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Analysis of the first week of the Occupy Nigeria protests, lessons learnt and biblical application to life.
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A Ti,e
AA TIME TO STAND
What A Week!
The Week Our Iniquities Caught Up with Us
Occupy Nigeria!Your Bed
Your HouseYour Street
Your NeighbourhoodYour Prayer Room
What Occupied Your Mind ?
Loss• Peace and Tranquility• Ethnic Divisions• 1.5 Trillion Naira• Property• Livelihoods• Human Lives
Gains • Information and Sensitisation• Congruence of Goals• Ownership• Nigerians In Diaspora• Strong Signal• Critical Analysis• Widespread Anger
Just A Bit More• Office Stationery and Computer Consumables:
N343,299,190 Million• Books: N12, 273,286 Million• Newspapers: N43, 081,323 Million• Magazines and Periodicals: N8,703,937 Million• Printing of Non-security Materials: N121,248,260 Million• Drugs and Medical Supplies: N314,323,463 Million• Teaching Aids and Instructional Materials: N10,741,419• Foodstuff and Catering Materials Supply:N476,966, 327
Million
• Total : N1,332,637,365 Billion
Just A Bit More• Maintenance of Office Furniture: N53,387,659 Million• Maintenance of Office Building and Residential Quarters:
N1,736,208,393 Billion• Maintenance of Office and IT Equipment: N137,827,777 Million• Maintenance of Plants and Generators: N15,215,500 Million• Other Maintenance Services: N113,682,232 Million• International Training: N183,208,461• Financial Consulting: N82,500, 152 Million.• Fuel and Lubricants: N168,722,871 Million (Remember Electricity
bills)• Refreshment and Meals: N293,695,515 Million (Remember
Foodstuff Earlier)
A Little More• Office Furniture and Fittings: N135,053,350 Million• Purchase of Computers: N265,111,472 Million• Purchase of Photocopying Machines: N23,566,100 Million• Purchase of Scanners: N150,783,304 Million• Purchase of Canteen and Kitchen Equipment: N45, 427,848 Million• Purchase of Residential Furniture: N295,322,579 Million
(Remember Furniture for office and maintenance earlier on?)• Purchase of Health and Medical Equipment: N93,776,918 Million• Purchase of Library Books and Equipment: N44,166,229 Million
(Books again?)• Provision of Infrastructure: N324,827,187 Million• Provision of Recreational Facilities: N141,358,532 Million
Lastly• Rehabilitation and Repairs of the Residential
Building: N694,893,729 Million• Rehabilitation of Hospitals and Health
Centres: N122,921,332 Million• Rehabilitation and Repair of Roads:
N21,511,233• Rehabilitation and Repair of Office Buildings:
N419,960,802 Million!
Where Are You ?
PANICKY OR ANGRY
WHAT IS MY NEXT QUESTION ?
Son of GodIf you were in
power, would it be different ?
Why I Doubt ?Our Lives
Our BusinessesOur ChurchesOur PursuitsOur Victories
Remember Daniel and the King’s Meat
!
Unlike Nigeria• Plan for Years Ahead• Live Within Your Means• Plug Unnecessary Expenses• Serve and Love• Be Righteous• Be Diligent• Develop Yourself and Others• Roast What You Kill !
See You in Second Service
A Nation’s Mindset
Text: Genesis 25: 29-34
• “Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. And Esau came to Jacob, please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary. Therefore his name was called Edom. But Jacob said, sell me your birthright as of this day. And Esau said, Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me. Then Jacob said, swear to me as of this day. And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose and went his way. Thus Esau sold his birthright.”
The God of Jacob• All Christians claim Jacob’s
Geneology• We Claim His Blessings• We Praise Him for Wrestling
With God• We Credit Him With Craftiness• We Vilify Esau
How Many Christians Want Jacob’s Cross ?
Why do all Christians Align towards Jacob?
Answer: Genesis 25: 23-28• “ But the children struggled together within
her; and she said, if all is well, why am I like this? So she went to inquire of the Lord. And the Lord said to her: two nations are in your womb, two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger. So when her days were fulfilled, indeed there were twins in her womb.”
Answer: Genesis 25: 23-28• “And the first came out red. He was like a
hairy garment all over, so they called him name Esau. And afterward his brother came out, and his hand tool hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was Jacob.
• 27. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents. And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Quick Reality Check• Why Should a Skilled Hunter Beg? • Picture The Image of Esau and Jacob• Why Did Sell His Birthright ?• What Was the Prevailing Circumstance ?• What Was the Outlook ?• You Choose Between Cooking and Hunting• It is a Mindset: Individual and National
It is a Destiny!
Choose Your Nation• Nigeria• Switzerland• South Africa• Japan• Thailand• United Arab Emirates• United Kingdom• Mauritius• Singapore• United States of America
• Rank Here
National Mindset
Find Your Nation• Mild Mannered• Respectful• Conservative and
Thrifty• Conscientious• Time Conscious• Society-Oriented• Future Conscious• Faith-Reliant
• Macho, Voyeurism and Adventure
• Consumerism• Greed and Avarice• Corruption• Lovers of Enjoyment• Egotistic• Power-Conscious• Self-Reliant
Always a Battle
Classify These Nations• Nigeria• Switzerland• South Africa• Japan• Thailand• United Arab Emirates• United Kingdom• Mauritius• Singapore• United States of America
Question“Why Should Nigeria
Be An Esau Nation When You and I
Live Here ?”
Answers• We Are Not Knowledgeable Enough ?• We Lack Understanding?• We Lack Wisdom ?• We Flee From Tribulations and Trials• We Do Not Commune With God Enough• We Are Too Religious
King of Kings• He Gives Kings Visions• He Gives His Own Knowledge, Wisdom and
Understanding• He Gives Nations Challenges• He Gives His Elected Solutions• He Gives Kings Rulership• He Gives His Own Influence and Power• He Gives Kings Fear• He Gives The Anointed Insight
QuestionWhat Are The
Possible Solutions To
Nigeria’s Current
Impasse ?
My Ideas
P.I.E.S• Trust Deficit• Twenty Four Months• Graduated Subsidy Withdrawal• Corresponding Government Service Delivery• Independent Evaluation and Monitoring
Political• Budgeting• Big Government• Duplicity• Wastage• Salaries of Politicians• Corruption• Implementation of
Reports
Infrastructure• Clear Infrastructural
Development Plan• Prioritisation of Projects• Roads and Rail• Seaport and Airports• Health and Emergency
Services• Housing• Education• Power
Economics• Ease of Doing
Business• SME Kickstart• Employment
Generation• Technology Hubs• Agriculture
Social• Safety Net• Poverty Alleviation• Fuel Vouchers• Food Vouchers• Social Change
Campaign Against Waste
• Senior Citizens and Minors
Who Do We Serve ?
• Job 12: 13- 25
• Acts 14:8-17• Psalm 9: 17-20• Psalm 50:9-13• Psalm 72:11-14• Isiaiah 60:13-18• Psalm 33:10-11• Psalm 44:3 and 4 (Nigerian Independence)
• How Many of You remember How Israel Got a King ?