Adam (the first man) and Abdulmutallab (the suspected Christmas-day airplane bomber) both have lot of things in common. They both erred and plunged their generation and nation respectively into turmoil. They both had a rare opportunity of living in luxury but blew it up.
Adam was the CEO of ‘Garden of Eden Inc.’ a glamorous, enviable and highly-rewarding position but within a short while, his misdeed made him jobless and he became a labourer and a wanderer. Abdulmutallab was a graduate of Engineering, tutored in the best of schools and given the best that life could afford but his ‘unpopular and weird’ belief has secured him a place in the US prison, in chains, where he might be for the rest of his life.
For Adam, there was Jesus Christ who came and died to rewrite all wrong appellations that plagued humanity for generations but for Abdulmutallab, it is not clear who the Nigerian nation will be relying on to clean the handwritings of negativity that have been scribbled on her.
The US has placed Nigeria on a terrorist watch list alongside countries like Yemen, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia etc. What a terrible list to be!
The US disregarded Nigeria’s clean history of international terrorism and the fact that Abdumutallab’s father made heroic and concerted efforts at notifying the US authority of suspicion about his child’s extremist views and possible affiliations. Whilst the US authorities did little to share this information (an indication of systemic failure, using the word of President Obama) the brunt has to be passed on to every 150 million Nigerian at home who tries to travel to the US or the 20 million living in Diaspora who show up at security/immigration points of every airport in the world.
I had a share of this brunt at the immigration point in Agadir on my recent travel to Morocco. The first time I had to explain extensively what my reason for travelling was.
Well, some say putting Nigeria on this list is a smoke that has some fire under it – adducing reason like it is to mount pressure on the country to renew the oil exploration licenses of US companies operating in Nigeria and particularly provide more opportunities for these US companies as opposed to Chinese companies others say the US is at liberty to protect its citizens from any form of aggression or people deemed threatening to the peace and security of its populace.
Whatever the speculations are, Nigeria has to get its heart right. The destiny of this great country is lying in the wait and there is need for a Moses, a David or a Nehemiah to lead it to its promise land.
Nigeria needs a Saviour; A Saviour not from any political enclave or aristocratic construction. A Saviour sent from God that will understand the demand of leadership and have the Spirit of God to carry it through.
Adam got a Saviour, Abdulmutallab must have a Saviour.
Adam was the CEO of ‘Garden of Eden Inc.’ a glamorous, enviable and highly-rewarding position but within a short while, his misdeed made him jobless and he became a labourer and a wanderer. Abdulmutallab was a graduate of Engineering, tutored in the best of schools and given the best that life could afford but his ‘unpopular and weird’ belief has secured him a place in the US prison, in chains, where he might be for the rest of his life.
For Adam, there was Jesus Christ who came and died to rewrite all wrong appellations that plagued humanity for generations but for Abdulmutallab, it is not clear who the Nigerian nation will be relying on to clean the handwritings of negativity that have been scribbled on her.
The US has placed Nigeria on a terrorist watch list alongside countries like Yemen, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia etc. What a terrible list to be!
The US disregarded Nigeria’s clean history of international terrorism and the fact that Abdumutallab’s father made heroic and concerted efforts at notifying the US authority of suspicion about his child’s extremist views and possible affiliations. Whilst the US authorities did little to share this information (an indication of systemic failure, using the word of President Obama) the brunt has to be passed on to every 150 million Nigerian at home who tries to travel to the US or the 20 million living in Diaspora who show up at security/immigration points of every airport in the world.
I had a share of this brunt at the immigration point in Agadir on my recent travel to Morocco. The first time I had to explain extensively what my reason for travelling was.
Well, some say putting Nigeria on this list is a smoke that has some fire under it – adducing reason like it is to mount pressure on the country to renew the oil exploration licenses of US companies operating in Nigeria and particularly provide more opportunities for these US companies as opposed to Chinese companies others say the US is at liberty to protect its citizens from any form of aggression or people deemed threatening to the peace and security of its populace.
Whatever the speculations are, Nigeria has to get its heart right. The destiny of this great country is lying in the wait and there is need for a Moses, a David or a Nehemiah to lead it to its promise land.
Nigeria needs a Saviour; A Saviour not from any political enclave or aristocratic construction. A Saviour sent from God that will understand the demand of leadership and have the Spirit of God to carry it through.
Adam got a Saviour, Abdulmutallab must have a Saviour.
