Need For Nigerian Leaders To Embrace God's Leadership (I)
By DANIEL IDIBIA, Esq

THE concept of good governance in any democratic setting can be properly and critically appraised through the well being or otherwise of the citizens of the country concerned. In the case of Nigeria, the historical development of the military era, gave rise to the welcome idea of the democratic elected government of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999. In retrospect, the precise period when there was consistent light in Nigeria and most part of the cities was in the 1980s. In the 1990s however, the hitherto flourishing businesses in the private sector, especially in the areas of textile and manufacturing, began to close-shop because of the cost of running the factories due to power outages. For example, Dunlop Nigeria Plc shifted base because of the overhead cost of doing business in Nigeria attributable to the frequent power failure in the country.
The government might have done its best but certainly it's not good enough. Nigerians  have patiently waited to see if things would improve. As the saying goes, democracy is government of the people by the people and for the people? It is doubtful however, if this is applicable to our dear old Nigeria. On the contrary, democracy in this country can be defined as government of the few at the expense of the majority. Proof of this is that searchlight of EFCC has continues to expose the atrocities of  past and present government officials who either have mismanaged or outrightly participated or are participating in the monumental pillage of the resources that would have redressed our infra structural decay, and of course the economic and food security problems of this country.
Some religious leaders have attributed this ignoble practices to lack of fear and respect for God's statues. Maybe they are right and maybe  not. For who would say that a large and excellent painting of many beautiful colours and designs of the sky has been made by the chance blot of paint that happened to fall on a canvas?
 What painting can be more grand and more beautiful than the natural resources and human development of a country? What colours can be more vivid and pleasing than those of the meadows and trees in the springtime? What could be more resplendent than the starry country Nigeria? What can be more exquisite than the enormous diverse ethnicity in unification of the people of this country? Is it that our leaders are too obsessed with looting that they have forgotten the fact that we actually need light which is the only panacea for economic development? What can a country achieve without constant power supply? There is yet another argument, no less forceful as proof of God's existence that can be easily understood by anyone, no matter how uneducated. This has to do with the skills possessed by all animals necessary for their self preservation—defense, cure of sickness— and reproduction. In all these things they do not exceed their intellectual capacity than if they actually possessed perfect reasoning ability as man. Even then, they fear death,  flee from danger, seek only what is beneficial to them, know how to make their nests in the case of birds and care for their young even as men gifted with higher reason ability do. More than that,  from the variety of herbs in the fields, they are able to distinguish between those that are fit for eating and those that are not. However hungry they may be, they will never eat of those not fit for eating. The example of the sheep is very apt. The sheep fears the wolf even if it has never seen one, but does not fear the mastiff, which greatly resembles the wolf. The chicken does not fear the turkey, though a very large bird, but it is afraid of even the shadow of a hawk, a much smaller bird.  Also,  the chicken fears the cat but not the dog. This is even before they know from experience the harm they could be exposed to. Therefore, we must admit that there is a higher power directing them to act as if they possess reasoning faculties in the choices they make these respects. That is how the Creator had made them and willed that  they  live; giving them everything necessary for their self preservation.