{"id":91209,"date":"2024-08-03T22:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T22:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=91209"},"modified":"2024-08-03T22:19:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T22:19:48","slug":"the-letter-the-baptists-wrote-to-president-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=91209","title":{"rendered":"The letter the Baptists wrote to President Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU (GCFR):<\/span><\/p>\n

YOUR EXCELLENCY SIR,<\/span><\/p>\n

I bring you greetings during this hard time that we have found ourselves as a <\/span>
\nnation. <\/span><\/p>\n

In my Pastoral Letter to our Church (Nigerian Baptist Convention), I kept in <\/span>
\nobedience to the word of our Saviour, Jesus Christ that says: \u201cfirst take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your <\/span>
\nbrother\u2019s eye\u201d (Matthew 7:5). Therefore, my submission to them was in the fear that the protest could be hijacked, which might lead to further possible disaster. I wish now to turn to our government at all levels, through Your Excellency, with a few <\/span>
\nsuggestions, in addition to, or repetition of the suggestions of others, on possible<\/span>
\nways out of the present situation.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The three tiers of the government have to accept and acknowledge the fact <\/span>
\nthat there is hardship in the land and come up with realistic ways of leading <\/span>
\nthe nation out of the problems at such a time as this.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Government should be clearly seen to be appealing to the people of our <\/span>
\ncountry for more patience as they work assiduously to engage and ameliorate <\/span>
\nthe hardship in the land. The current palliatives being released can be likened <\/span>
\nto only a drop in the mighty ocean of our problems. <\/span><\/p>\n

3. Government should further address the security situation in the country with <\/span>
\na view to returning farmers to their farms in order to curb food insecurity in <\/span>
\nthe country.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Government at all levels should mobilise our teaming Youths with incentives <\/span>
\nto make farming attractive before the rainy season ceases. They should also <\/span>
\nassist directly in bringing back the culture of storing farm produce in the silos <\/span>
\nnationwide. <\/span><\/p>\n

5. Government should create employment and entrepreneurship opportunities <\/span>
\nfor the teaming, intelligent and energetic youths of our country. <\/span><\/p>\n

6. Government should bring tax holiday and other incentives to the industrial <\/span>
\nand business sectors, particularly in order to bring back all small and big <\/span>
\nindustries that have left the country. This will generate massive employment. <\/span><\/p>\n

7. Government should revisit the fuel subsidy removal by significantly reducing <\/span>
\nthe current price of all fuel products in the country. <\/span><\/p>\n

8. Government should direct the Apex Bank to rescue the Naira from unending <\/span>
\ndepreciation. No country allows her currency to fade away. <\/span><\/p>\n

9. Government at all levels should follow the footsteps of the House of <\/span>
\nRepresentatives that reduced the wages of its members. FEC should also do <\/span>
\nthe same if the number of the cabinet cannot be reduced.<\/span><\/p>\n

10.The lifestyles of our political office holders should reflect the reality on <\/span>
\nground in the nation in the areas of emoluments and benefits. <\/span><\/p>\n

11.Governments at all levels should be carrying the traditional rulers, religious <\/span>
\nleaders and other stake holders along, before introducing policies that can <\/span>
\ntrigger protests. Doing so after things have gone out of hand is an indication <\/span>
\nof repeating past mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n

12.Government at all levels should facilitate dialogue with all stakeholders in <\/span>
\norder to douse the current tension in the country. <\/span><\/p>\n

13.Government should take all early warning signals of danger seriously. If the <\/span>
\ncries and calls of the masses had been respected and given the urgent attention <\/span>
\nthey deserved, we are not likely to get to the level we now have reached. <\/span><\/p>\n

14.Government, through its numerous hands, must maintain constant <\/span>
\ncommunication with the people of our country, to explain situations and <\/span>
\nanswer questions being asked. Silence, when speech is needed, is not helpful <\/span>
\nfor our generation, which constantly thrives on information. Therefore, all <\/span>
\nlevels of government must seek to utilize their opportunities to address the <\/span>
\npeople of our country.<\/span><\/p>\n

15.Even now, it is expedient that Government should speak to the people. The\u00a0 people are eager to hear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you very much for your attention. May the Almighty God help you to lead <\/span>
\nour nation aright so that the people of this country will forever remain grateful for <\/span>
\nyour time as our President. <\/span><\/p>\n

In His Grace and Royal Service,<\/span>
\nRev Dr Israel Akanji, <\/b><\/span>FAR, FNACM (Zaki)<\/span>
\nPresident of the Nigerian Baptist Convention<\/span>
\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU (GCFR): YOUR EXCELLENCY SIR, I bring you greetings during this hard time that we have found ourselves as a nation. In my Pastoral Letter to our Church (Nigerian Baptist Convention), I kept in obedience to the word of our Saviour, Jesus Christ that says: \u201cfirst take the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":65324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5782],"tags":[6750,249,56],"class_list":["post-91209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-opinion","tag-baptists","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}