It is exactly a year ago that this columnist saw and warned about the rancor and chaos that is plaguing and playing out in the Nigeria Opposition Party, PDP today. Read the prophecy once again and stay tuned of more to come. History is not playing out; rather, we are the ones making history at our own moment in history. Again, stay tuned and watch out.
"From the tribe of Issachar, there were 200 leaders of the tribe with their relatives. All these men understood the signs of the times and knew the best course for Israel to take" ---(I Chronicles 12:32 New Living Translation).
he People's Democratic Party-PDP- a potpourri of rainbow coalition of retired military generals, credited and discredited have-been politicians, Nigeria's bourgeoisie, their primitive del credere capitalists, financiers, and all sorts of characters of hues ushered Nigeria into the 21st Century. To rehabilitate themselves, the retired military generals brought one of their own from prison and manipulated him back to power. All the gains of the pro-democracy agitations of the 1990s were eroded and the pullers and shakers of Nigeria's decadent status quo smuggled themselves back to power on the back of genuine pro-democracy progressives and thinkers. In Nigeria, there is a local political parlance referred to as; "If you cant beat them, join them." For fifteen years, the PDP bestrode Nigeria's political firmament like an albatross until its chairman put his foot in his mouth. He said cheekily that the PDP would rule Nigeria forever, or at least 50 years! The same hubris that put the former Babalawo of The Gambia, Yahya Abdulaziz Junkung Jammeh in trouble and soon became history. He is currently in exile. The PDP like Jammeh soon went into coma. I said it at that time that unless a life support was thrown the erstwhile largest party in Africa, the octopus would go kaput. Thanks to the APC and most especially its presidential candidate and now outgoing president, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, PDP was bailed out of its Intensive Care Unit-ICU. With the disastrous way Buhari has run Nigeria aground in nearly 8 years, the APC and whoever it throws up as its presidential candidate in 2023 should be a goner. But PDP is becoming sick again and if care is not taken may be heading back to the ICU and this time, its Nunc dimittis is a fait accompli. It's difficult and near impossible to cheat Death twice. With the way it is going right, the PDP may be heading to its seppuku, unless it does right by seeking out the children of Issachar in its fold who can read the signs of the time correctly in Nigeria's political firmament.
See the historical parallels: Republican President Herbert Hoover took over from fellow Republican President Calvin Coolidge in 1929 and ran the economy of the United States aground causing the famous Great Depression. The Opposition Party: the Democrat put its house in order and capitalized on the failed performances of back-to-back two Republican presidents. With unity of purpose and progressive messaging and grassroot mobilization, the Republican Party was kept out of the White House for 20 years. Were it not for General Dwight Eisenhower who was literarily begged by the GOP to rescue its disastrous shape in 1953 and agreed to run for president, which he won by landslide, the Republican Party would have been in political wilderness for a very long time. In any clime, when things go awry and the masses grown under failed leadership as we currently witness in Nigeria's Buhari, the party in power is terribly punished. You don't reward a failing presidency and bad government and unless you're coming from Mars, Nigerians have never had it so bad right now in its history. Nigerians are groaning, poverty has gone stratospherically unbearable, the nation's currency is on free fall and hunger writs large in every barometer of life index. Unless you belong to Buhari's henchmen and women, the nation is so polarized that fissiparous agitations have ratcheted up with vengeance and embers of separatism are all over the place. The discord in the air is so thick you can slice it with a panga knife under a provincial president. For the United States of the 1920s, it was the economy; but for Nigeria of 2020s, it is a combination of all these and more.
In the UK, the "Winter of Discontent" caused by labor strikes and unemployment in 1978 led to the defeat of Prime Minister James Callaghan who "spoiled" it for the Labor Party. The Opposition Conservative Party cashed in handsomely in 1978 and rallied the nation against the ruling Labor Party which led to the rise of Baroness Margaret "Iron Lady" Thatcher as Prime Minister in 1979 and she ensured her party held onto power for nearly two decades. Again, it was the economy and plummeting living conditions of the people that moved voters against the Labor Government and in Nigeria, the current miasmic economy should send Buhari and his APC out of government decisively, for Americans and Britons do not have two heads and three eyes; they are human beings too like Nigerians and every human being in life want the same living conditions everywhere. As the Holy Bible aptly informs us: "Everyone's toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied" (Ecclesiastes 6:7).
