadu Buhari, down to the least political appointee in government, no one is spared."
He called on Nigerians to have a rethink, saying, "No government would love to see its citizens killed. Maimed. Displaced. Unhappy. And if anything, the Buhari administration is doing so much in battling the insecurity in the land. Why don’t we pause and think that it (Nigeria) is the only country we have, and begin to speak better, more positive things?" he asked.
But Adesina is not the only one in government who believes in the power of curses.
The Chairman of Keffi Local Government Council, Nasarawa, Alhaji Abdulrahman Maigoro, has warned Nigerians against raining curses on their leaders if they want things to change.
Maigoro who stated this in his Eid-el Fitr message, while speaking with newsmen in Keffi on Thursday, said Nigeria is struggling to survive because the people spend time cursing their leaders instead of wishing their leaders well, and praying for them to succeed.
He said that what the leaders needed from Nigerians was their prayers so that they would be able to continue to provide the much-needed dividends of democracy for them.
“Nigerians should continue to pray for their leaders rather than cursing them, in the interest of development and growth of the country.
“I urge Muslims, the people of Keffi and Nigerians in general to sustain their prayers for the unity, peace, progress and stability of the country.
“We should continue to embrace the spirit of love, tolerance, forgiveness and brotherhood being preached by Islam and other religions,” he said.