There are many pretenders to the thrones in most African States. What we have mostly are usurpers!

Usurpers have obtained power over states. Tyrants have reigned and employed their power in oppressing the people. Neither of these is the ordinance of God. With the throne of iniquity God has no fellowship. To take the simple existence of a power as evidence of its right to rule, evinces the heart of the veriest slave.

A casual look across the continent will confirm this reality, Africa is in dire need of Statesmen and women.‍

To further this, every christian should be at his post, and wherever duty to his God, the church, and his country, calls, there he should be found. Let not christians by a mistaken view of spirituality, retire from social duty, or alienate their rights, as men, to be the inheritance of infidels and profligates. Between the most exalted spirituality of mind and an intelligent and liberal assertion of social rights, there is no discrepancy. Infidelity, for obvious reasons, would persuade us to believe, that religious and civil duties are hostile to each other.
Believeitnot.

David, the man after God's own heart was a states man and a captain, as well as a distinguished saint.

Plato wrote that:
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

The words of Plato echoes loudly across Nigeria of today 🫨

Political Action Committee mandate;
Modelling an alternative political culture.

Politics derives its character from politicians. You cannot give what you don’t have! Therefore, Christians who have received the nature of Christ are urgently needed in politics to set the benchmark of what the acceptable and ideal political system should be in Nigeria.

A politician can only bring his/her worldview to bear on the political sphere which is a product of his/her beliefs, education and ethics and these will reflect in his/her political preferences and practice, which will inform his/her views of what is right and wrong.

For Christians to be lights and salt, as true witnesses for Christ in politics, there is need to train, equip and commission believers as missionaries sent into the political sphere.

This is one of the purpose Occupy.ng app was developed to mobilise Christians as agents of moral change with competent and integrity to manage our commonwealth for the benefit of all and to model godly characters as statesmen and women in Government. If you are reading this, you are the one God is looking for to establish His Kingdom on earth!

An untrained leader is a dangerous leader!
Jesus went through training before He began His public ministry. It was an established Jewish tradition that every male child, most especially the first born, be trained in the laws,the prophets and the precepts before they are thirteen years old. He was also trained as a Carpenter as a vocation and business.

Moses acquired the education and civilisation of the Egyptians, but that academic qualification was not enough for him to succeed in the great commission of discipling the new nation of Israel. God therefore sent him into the wilderness for another forty years of training in the school of meekness, patience with the ability to hear God’s whisper that only few humans have heard. His eighty years of training only served to fulfill forty years of public ministry.

The ecumenical Church in Nigeria needs to develop a Public Theology as a discipline to train Christians who are called by God into the political sphere before they can be the light and salt on the mountain of government.

The Lesson of Life

Everything in life is teaching you something:
1. Anything that annoys you is teaching you patience!
2. Anyone who abandons you is teaching you how to stand up for yourself!
3. Anything that angers you is teaching you forgiveness and compassion!
4. Anything that has power over you is teaching you how to take your power back!
5. Anything you hate is teaching you unconditional love!
6. Anything you can’t control is teaching you how to let go!
7. Anything you fear is teaching you courage to overcome your fear!
Everything in life is teaching you something; please learn these lessons and be equipped, be empowered and be victorious in Jesus Mighty Name

BREAKING: *Tinubu releases ministerial portfolios:*

 August 16, 2023
Daily Post Nigeria
by Williams Anuku


President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has just released the list of portfolios for his ministerial appointees, as follows:

1. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – *Bosun Tijani* ,

2. Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management – *Ishak Salako*

3. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy – *Wale Edun*

4. Minister of Marine and Blue Economy – *Bunmi Tunji*

5. Minister of Power – *Adedayo Adelabu*

6. Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare – *Tunji Alausa*

7. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, *Dele Alake*

8. Minister of Tourism, *Lola Ade-John*

9. Minister of Transportation, *Adegboyega Oyetola*

10. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, *Doris Anite*

11. Minister of Innovation Science and Technology, *Uche Nnaji*

12. Minister of State, Labour and Employment, *Nkiruka Onyejeocha*

13. Minister of Women Affairs, *Uju Kennedy*

14. Minister of Works, *David Umahi*

15. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, *Festus Keyamo*

16. Minister of Youth, *Abubakar Momoh*

17. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, *Betta Edu*

18. Minister of State, Gas Resources, *Ekperikpe Ekpo* .

19. Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, *Heineken Lokpobiri*

20. Minister of Sports Development, *John Enoh*

21. Minister of Federal Capital Territory, *Nyesom Wike*

22. Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, *Hannatu Musawa*

23. Minister of Defence, *Mohammed Badaru*

24. Minister of State Defence, *Bello Matawalle*

25. Minister of State Education, *Yusuf T. Sunumu*

26. Minister of Housing and Urban Development, *Ahmed M. Dangiwa*

27. Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, *Abdullah T. Gwarzo*

28. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, *Atiku Bagudu*

29. Minister of Environment and Ecological Management, (Kaduna)

30. Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, *Mairiga Mahmud*

31. Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation, *Bello M. Goronyo*

32. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, *Abubakar Kyari*

33. Minister of Education, *Tahir Maman*

34. Minister of Interior, *Sa’Idu A. Alkali*

35. Minister of Foreign Affairs, *Yusuf M. Tuggar*

36. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, *Ali Pate*

37. Minister of Police Affairs, *Ibrahim Geidam*

38. Minister of State, Steel Development, *U. Maigari Ahmadu*

39. Minister of Steel Development, *Shuaibu A. Audu*

40. Minister of Information and National Orientation, *Muhammed Idris*

41. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, *Lateef Fagbemi*

42. Minister of Labour and Employment, *Simon B. Lalong*

43. Minister of State, Police Affairs, *Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim*

44. Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Govermental Affairs, *Zephaniah Jisalo*

45. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, *Joseph Utsev*

46. Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, *Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.*

Today's young people have lower levels of trust in formal politics and are less likely to see political parties as viable avenues for affecting change. At the same time, globalization and increasing availability of technology has provided new ways for young people to connect both locally, nationally and globally. As a result, many young people are turning to social movements and other less formal means of civic and political participation, such opportunity is offered on this platform.
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