In Germany, Angela Dorothea Merkel as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has succeeded in keeping her party in power for more than 15 years and she herself as leader of her party for nearly 20 years because of great achievements. Under her leadership as Chancellor, unemployment has reduced-only 3million in a nation of 83.02 million, she has boosted social insurance, and the German economy is steady amid recession in other European countries. Her introduction in Germany of "Energiewende" which will finally wean off reliance on Russia for energy supplies have been hailed across the political aisles. Her revolutionary family life policies which have made child-care compulsory, flexible working hours for Germans, the introduction of "Elterngeld" or Parent Benefit which is similar to Biden's Child Tax Credit here in the United States, the reduction of the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) from 240,000 to 170,000 soldiers and abolition of compulsory military services have endeared her as a leader and her party to the German people. Amid dithering in other European countries, Merkel raised the minimum wage and helped eased off tense social divide in the nation. Today, she is the most powerful woman in the world and her starring face-to-face with erstwhile Bully of the World-Donald Trump- the other day was remarkable. This is what good and astute leadership is all about and Nigeria can get one in 2023, if the Opposition PDP gets its acts together.
Nigeria's closest geographical neighbor, Senegal under President Macky Sall is showing where the political future is heading. How did this 59-year-old succeed in outfoxing the veteran Abdoulaye Wade as prime minister in 2004, singlehandedly formed his Opposition Alliance for the Republic (APR) and galvanized the entire nation, especially Senegalese abroad and youth to institute a national culture of vibrancy and progressivism? He has been in power for nearly 20 years -after his current term expires -and his soaring popularity rating in the nation can guarantee him staying on the job. Sally's radical economic policies, such as massive investments in agriculture, curbing waste, reining in unnecessary public spending, slashing the salaries and perks of public officials, lowering the price of gasoline, and making essential food items like rice and sugar affordable to the masses. He put strong teeth to fighting corruption with the establishment of National Anti-Corruption Office or Ofnac and leads by exemplary leadership. He brandished a scalpel the other day and gutted 35 projects by his predecessor considered as waste and unnecessary to public acclaim. Again, this is leadership.
All over the world, political parties are formed to aggregate the demands of their members and by extension, the needs of the citizenry by participating in elections with a view to winning the confidence of the voters and forming governments. To accomplish this onerous goal, a political party must gauge the mood of the nation and its people with a view to presenting a candidate that is saleable and can win election. The PDP must be a cursed political party to be dissipating much-needed energies and strategies on zoning of offices instead on how to send the APC parking and seeing Muhammadu Buhari curse. Nigerians right now do not care a hoot about this zoning nonsense, but want a new, energetic, pragmatic, and young fresh blood to come unto the political scene and turn around the story of this perennially prostrate nation come 2023. This is why the raucous of either northern or southern president come 2023 is asinine seriously. It is the game Nigeria's decadent elites have been playing for long to hoodwink and bamboozle the masses. The problem with Nigeria, we have all said numerous times and are reiterating it over and over again is squarely and onerously that of leadership. Instead of north and south dichotomized politics, the issues confronting Nigeria are between the fed and hungry, the rich and poor, the elites and the masses, the downtrodden hoi polio and the fat cats feeding on the wealth of the nation to the detriment of the impoverished class. Why is it that a privileged man from the northern part of the country continues to use "we" have the votes when in actual fact he is talking about his class? The poverty in the northern part of Nigeria is an eyesore, and endemically mindboggling. I have lived in the north and have visited virtually all crannies of that beautiful part of the country. It is even a misnomer to talk about a "northern Nigeria" as a political label. Where is the north in the first place? Politically, there is nothing like the north of Nigeria, albeit as a geographical expression to refer to that part of Nigeria up the Niger River. Are the Nupe/Gwari people of Niger State for example, political northerners? In 1980, my landlord in Jos said he would prefer to have me as his tenant than his fellow "northerner" man who spoke Hausa Language fluently. Why are the people of Benue complaining endlessly about their fellow "northerners" in the so-called northern Nigeria? The Lagos-Ibadan Press Axis, their Abuja counterparts and the fresh kids on the social media bloc need to change their coinage of so-called "northern Nigeria", because it is a veritable fodder for the tiny elites in that part of the nation to continue to lord it over the marginalized masses of that beautiful region. The problems with Nigeria are not Hausa-Fulani versus Yoruba, Ibo versus Itsekiri and ethnic schism. Hausa-Fulani are hungry, and their children are roaming the streets just as their counterparts in Yoruba and Ibo Lands. What has the average so-called "northern Nigerian poor man or woman benefited from the so-called Buhari our man government? You saw the other day when his son wedded and how the venue was full of private aircrafts owned by Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Ibo elites?
