Source: http://marvelnaija.com/prayer-and-fasting-never-a-solution-to-nigeria-problems/

Nigeria Politicians and Elites as at very long time ago understand perfectly how to manipulate,twist and
divide their fellow Nigerian along religion myth and ethnicity

They knew and understood the level of gullibility of their followers when it comes to religious belief
and they capitalize massively on this in continuous enslavery of their people.

The average Nigeria Politicians are gifted lairs and deceivers,and this remind me of Late Fela
Anikulapo Kuti songs "Governement Magic" that can turn electric to candle and turn blue to white.

Recently Nigeria Acting President, Prof.Yemi Osinbajo made a very sincere and truthful statement that
fasting and prayer can never move Nigeria forward if we refused to do things accordingly. This
statement came from a top Pastor of Redeemed Christian Church .

I wasn't too surprise anyway to read after that someone of the of Dr.Doyin Okupe will reacted
contradictory to such truthful statement and view, of course that is the way of average Nigerian
politician. Most of them knew the truth but the devil master in form of corruption that lives in them
will never allow them to say to say the truth or agree with whoever dare to say it.

Doyin Okupe is a medical Doctor , well educated son of Chief Matthew Adekoya Okupe, a Banker , Okupe is
an indigene of Ogun State, Nigeria. He is the Former Senior Special Adviser on Public Affairs to former
President Goodluck Jonathan, A chieftain of People Democratic Party (PDP) and Former Special Adviser on
Media to Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.

One will assumed that with level of Doyin Okupe's education, exposure and life achievement , he would
have been able to realize that the only ingredient to a successful life is hard work and in doing the
right thing at the right time and not prayer and fasting alone as he has claimed.

Okupe deliberately disagreed with Prof.Osinbajo who is Pastor, and even deeper in Bible Knowledge than
himself but because of the common habit of Nigerian politician of telling lies and believing that Nigerian are
so gullible and the only means of deceiving, enslaving, dividing and ruling Nigeria is by telling them
lies under the disguise of Religion.

In my own observation, the two biggest problem that has been setting Nigeria backward as a Nation and
if we don't have a change of attitude will never allowed us to grow is Religion and Ethnicity. These are
the tools commonly used by our greedy,self centered politician and elites to deceive and divide
us in order to continue impoverishing our minds .

I then begin wonder the reason for the failure of the Government of the Former President Goodluck
Jonathan who had likes of Doyin Okupe as his senior Special Adviser. A Special Senior Adviser who could
agreed less that the ingredients to Nation's Success are hard Work, efficiency, good decision making and
putting the right people in the right position.

A special Senior Adviser who believe a Nation can only grow through prayer and fasting by sleeping in church and mosque all every days of one's lifetime

It is rather so unfortunate that these are the crops of leaders we have in this country and they
have been recycling themselves in the corridor of power since Nigeria independent, holding Nigeria and
its people backward with their lies, enslaving our mind with crude religious stupidity.

China, Malaysia, India, Singapore, UAE where Nigerian runs to today became what they are today economically not
because of Fasting and Prayer but through hard work, persistency, consistency, rightful thinking,and
putting the round peg in the right holes.

There is actually nothing wrong in practice of religion but one should get too overwhelmed and blinded by it leaving behind the ethic of hard work and consistency and thinking fasting and prayer is the only means of attaining growth. Religion should be practice in a sensible manner because Bible even stated it that "Faith without work is dead"

I want to implore Nigerian youth to rise up and let us get ride of people like Doyin Okupe out of our
polity , they are hypocrites, liars, deceivers and devil incarnate. People like this are so many in our
corridor of power and they will never want us to be liberated by the truthful people like Osinbajo.

2019 is around the corner, Nigerian , especially the youth should try and do everything possible to claim back their future and the future of their unborn generation.

I never say one should not practice religion but we should be reasonable and don't get carried away with it, we should do the right thing, put the right thinking people in the rightful position.

It' time for us to liberate ourselves from deceivers ,lucifers and looters who called themselves our Leaders. Enough is enough . God bless Nigeria.

Tayo Marvel Naija