Nigerians are exploiters, selfish, says Kwara cleric

Date: 2021-07-16

The Venerable Julius Abejide has said primitive accumulation of wealth is leading Nigeria to doom.

"The penchant to outwit the other person and has preoccupied the minds of vast majority of Nigerians," he said.

He was delivering a sermon in Oke-Onigbin, Isin Local Government Area, Kwara State, at the funeral for Deaconess Felicia Ajibola Fadipe. According to him, "Nigeria is in this mess because we have all become exploiters. What are we building as a nation?

"If any of us is asked today to give answer to his inadequacy, he or she cannot give. Rather, we live our lives to impress others, instead of honouring God.

"God is not asking you as a leader to conquer the world. He is asking us to be honest and trustworthy with our time and resources. Both leader and the led are to use their time and resources for the betterment of humanity."

The clergyman added that God would judge everyone according to his or her deeds in the hereafter.

Deputy governor of Kwara State, Mr. Kayode Alabi, had earlier tasked the church and other religious organisations to always pray for Nigeria to overcome its challenges. He attributed the country's problems to the negative mindset of Nigerians towards their fatherland: "The church has a role to play in getting the country out of the current quagmire. I challenge all men of God to pray for our nation.

"There is nothing prayer cannot do. The only way we can have peace, progress and tranquillity is for all of us to review our mindset. With this, Nigeria will become a better place for all."

Speaking on the sidelines of the service, first son of the deceased, Dr. Olugbenga Fadipe, extolled the virtues of his mother: "She was to us a disciplinarian who did not tolerate nonsense.

"She imbibed kindness and generosity in us her children. That was why she was respected in the community. I am going to miss her prayers and counsel at all times."

Dignitaries at the event included the chairman of the local government area, Mr. Tunde Fadipe; member of the House of Representatives (Isin/Irepodun/Ekiti/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency) Abdulraheem Ajuloopin; former senator representing, Kwara South, Suleiman Makanjuola Ajadi, and top traditional rulers from Isin and environs.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Omotoso Musa     Kwara State Sports Commission     Aminu Adisa Logun     Erubu     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Akeem Lawal     Shettima Of Ilorin     Ebola     Owu Fall     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Pius Abioje     Tunde Saad     Umar Saro     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Kassim Babamale     Bareke     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Olatunde Michaels     Quareeb Islamic Association     Modupe Oluwole     Sun Qing Rong     Jimoh Bashir     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Saidu Kawu     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Omotosho     Mamman Saba Jibril     Monsurat Omotosho     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Adedipe     Abatemi Usman     Adama Isa     Alagbado     Obasanjo     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Taofik Abdulkareem     Najim Yaasin     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     UNIFEMGA     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Yusuf Arowosaye     Amada Jidda     Folorunsho Alao     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Nigeria Computer Society     Babs Iwarere     Air Peace     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Kayode Ogunlowo     Ogbondoroko     Tunde Yusuf     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Sulu Gambari     Suleiman Mora Omar     Niyi Osundare     ER-KANG Mining     Lateef Alagbonsi     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Aliyu Sabi     SWAN     Timothy Akangbe     Ijagbo Health Centre     Olatunde Olukoya    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Babajide Ajayi     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Elelu     Kaiama     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Cornelius Fawenu     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Prince Bola Ajibola     Sulyman Buhari     Diagnostic Centre     Ayekale     Oba Abdulrahim     Gobir     Gwanara     Tinubu     Ilofa     Jalala     Tsaragi/Share     Saka Isau     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Dairo Kunle Paul     Harafat E. Mukadam     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Mahe Abdulkadir     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Bello Abubakar     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Rafiu Ajakaye     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Marufat Oladosu     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Ejidongari     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Olusola Saraki     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Kazeem Gbolagade     AGILE Programme     Abioye Bello     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     IFK     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Mohammed Lawal     Kale Belgore     Aso Ofi     Hamid Bobboyi     Mustapha Olanipekun     Elections     Omu Aran     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Durosinlohun Kawu     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     George Funsho Adebayo     Pategi     SGBN     Sabo-Oke     Muslim Cementary     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Kwara University Of Education     Bamidele Aluko     Lola Olabayo     Balogun Fulani     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Isiaka Abdulrazak