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A friend of mine needs blood 🩸donation urgently. Blood group is O Positive (O+).
Location: St Charles Borromeo Hospital, Onitsha.
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Please if you can or know anyone who'll be of support to him, kindly reach out.
“The devil seeks to make us doubt the Church. He wants us to regard her as a human organization in crisis. However, she is so much more than that: she is the continuation of Christ.”
- Cardinal Robert Sarah
Let us pray with today's Gospel Reading (Luke 10:25-37)
Lord Jesus Christ,
You teach us through the parable of the Good Samaritan that true love knows no boundaries, no race, no creed, no social class, only compassion that comes from the heart.
Lord, open our eyes to see as You see. Too often, like the priest and the Levite, we pass by on the other side, busy, distracted, or afraid to get involved.
Forgive us for the times we have turned away from the pain of others, for the times we have justified indifference and called it prudence.
Give us, O Lord, the heart of the Good Samaritan a heart that is tender, courageous, and generous. May we not only feel pity, but act with mercy,
bringing healing where there is hurt, hope where there is despair, and love where there is hatred.
Inspire us, Lord, to see You in the wounded, the lonely, the poor, the migrant, the outcast, and the forgotten. Help us to realize that whatever we do for them, we do for You.
Grant us the grace to live this Gospel in our daily lives, to be neighbors, not by proximity, but by compassion; to build a world where mercy triumphs over indifference; and to love not in words, but in deeds. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen
The danger of making crime a norm.
Whenever I talk about Nigeria being a crime scene, those who are part of the criminality and their hirelings will quickly start their noise-making, attacking and blackmailing me. But how do you tell people that those whose integrity, character and behaviour are supposed to be exemplary and emulated in society have become the very source of the nation’s decay? How do you tell young Nigerians to be honest and upright when those they are supposed to emulate are the least to be emulated because they are criminals and dishonest?
Certificate forgery is a serious criminal offence in all countries of the world. It is one of the most corrupt practices heavily punished.
In one of my knowledge-seeking visits to Indonesia early this year, after interacting with several ministers responsible for Health, Villages, SMEs, Planning, and Education, as well as the Vice President and President Joko Widodo on development, I met with the Chairman of the General Elections Commission of Indonesia. I asked him about the educational qualifications required to participate in elections from local government to the state legislature, governorship, and up to the presidential level. He openly stated these qualifications to me.
My team and I then asked a simple question: What happens if someone contests for public office with a forged certificate or did not attend the school he claimed he attended? He looked at me, surprised and shocked, and said, “That attracts immediate disqualification and prosecution. It is a criminal offence. He added, “If someone can forge a certificate, how can that person be trusted to lead others?”
But in my country Nigeria, though the laws are same as in other countries, that forgery is punished by immediate disqualification, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) makes no effort to scrutinize certificates before the elections, over looks complaints of forgery and when you challenged after the elections, court will dismiss the serious criminal issues as "pre-election matters" without giving this criminal act appropriate punishment.
INEC, even after the elections, does not bother to revisit or investigate these serious offences before the next election.
The other concerning issue from all these is how criminals and dishonest people scale through all the scrutiny layers -security, parliament and government apparatus set to handle such.
Even more disturbing, amounting to double tragedy, is that most of these dishonest people swore to an affidavit before a law court attesting to the authenticity of the documents they presented.
We are now preparing for the 2027 general elections. INEC have enough time to investigate past complaints about various forms of forgery and false claims.
Our Electoral amendments must include that anyone intending to contest for any public office, whether an incumbent or a new candidate, must submit all academic certificates to the electoral body immediately after party primaries, at least six months before the election. These certificates, alongside details of schools attended, what was studied and years of study, should be made public for verification within 90 days. This process must also apply to appointed officials, Ministers and even aides, because when dishonesty starts from the top, it spreads to every level of governance, just like it’s happening now.
We must deal with certificate forgery holistically with the seriousness and level of criminality it deserves. Criminal offences should not be dismissed as a mere procedural matter. We must end the era where forgery and deceit are rewarded with power. True leadership must begin with truth.
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