IT WAS AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE VISITING A MOSQUE IN ABU DHABI - A CHRISTIAN GIRL DECLARES

Toyosi couldn’t hide her joy after visiting the mosque
A Christian girl from Nigeria has shared her touching experience after paying a visit to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The girl urged fellow Nigerians to readjust their orientation and refuse to allow fanaticism to blind their eyes from accepting other people and their religion.
Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji visited the mosque for an event with her colleagues from Harvard. According to her, institutionalized religion has affected Nigeria badly that they look at other religions with a very bad eye while forgetting that we all serve the same God whether as Christians or Muslims.

 “1Chronicles 4:10 – “Oh Lord, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.”
That you will give the Leaders of my Country the vision of leadership, the commitment to be upright and the understanding that Political Leadership is not rocket science.
 Let me say this – A Nation that uses her resources for the good of the land and the people MUST prosper. This is physical as much as it is spiritual. There’s too much bloodshed, inequality, corruption and unintentional grandstanding against the Poor, ordinary and downtrodden in Nigeria. That’s why we are where we are. God will not give us more till we use what we have.

 BAD LEADERSHIP IS OUR CURSE.

 We fix that, everything will fall in line.
 As a Christian, “Lifting Up my eyes to the Hills” in a Mosque felt quite unusual but then, my orientation and personal belief is that Institutionalised Religion keeps one a fugitive and that we all serve the same God whether as Christians or Muslims.
 Life is Simple, it’s we human beings that make it complicated.
 The more we learn to live together, the more we’re all at peace individually with God.
Anyway, this is still part of our Government Innovation and Public Policy Field Trip and I’m now more depressed than I was initially thrilled.

I mean, Nigeria is so rich yet our people are so poor.
I now see what the UAE has been doing differently.
 I’ll share more of my findings shortly.
Let’s see if I can create a simple, smart, workable blueprint for each Sector.
I’ll give you an analysis of how this beautiful Mosque embodies the history of the Emirates tomorrow.” she wrote.

STOP HARASSMENT OF CLERICS - CAN TO OSINBAJO

CHAIRMAN of South South chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Archbishop God-Dowell Avwomakpa has called on the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, (SAN) and a professor of law to stop security operatives from going after men of God who preach hard messages. Avwomakpa, the General Overseer of Christ Missionaries Crusaders, Warri in Delta State also urged the Acting President to forward the name of the acting  Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation. The CAN helmsman expressed confidence in the judiciary, noting that it remains the last hope of the common man. Avwomakpa argued that the National Judicial Council has recommended the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria to President Muhammadu Buhari about two months ago as the most senior justice of the apex court for confirmation as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The cleric commended the silent reforms introduced by the acting CJN aimed at quick dispensation of justice in Nigeria, noting that the country is in dire need of such a man and his reforms in order to ensure better and faster dispensation of cases. Accordingly, the CAN chairman called on the Acting President to forward the name of  Justice Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation without any further delay. Avwomakpa also charged the Acting President to instruct the nation’s security officials especially the DSS to stop going after men of God who preach hard messages. He described recent attempt to arrest Apostle Johnson Suleman by DSS officials as a bad omen, warning that if the DSS attempts to gag Christian leaders, Christian leaders  will mobilise Christians across the country, for peaceful protests to register their displeasure to the government. Avwomakpa noted that people are living in fear and hunger and sufferings in the land despite the efforts by the administration to tame the economic, religious and political challenges in the country. He then called on the Acting President to be bold to take decisions that will better the lot of the Nigerian citizens.