Niyi Olarewaju

It is with a great and joyous heart that I write to congratulate you, I am particularly thankful to God Almighty for sparing our lives to witness the occasion of your Swearing-in for a Second-term in office. I pray God grants unto you good and sound health to see you through your tenure and the rest of your life on earth,   I also congratulate you on your remarkable victory at the poll in the gubernatorial election conducted in our dear Sunshine State in October last year. The victory is an empirical affirmation of your political wit and astuteness. No doubt Your Excellency, you are a very intelligent politician who a lot of youths look up to seeking political mentorship, you are a classical example of a well-grassrooted politician, a fact which most of your die-hard political antagonist will not dare to contest. The wealth of experience you promised to bring into governance in Ondo State was one of the reasons I opted to support you in the 2007 gubernatorial election as a 10...

Edited by Lanre Asiwaju   As you go through this piece, I don't want you to see it as an attempt to denigrate the church or our men of God, rather it is just a piece that enables us look inward. Our Churches nowadays teach us to be docile, subservient and humdrum. They teach us to leave all of our issues to God, they teach us to pray and put the whole of our trust in God without laying equal emphasis on the virtue of handwork thereby crucifying the "Work and Pray" ethics The modern day churches are no longer seen as the custodians of morality just as our Pastors are not seen as perfect role models for our growing kids . Corruption cases in our churches are mindboggling. Our men of God are untouchable as they are guarded by the biblical immunity. One can barely talk about a man of God before being quickly reminded of Psalm 105 verse 15, “Touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm”. This is a fallacy; it bothers on the gene of fallacy called Argumentum ad ba...