₦airaland Forum

I once attended a mass that the officiating priest just came back from Canada. During the priest's sermon, I was made to understand that in Canada, mass servers, ushers, and other church members who play active role to ensure that mass is well celebrated are paid from the proceeds from tithe, offerings, donations, etc. That is, they are not told their reward is in heaven while the pastor/priest/CEO of the church corners everything as his own reward starts on earth and then to heaven.

In Nigeria however, the church has become a medium through which the highest form of slavery is perpetrated. I accompanied a friend of mine to one of these booming one-man churches in Nigeria. Throughout the 4 hours I stayed there, I closely observed some group of well kitted young men and women who stood up walking about till the end of the service. These young people went round on several occasions counting and recording the mammoth crowd in the church (I keep asking why the members were counted).

In fact, they ensured there was order in the church; they collected offerings and tithes, administered communion, directed members to seats, etc. If I'm to estimate the money realised from that service, it would not be less than 3 Million Naira.

Now, ask me out of those proceeds what becomes the reward of those able bodied young men and women. Nothing of course, they are doing the work of God hence should wait for their heavenly reward. The General Overseer cum founder of the church whose reward is on earth takes the proceeds and pays the pastors a meagre sum. He then builds some mighty business empires including schools that even the ushers who work for the money can't afford.

What pains me most is not even the business empires these 'men of God' (I call them CEOs) have built for themselves, it's rather the manner in which educated youths have willingly submitted themselves to slavery. This is just a tip of the whole sad scenario. What about those that walk in hot sun and rain distributing flyers and advertising churches they have no stake in? Indeed, Karl Marx was right, religion has become an opium of the masses.

Moreso, Buhari is a ...
1. religious cum tribal bigot
2. coupist, thus can't be in charge of democracy he truncated about 31 years ago.
3. septuagenarian; he should give way for youths
4. boko haram apologist who only shouts when the military are dealing with boko haram members.

Buhari's apologists are so retrogressive that they would like a septuagenarian who usurped power and ruled about 31 years ago to come back and rule again. My advice to all of them is that they should form their own enclave, then invite him to rule them for life. nonsense.

Buhari has nothing to offer Nigeria under APC. If I may ask, who are these APC members? Are they not aggrieved PDP members under whose watch Nigeria wallowed in corruption? Can Buhari prosecute Tinubu, Kwankwaso, Amaechi, and other APC members if he wins? He should simply go rest and enjoy the loots he gathered when he was PTDF boss.