LIsten To The Latest Prophecy Of Father Mbaka To Presidency :A Must Read

Editor’s note: Presidential media aide Femi
Adesina in his fresh piece published through
his official Facebook page appeals
to Nigerians no to lose hope in the
Muhammadu Buhari’s government.
Buhari’s aide reveals that he took a pay cut to
join the incumbent administration. Mr. Adesina
also advised Nigerians to hear the latest
prophecy of fiery preacher Father Ejike Mbaka.
There is hunger in the land
Here comes the preacher. What does he
want to tell us? Doesn’t he know that we are
hungry, and the din of hunger makes one
deaf to reason? The rumble in our tummies,
as the worms compete for the little food left
there, will surely be louder than what
anybody can say now. True? Not exactly.
Come, let us reason together.
Father Ejike Mbaka, that fearless priest of
the Catholic church, gave an illustration
recently, which I believe was not revealed to
him by flesh and blood. There is hunger in
the land, with people severely famished. And
there is ululation, loud enough to deafen the
deaf all over again, and wake the dead from
his eternal sleep. The wailers are wailing so
loud, as if Bob Marley had resurrected with
his band, the Wailing Wailers. But hear Fr. Mbaka: 
somebody came, looted your kitchen,
carried away all the food. He did not even
leave you crumbs to console yourself with.
And then comes another person, trying to
replenish your pantry, trying to restock your
kitchen. And then you begin to shout; we are
hungry o, we are hungry o, to the point of
distracting and discouraging the new man.
Who should you rather wail and rage
against? The man that looted your kitchen,
of course.

That is the exact similitude of the position
of Nigeria. There is hunger, lack, and
deprivation in the land. But is it a death
knell? Not when the kitchen is being
restocked, and we will soon feed till we want
no more.
But what if we are dead before our kitchen
gets replenished? What if we had been
knackered by hunger, before the days of
plenty come? That is the purpose of this
piece. “But the God of all grace, who hath
called us unto his eternal glory by Christ
Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while,
make you perfect, established, strengthen,
settle you.” (1 Peter 5:10).
Every religion must surely preach the virtue
of godly patience
Christianity is the religion I am most familiar
with. But every religion must surely preach
the virtue of godly patience. “After ye have
suffered a while…” Let’s look at it closely.
You give a single thing, you get four in
return. What a huge return on investment.
You put in suffering (patience, if you like),
and you get this cocktail of blessings :
perfect, established, strengthened, settled.
Buy one, get four free.
Hear who is preaching patience, from the
cosy confines of the presidential villa. He
has moved up, and from obscene comfort,
he can preach. That was the insinuation my
own brother, Dele Momodu, made in
his Saturday column in Thisday a couple of
weeks ago. He did not mention my name,
but I knew he was talking of me. And
I laughed. Obscene comfort, in a Muhammadu
Buhari administration? Funny. Well, I do not
know about those who can hustle, and gain
advantage from holding public office. But I
can speak for myself. The day God was
distributing the ability to hustle, I probably
was not at home, so I have not been given
that ability. And the Good Book says no man
does anything, except it is given to him from
above. The sum total? I am on a national
assignment that has cut my legitimate
annual income by one third, so when there is
hunger in the land, I go hungry too. Well,
almost. When people talk of lack of money, I
penny-pinch, too. Well, almost. Let nobody
think those in government are insulated from
what is happening in the country. At least,
those who have truly come to serve. But
those precious promises hold true any day.
“In the days of famine, my people shall be
satisfied.” “The young lion may lack, and
suffer hunger, but those that trust in the
Lord shall not suffer any good thing.” (Ride
on, preacher!).
In Benin on Monday, President Buhari spoke
at campaign rally of the All Progressives
Congress (APC). He declared: “I assure you
that we are going to get out of our
economic problems. We are almost out of
our security problem and we are going to
make Nigeria great again. We are going to
be very proud of our country once again.” I
believe it. Implicitly. If I don’t, I am then
simply wasting time in government, when I
could fare a lot better outside it. But the
Daura man needs people to believe in him.
Count me in the number. I had always been,
and will always be a believer in integrity,
probity and accountability. It is good for our country.