The bane of Africa's stunted giant is that she is bereft of an elite class that is catholically minded, but parochially oriented, and ideologically debased, although Western educated to an extent but desultory in progressive ideas and the mechanism to preserve the state. It is to the advantage of the elites in every modern society that the state lives on in order to preserve its class interests. But not so with the local elites in Nigeria. They are so selfish and that is why they have neglected the nation's education while their children are schooling abroad; they care no hoot for the medical sector but can jet out of the country to avail themselves the best medical treatment here, and they will be the first to desert the nation in the event of a major crisis. This time around, in this war for the soul of the Nigerian nation, especially in the spiritual realm more appropriately, this elite bugaboo will and must stop. A God-fearing man, full of ideas and brimful fresh, a professional in politics and untainted by the antics of professional politicians is coming to lead Nigerians on serious nation-building and renaissance. There is a lot of work to do folks, to repair and put back together Nigeria again. The PDP will either lead the way or get out of the way, period!
NOTE:We wrote this exactly a year ago as if it were yesterday and the prophecy will soon come to past.
IS OTUNBA JIMOH IBRAHIM PLANNING TO SUCCEED GOV. ROTIMI AKEREDOLU OF ONDO STATE IN 2025?
It is no secret that we have been more than engaged in who governs the Sunshine State of Ondo State for every four years. This is my home state, and our past prophecies can attest to our love for this beautiful land. I can see Mr. Ibrahim going up and down in the state warming up for the governorship position in our dear state. His target for starters; the traditional rulers of the state. He has also hitched his political wagon to Akeredolu.
As I had prophesied in this column two years ago, no man or woman from my hometown of Owo will occupy the Governor's Mansion at Alagbaka in the current political dispensation in my lifetime aftermath of Akeredolu's two-term tenure. Akeredolu too will not decide his successor either after he is done in 2025. See that landmark prophecy in this column published on Saturday September 26, 2020, via this link:( https://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/fayemiwo/092620.html )
Although 2025 is still years away, but the True Lord God Almighty Who knows the beginning from the end and the end from the beginning will soon disclose to us who will succeed Akeredolu. Stay tuned!
WORLD EXCLUSIVE! AN UNMITIGATED GLOBAL CALAMITY IN THE OFFING
In this column on Monday May 4, 2020, the Holy Spirit showed us what was about to happen somewhere on earth which would shake the entire planet earth. See the link to the prophecies two years ago as published here and other syndicated platforms around the world: (https://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/fayemiwo/050420.html). This was at the height of the global pandemic known as COVID-19 now in rear mirror. This coming devastation will make Covid-19 a child's play. The latest on this global calamity that is warming up now which we are giving the world a head up was published in this column and other syndicated platforms on Monday March 14, 20222. See link:
https://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/fayemiwo/030722.html
*We saw the coming of the global pandemic known as Covid-19 nearly a decade before it broke out upon the world, and we broke it in this column in 2013. Another global event of great proportion is warming up now which the Lord Jesus Christ has shown us and only those who put their trust, belief, and faith in the Savior of the world will survive this impending calamity.
