Why Nigerians Pray More

(By Nk'iru. Njoku) - "Many people pray more when they're in Naija than when they're out here. Because being in certain parts of the world, you do not need to pray for basic amenities. They are there, they work. You know they will work. If there's a problem, it will be fixed. 

Back home, my people pray so much because the country is broken and the only way some of us get to feel like we are doing anything about it is when we physically engage ourselves in vigorous prayer, for OURSEVLES. 

Whether prayers are answered or not, the energy that leaves us during prayer is enough to make us feel like we've done something. 

Plus, prayer makes our people hopeful. Sometimes things are so incredibly bad that hope is all a person has."

Meningitis: When A People Chooses Ignorance

(By Nk'iru. Njoku) - So the governor of Zamfara allegedly made the boo-boo of stating that the recent outbreak of Meningitis in Zamfara area was an act of God - a punishment for sin. 

The Nigerian arm of the internet has been thrown into an angry frenzy. Everybody is casting stones at this governor and I'm shaking my head. I mean, I do get the uproar. 

But is this not the same country where every goddamn thing has a religious angle even when it has zilch to do with your God(s) and everything to do with your simple refusal to apply COMMON SENSE? 

When you people hold prayer sessions in your offices before you start work for the day, what do you think you are doing? 

I'll tell you. 

You're saying 'I might be a professional, but my job is not really mine to do. If I fuck up, it's how God wants it to happen, after all I've prayed'.

When a person has a disability that has no cure but can only be managed, and you 'block your head' with the fancy words of your pastor and you then tell said person with disability to get a miracle from your pastor, you tell them you're sure they don't have faith and that's why they haven't been healed, what do you think you are doing? 

When you as a technician are doing a technical job and you are asked what your timelines are and you say 'by God's grace we will finish on so and so day', what do you think you are doing?