26012020 - How bad an example was set in Zamfara

THE Nigeria Christian Graduate
Fellowship (NCGF), a trans-de
nominational Faith-based group
of Christians intellectually equipped to
positively impact our society and world
at large has decried the controversies
surrounding the first family, saying only
last week the family added another controversy
to its indecorous record with
the news that the president’s daughter,
Hanan Buhari, used the presidential jet
to attend a private function in Bauchi,
presumably at a huge cost to the nation.
A statement signed by NCGF, Prof
Charles Adeyinka Adisa and his General
Secretary, Onyenachi Nwaegeruo,
the faith-based group argued that President
Muhammad Buhari and his family
have of late, excelled in the art of
generating national controversies, adding
that there is hardly a day that passes
without the first family being negatively
in the news.
“We have listened to the debate on
this matter on the legality/illegality and
propriety/impropriety of the action. We
are of the opinion that legality alone
should not be the issue. Rather, the
unfortunate act should be interrogated
from the viewpoint of expediency and
morality,” the group said, adding that
the Holy Bible says that all things are
permissible, but all things are not expedient.
According to the statement, “even if
the law permits President Buhari to
make available the presidential jet fleet
to his family members, should discretion
not have informed Mr. President
that flying his daughter to Bauchi with
the presidential jet is not cost effective,
when flying even on first class on a commercial
flight would not have in any
way diminished the personality or status
of the young, upcoming lady?”
The NCGF said its members across
the nation are “worried that Mr. Presi-
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The law of marriage
Awoman is bound to her husband as
long as he lives. But if her husband
dies, she is free to marry anyone she
wishes, but he must belong to the Lord (1
Cor 7:39, NIV).
Marriage was instituted by God Himself,
for our joy in companionship, procreation,
multiplied strength and fulfillment
in every areas of our lives. The Bible, in
several places says "Two are better than one,"
"Marriage is honorable in all, and it is not
good for a man to be alone" (Ecclesiastes
4:9-10; Hebrews 13:4; Genesis 2:18).
God, who instituted marriage has laid
down His basic laws by which it should run
to bring maximum happiness joy and fulfillment.
This is fundamental to this: for
this reason shall a man leave his father and
mother, and cleave to his wife: and they
twain shall be one flesh" (Matthew 19:5).
These two shall be one flesh. When this
rule is violated marriage runs into real trouble.
It is like violating the manufacturer's
rule of using your electronic appliance.
When a marriage involves more than two
people in conjugal union, there is fundamental
crisis which only true repentance
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Hanan presidential jet saga: NCGF decries
controversy over first family
Parish Priest of St. Denis Catholic Church, Bariga, Lagos, Rev. Father Emmanuel
Etta blessing members of Ejeaga family after the 25th memorial service in honour
of the late Mr. Thomas Ejeaga recently.
dent is not leading by example, neither
is he living according to his profession.
He presented himself to Nigerians as a
man who is not given to frivolities. He
exuded the picture of a stoic and ascetic
personality who is not given to the
epicurean lifestyle.
“As an opposition candidate, he condemned
the maintenance of a large
presidential jet fleet and promised to
reduce the size if elected, as a way of
reducing the cost of governance. Also
as an opposition candidate he criticised
medical tourism and other extravagant
trips outside the nation.
“What the nation has witnessed in the
last five years is the direct opposite of
what Mr. Buhari professed. In fact, he
has surpassed his predecessors in terms
of frivolity within the sphere of governance.
Had he presented himself as an
can resolve. A woman is bound to her
husband as long as he is alive. The same
goes for the man. Violating this basic
rule is what has filled our society with
broken hearts, broken lives, broken
homes, and delinquent children who
carry their hurt into the next generation,
with a calamitous band-wagon
effect. The spiral results of lack of marital
chastity is a stench in the nostril of
God Most High.
As a true believer in Christ who loves
and fears the Lord, make sure you are
faithful to God and your marital partner
no matter the pressure to do otherwise
and the Lord will bless your home
in every way.
If you have been unfaithful in any
way, you should truly repent of the ugly
sin, sincerely turn from your evil way,
and live your life as a faithful believer
in Christ henceforth. May you find the
mercy of the Lord. May your home be
truly blessed.
Marriage is honourable in all, and
the bed undefiled: but whoremongers
and adulterers God will judge (Hebrews
13:4).
•PASTOR IGHODALO
SUNDAY VANGUARD, JANUARY 26, 2020 , PAGE 37
epicurean fellow Nigerians would not
have been surprised at the emerging
scenario,” the group contended.
Continuing, the NCGF argued that for
the president “to profess an aversion to
wastefulness and go on to indulge in
opulence is the height of hypocrisy and
double standards, which is common with
this administration. Obviously, controversy
is bound to dog such hypocrisy.”