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Do you remember nearly ten years ago before the Coronavirus Pandemic struck that the True Lord God Almighty showed us and we warned of its wrath in this column? Here were our exact words: WORLD PROPHECY: This is huge! Something of global importance, an earth-shattering event and a cosmic occurrence is in the offing in the world. I don't know what it is, but the Holy Bible has predicted it and we shall all see it with our very eyes soon. This event is part of end-time prophecy and it's about to take place very, very soon in the next 12 to 24 months. I don't know what it is; I repeat again, I wasn't shown what it is but again, it's HUGE. The whole world will be shocked; from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun; from the East to the West; from the South to the North, the planet earth is about to witness a catastrophic event. The Divine Hand of God Almighty, the Creator of the heavens and the universe, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is about to intervene in the affairs of humanity. The world media, the commentariat, the scientists, the astrologers, the men and women of earthly wisdom and their ilk will be talking their heads out but will not be able to explain but those who know the True God will be unshaken and unperturbed. What is it? I wasn't shown but was only told (Luke 21:11 & 25). I have been repeating the above prophetic words almost a year since this column debuted and as events unfold around the world�" (Tuesday December 17, 2013: Here is the link once again to the worldwide prophecy: (https://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/fayemiwo/121713.html ).
The global calamity that is about to occur as shown us by the Lord God Almighty is in tandem with His Unchanging Words: "Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.'" (Isaiah 46:9-10) and "Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets" (Amos 3:7). Watch and pray!
There is no other life to live apart from the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is our Creator, believe me. He is not a prophet, He is the Lord God Almighty Himself, because He said so in John 10:30; "I and the Father are one." Again, He said in John 14:9 thus: "
Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? There is plethora of Bible references for you to know that my Lord, Master, and Savior Jesus Christ is the Sovereign Lord God Almighty Himself. So, if you think you believe in God, you must give your life to our Lord Jesus Christ, because as He again declared to us in John 14:06: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
You can give your life to Jesus Christ now! Say this prayer now using Romans 10:9-10: "Jesus Christ, I come to You now with penitent heart and contrite spirit. I confess I am a sinner. I have been living my life the way I want, which is a rebellion against You. I know that nothing good resides in me. That is why I come to You today to forgive me of my sins and rebellion. I believe in my heart that You came to this world over 2,000 years ago. You were born by the Virgin Mary in the city of Bethlehem of Judea. You lived with us for 33 years and was sinless. Then, You went onto the Cross and died for my sins and sins of the world. Then You rose up again three days later after defeating Satan and the hordes of darkness in the nether gloom and today, you are holding the keys of death and hades in Your Hands. Jesus Christ, I confess You with my mouth as my Lord, Master, and Savior. Your Death on the Cross had paid the penalty for my sins and Your resurrection was for my justification. From today onward, I will obey, worship, and praise You. I will not live for my self-centered and egoistical life anymore. I will do what You want me to do. I will serve You for the remainder years of my life. I will tell others about You and witness to others about Your love and works of redemption and finished work on Calvary. Take me as Your Own. Seal me with the Holy Spirt. Enable me to do what You have created me for on this earth. Use me for Your Glory Jesus Christ and let me live my full life span. Let me fulfill my destiny and after I have accomplished the purpose for which You created me and sent me to this earthly temporary realm, I will return to You as the Shepherd of my spirit and soul reign with You in Your Kingdom for eternity in Your Holy Name, Amen."
It is done now. You are saved and are now a child of the Living God. He is your father from now onward. Pray that this Jesus Christ will direct you to a Holy Spirit-filled and Word-based Church in your neighborhood where you can join other believers to grow in your new faith from now on. Please be careful you do not keep company with your former friends and crowds so they will not draw you back to your former ways of life. Remember the Holy Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come The old has gone, the new is here!" Remember you confessed your sins to the Lord Jesus Christ, and He forgave you, because He cannot lie. Make sure you do not renege on our vows never to commit those sins again. Find a Bible believing Church and tell the pastor or shepherd there that you have just given your life to our Lord, Master and Savior Jesus Christ and you want him to walk you through walking the Christian Walk. Hallelujah! Tell him I sent you and if moved by the Holy Spirit to contact me, shoot me an email: [email protected]. Congratulations and welcome to the family of the Living God!