THE cause of insecurity, corruption and other degenerative
behaviours found among the people have been linked to the non-inclusion
of religious studies in the nation’s educational system.
This was the view of the President of North Western Nigeria Union of Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Nigeria, Pastor Oyeleke Owolabi, who said the absence of God from the classrooms has resulted in the steady decadence that is currently taking the nation into the abyss of indiscipline and underdevelopment.
Owolabi, who was speaking on state of the nation, said, “early missionaries introduced the concept of God and the dignity of man into the classroom, which gave birth to great names like Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa, whose legacies are indelible in the history of Nigeria, saying no sooner their generation passed away than the new leadership forcefully removed religion out of the nation’s educational system.”
He said: “the void thus created by the removal of morning devotional and prayer sessions from school schedules is subsequently filled by violence, corruption and wanton indiscipline that has resulted to a total loss of honesty, integrity and insecurity.”
The cleric observed that since this has gone from one generation to another, unless Nigerians turn around from their evil ways, nothing good will come out of the nation.
This was the view of the President of North Western Nigeria Union of Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Nigeria, Pastor Oyeleke Owolabi, who said the absence of God from the classrooms has resulted in the steady decadence that is currently taking the nation into the abyss of indiscipline and underdevelopment.
Owolabi, who was speaking on state of the nation, said, “early missionaries introduced the concept of God and the dignity of man into the classroom, which gave birth to great names like Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa, whose legacies are indelible in the history of Nigeria, saying no sooner their generation passed away than the new leadership forcefully removed religion out of the nation’s educational system.”
He said: “the void thus created by the removal of morning devotional and prayer sessions from school schedules is subsequently filled by violence, corruption and wanton indiscipline that has resulted to a total loss of honesty, integrity and insecurity.”
The cleric observed that since this has gone from one generation to another, unless Nigerians turn around from their evil ways, nothing good will come out of the nation.
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