According to the faith-based organisation
President Buhari needs to learn
from history and take a lesson from the
late Sardauna of Sokoto.
“In the days of the Northern Region,
the government constructed air-strips
for use of the Premier, Sir Ahmadu Bello,
in most of the provinces that made
up the Northern Region, including
Mubi, Jalingo, Wukari, Sokoto, Gusau,
Minna, Azare, Gombe, Bauchi, Idah,
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How seriously do you
take your Christianity?
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Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed,
not as in my presence only, but now much more in my
absence, work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to
will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2: 12-
13 KJV
God says “I am coming and I am coming soon”.
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is
with me, to give every man according as his
work shall be. Revelations 22: 12 KJV
2020 is time to stop playing religion. God is saying to
us today, ‘enough is enough’. We have all been sucked
into playing religion and many of us are enjoying it.
Many of us have been distracted by religion and the
semblance of it.
A lot of us have been Christians for a minimum of five
years and many for much longer, yet we still play religion.
The word of God says that all of us will appear
before the judgement seat of God. Why should you be
cajoled and begged to serve God? Why must you be
pushed or prodded into doing that which would bring
you results and rewards?
We serve and fear God because He is God, not because
of titles that are attached to roles. Jesus said I go
to prepare a place for you. Do you believe the words
spoken by Christ? Do you know that there is eternity
after death here on earth? Do you believe that you are
going somewhere after your time here on earth?
etc. Sir Ahmadu Bello had three small
Cessna aircraft in his fleet. The administration
and operation of the fleet of
aircraft was supervised directly by an
Assistant District Officer, ADO, in the
Premier’s office.
“His name was Alhaji Suleiman Gurin,
a former teacher from Adamawa Province.
One day, Sir Ahmadu Bello flew
one of the aircraft in his fleet to Sokoto
on a private visit. When he returned to
Kaduna, the administrative headquarters
of the region, the ADO, under the
leadership of Alhaji Suleiman Gurin
sent him a bill for his flight to Sokoto!
“His explanation was that the Premier
went on a private visit, using the aircraft
that was strictly for official schedules.
The importance of his request was
that the Premier was owing the government!
And therefore, should make the
appropriate refund to the government’s
treasury. Without any hesitation, Sir
Ahmadu Bello, who was amused at the
request, made the payment.
“When he went public with details of
his exchange with Alhaji Gurin, it was
his way of commending the ADO, and
setting his conduct as one that others
should emulate. He wanted to further
affirm the reality that everyone who
served was a subject to the state, and to
the laws that have been made to effectively
govern that state.
“When state actors, regardless of the
privileges conferred on them by their
offices, begin to assume superiority over
the state itself, perdition is not far from
that society. When subordinates respectfully
hold their bosses up to these standards,
the pillars that hold societies together
remain firmly in place,” the group
further argued, stressing that the whole
saga became an unforgettable one for
the ADO and his family?
According to them, Mr. President
would appear to be a man living in regret
of his first (military) coming, making
up for not maximally enjoying the
perks of governance at that time.
“Might he have suffered some degree
of nagging from his immediate family,
on account of which he and the rest of
his family are now seemingly in a hurry
to grab all the “grabables” this time
around? If not, how would one explain
the craze regarding the obvious materialistic
tendencies of the first family?
On our part, we can only call on Mr.
President to live and lead in an exemplary
manner,” they maintained.
If we fear God, we will reap the reward
and there will be no need for us
who call ourselves Christians to be prodded
into doing that which is right. God
has placed the responsibility in our
hands because He has told us to work
out our salvation.
There is revelation that comes out every
day that many Christians will end
up in hell. It is in our hands to work out
our salvation individually. Is it offense?
Then said he unto the disciples, it is impossible
but that offences will come but
woe unto him, through whom they
come! Luke 17: 1 KJV. The bible says
that offense will come, but instead ask
yourself “what will Jesus do”?
We need to wake up! A lot of us are not even
thinking about our eternity. A lot have planned
10 years ahead but the fact of it is that our
tomorrow is not in our hands. We must come
to terms with this, that our tomorrow is in the
hands of God. So, the questions to ask ourselves
when we wake up in the morning and
last thing at night is, where will I spend eternity?
The coming of Christ is almost here. There
are 2 things here
1. If anybody were to go today, they face
their rapture
2. If Jesus were to come today, would you
be among those who would go with him?
God is revealing a lot of things today, in
dreams, vision, in gatherings because the time
is near. The time is here.
Think about it. If you have confessed Jesus
Christ as Lord; then you are to be a Christian
and not a religious person. Everything we have
done good or bad will have its rewards. Christianity
is not a joke, not a fad, not a social
gathering. We are going somewhere because
we are here for a while. Our eternity is most
important.
Until we are heavenly focused; there are
many things we will not be able to do, many
things we will not be able to accomplish.