I could not stop laughing when I read the article of Reuben Abati titled “Rituals, blood and death”. Reuben expressed his opinion of the Aso Villa, Nigeria’s Presidential seat of power. He spoke about how disease and deaths oppressed office holders within the villa and the immediate disappearance of these ailments immediately the election was lost. He spoke about people walking on their heads and those bathing with blood. He spoke about civil servants and their desperation for personal interests. He spoke about critical mistakes made by the president and even how many well-wished decisions are being misinterpreted by the Nigerian public.
Now to start with, Reuben Abati is a first class scholar and valedictorian from the university of calabar. He holds a Ph.D in Theatre Arts, specializing in Dramatic Literature, Theory and Criticism from the University of Ibadan. He holds a degree in Law from Lagos State University. Reuben is a four-time record winner of Hadj Alade Odunewu/Diamond Award for Media Excellence Prize for Informed Commentary, a winner of the Cecil King Memorial Prize for Print Journalist of the Year (1998),a winner of the Fletcher Challenge Commonwealth Prize for Opinion Writing (2000) and the winner of the Freedom Peace Prize for Journalism. He is also a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, a Fellow of the 21st Century Trust, a Fellow of The Nigeria Leadership Initiative and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.
In 2011, Reuben was appointed Special Adviser, Media and Publicity and as Official Spokesperson to President Goodluck Jonathan. In this capacity, he was responsible for managing the President’s media office and leading the Presidency’s public communications team.
Now that’s not just for fun. For someone of Reuben Abati’s intellectual stature and a respected member of the Rosicrussian order, I feel this should not be ignored. I make bold to say that his position even though could not be acceptable for the reason behind the poor perception of the GEJ government by the media, the variables glaringly show that the people surrounding the president can help him to make critical mistakes and very wrong decisions including those that this present administration is making.
So in a case where a presidential residence is turned into a demon-infested Igbo Eledumare and a smart, professional represents the adventurous Olowo aye really calls for lots of concern. Anyone who has held positions of power understands the heat, pressure and volume of decisions that decimates before you as a leader upon which you will be judged as wise or foolish. Hence, the wilder the people around you are for personal interests, the more forceful they come to you for personal gain. They don’t want you to say or ask questions. Just Approve and let me go. Case closed! Beyond lobbying for contracts, people will do anything to have their greedy wishes satisfied and if you don’t want to concur, they, even though claim to be Christians and Muslims can return to the 400 years old idol of their clan and join the worst of occult. Why? Because they want to collect something from you. And if you were lucky by common sense, mental or spiritual clout to stop their wishes, they move harder at you. I see Patience Jonathan as a woman who will sense things straight and speak her mind no matter whose ox is gored.
But come to think of it. Why go into political office in Nigeria without any spiritual clout? You may end up rubbishing your name while making some unknown occultic professionals billionaires overnight via loss of full consciousness.
So as you bring your loving qualifications from Stanford or Yale and thinking of working in the Topmost office in Nigeria, factor spiritual vigilance into your technocratic ability. If you dare resist their fraudulent and greedy requests, prepare for full scale spiritual war.
So when you hear the name Ebora Owu, keep in mind that’s its not just panegyrics. They must have seen him him remove a lizard from his amala with mere hands and then eat the food or could have said "ooooni se oriire bi o se fi ori rin bo yen o" while the crook civil servant thought Obasanjo will not see him walking on his head.
There is a spiritual currency in blood and there is a place for spiritual alertness particularly as a Christian
Now to start with, Reuben Abati is a first class scholar and valedictorian from the university of calabar. He holds a Ph.D in Theatre Arts, specializing in Dramatic Literature, Theory and Criticism from the University of Ibadan. He holds a degree in Law from Lagos State University. Reuben is a four-time record winner of Hadj Alade Odunewu/Diamond Award for Media Excellence Prize for Informed Commentary, a winner of the Cecil King Memorial Prize for Print Journalist of the Year (1998),a winner of the Fletcher Challenge Commonwealth Prize for Opinion Writing (2000) and the winner of the Freedom Peace Prize for Journalism. He is also a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, a Fellow of the 21st Century Trust, a Fellow of The Nigeria Leadership Initiative and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.
In 2011, Reuben was appointed Special Adviser, Media and Publicity and as Official Spokesperson to President Goodluck Jonathan. In this capacity, he was responsible for managing the President’s media office and leading the Presidency’s public communications team.
Now that’s not just for fun. For someone of Reuben Abati’s intellectual stature and a respected member of the Rosicrussian order, I feel this should not be ignored. I make bold to say that his position even though could not be acceptable for the reason behind the poor perception of the GEJ government by the media, the variables glaringly show that the people surrounding the president can help him to make critical mistakes and very wrong decisions including those that this present administration is making.
So in a case where a presidential residence is turned into a demon-infested Igbo Eledumare and a smart, professional represents the adventurous Olowo aye really calls for lots of concern. Anyone who has held positions of power understands the heat, pressure and volume of decisions that decimates before you as a leader upon which you will be judged as wise or foolish. Hence, the wilder the people around you are for personal interests, the more forceful they come to you for personal gain. They don’t want you to say or ask questions. Just Approve and let me go. Case closed! Beyond lobbying for contracts, people will do anything to have their greedy wishes satisfied and if you don’t want to concur, they, even though claim to be Christians and Muslims can return to the 400 years old idol of their clan and join the worst of occult. Why? Because they want to collect something from you. And if you were lucky by common sense, mental or spiritual clout to stop their wishes, they move harder at you. I see Patience Jonathan as a woman who will sense things straight and speak her mind no matter whose ox is gored.
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| Dr Reuben Abati |
But come to think of it. Why go into political office in Nigeria without any spiritual clout? You may end up rubbishing your name while making some unknown occultic professionals billionaires overnight via loss of full consciousness.
So as you bring your loving qualifications from Stanford or Yale and thinking of working in the Topmost office in Nigeria, factor spiritual vigilance into your technocratic ability. If you dare resist their fraudulent and greedy requests, prepare for full scale spiritual war.
So when you hear the name Ebora Owu, keep in mind that’s its not just panegyrics. They must have seen him him remove a lizard from his amala with mere hands and then eat the food or could have said "ooooni se oriire bi o se fi ori rin bo yen o" while the crook civil servant thought Obasanjo will not see him walking on his head.
There is a spiritual currency in blood and there is a place for spiritual alertness particularly as a Christian
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