The economy has fallen into recession, and
after recession comes depression. Really?
Why are some people too eager to believe
negative projections, while shunning the
positive? Yes, when you have negative
economic growth for two consecutive
quarters, there is business contraction, and
the economy falls into recession. Depression
is even worse. But recession is not
Armageddon. It is not a death sentence.
Leading countries of the world had fallen
into economic recession at one time or the
other, and they came out of it, to become
strong and sturdy again. Why not Nigeria?
The projection is that by the end of the
fourth quarter, we would be on our way out
of recession. I believe it. I do not spend my
days expecting a thunderstorm, and render
myself unable to enjoy the rain. “After ye
have suffered a while…” Better days will
come again, and under this Buhari
administration. Yes, we shall soon be proud
of our country again.
Do we forget so easily? No, we shouldn’t.
Buhari and his party rode to power last year
on the wings of three main promises, among
others: security, anti-corruption, and
economic restoration. The first promise is
being roundly and soundly fulfilled. You can’t
administer a country you have not secured,
the President keeps saying. And so, from
Sambisa to Sango, in Ogun State, from the
creeks of Ikorodu to those of Niger Delta,
even the crocodiles are smiling, knowing
that the country is being secured. From
Ogbunike, to Okigwe, and to Okporoza, the
security agencies are proving their mettle. In
the North East, internally displaced people
are returning home. Ask people from
Konduga, in Borno State. Roads that had
been closed for five years are reopening.
Emirs, who had fled their palaces for many
years, have returned. “After ye have suffered
for a while…”
Corruption is being given a bloody nose!!

You do the crime, you serve the term. A
Daniel has come to judgment. In Nigeria, not
only are officials corrupt, but corruption has
become official, said Shehu Musa, a former
secretary to the Federal Government. Well,
not anymore. Do the crime, serve the term,
is the new singsong. Stealing has now
become corruption, and the battle has just
started.
The economy is the third promise. But just
as the promise is being kept on the security
and anti-corruption fronts, the economy will
also be turned right side up. After ye have
suffered a while…
It is inevitable that we pass through this
rough patch in which we currently find
ourselves. Up to the end of 2014, we made
an average of three billion dollars monthly
from oil. We whacked everything, officially
and unofficially, nothing put aside for the
rainy day. It was a bazaar. Now the rain is
falling, and it is beating us almost
mercilessly. Monthly income from oil has
dropped to as low as five hundred million
dollars. From billions to millions. We are
running soaked. But after rain comes the
shine. Nigeria not only has a thrifty and
prudent leadership, but also one that will not
steal our money. You can’t teach an old dog
new tricks, so goes the saying. Some people
are so rapacious that if you keep a boiled
egg in their care, and knowing that a bite on
the egg would be quite visible, they then lick
it, so that the egg never goes scot-free. But
the good news for us is that a man who did
not bite our egg in his 30s, would not lick it
in his 70s. Our treasury is safe, and we will
beat recession. Better days are surely
coming, “after ye have suffered a while…”
We trusted Buhari and gave him our votes in
2015. Let us keep the trust, the confidence,
and ride the storm. In quietness and
confidence shall be our strength, not
in wailing and throwing of tantrums.

In private, and in public, President Buhari has
acknowledged the tough times in the land.
But he is not throwing up his hands in
helplessness. Problems are meant to be
solved, and the government is doing just
that. It’s a time of national emergency that
calls for cooperation, goodwill, best wishes,
encouragement, even prayers. But some
people rejoice, thinking the government
would fail. Why do the heathens rage, and
the people imagine vain things? Wasn’t the
siege on Samaria so terrible that they began
to boil their children to eat? And then came
Prophet Elisha, who told them, “Tomorrow
about this time, shall a measure of fine flour
be sold for a shekel.” Did it happen? It did.
But the scoffers, the unbelieving, did not
partake of it. Things will turn in Nigeria, and
it would be for our good.(I can see
everything turning around, turning around,
turning around for our good).
If you faint in the days of adversity, your
strength is small. Good Nigerians will not
faint, rather, they will trust, pray and
encourage the man restocking their
kitchens. As sure as day follows the night,
better things will come, and will not delay.
The troubles of the present are not worthy
to be compared to the glory that will be
revealed, “after we have suffered for
a while…”

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