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Please permit me to
be absolutely M.A.D. (I hope you remember this?) today. I want to make
a difference by totally disagreeing with majority of the assessment
stories, written as regards this great nation’s 50th Independence
anniversary.

Yes, there are
monumental socio-political, economic, religious, educational, health
and several other problems, no doubt, and I must confess that I
personally groan under the weight of some of them, but all the same, I
sincerely believe that Nigerians must appreciate God Almighty for all
He has allowed us to go through since independence. I do not care what
anybody thinks about this, I am very happy and rejoice with you out
there reading this column, who agrees with me, that it is by the
special grace of God, that we are still alive today.

There is hope
Nigeria will definitely survive. Check very well, no matter how thick
the darkness we seem to be experiencing now, there is bright light at
the end of the tunnel. The dry bones of Nigeria, especially in sports,
will live again and the glory, honour, pride, joy, victory and prestige
that have eluded this great nation for a few decades, will be restored.
It does not matter whether you believe it or not. One question you need
to ask yourself however is why you are alive to be part of this jubilee
anniversary. The other question is what roles you are expected to play
in order to help save the systemic decline of sports in Nigeria. My
mind goes back, for instance, to my colleagues who sacrificed their
lives in order to keep this nation as one entity – during the civil war.

Praise God, for the
situation in which sports in Nigeria has found itself now? Thank God
for the shenanigans into which Nigerian sports has been immersed? Thank
God for the shame we now experience as a nation among the comity of
nations? Yes. You have no choice, but to do so, if you think properly.

You are alive, so you will be part of the solution.

Yes, opportunities
to carry out an effective spiritual detoxification, as it was carried
out in South Africa, Brazil and South Korea, by sports loving women and
men, who have the fear of God in them and also believe that the
spiritual must always control the physical.

Details of the Save
Nigerian Sports Initiative (SANSI) will soon be made public and all
patriotic and sports loving Nigerians will be welcome to participate in
SANSI’s activities.

Meanwhile, we need a couple of Nehemiahs, who will volunteer to stand in the gap for Nigerian sports this week.

Praying to make a
change Volunteers, who for three days will take Nigerian sports to the
One who created sports for His pleasure, and commence the restitution
programme we have been mentioning in this column for the past three
weeks.

The programme will
deo-volente, commence on Wednesday September 29 and end on Friday
October 1, 2010. Regular readers of this column will remember that
something similar to this was called for on Tuesday the10th of
November, 2009, with the caption “Seeking divine intervention for
Eagles”.

The testimonies of
what God did during the Super Eagles match with Kenya are well known to
Nigerians and Tunisians. Can God do it again? Yes. The same God is the
same yesterday, today and forever. You better believe this.

So, once again, we
appeal to you volunteers to spend these three days waiting on God for
our beloved nation. This is part of the price we have to pay to save
Nigerian sports. As we wait on God, we will be required to do the
following:-

1. Please thank God that Nigeria is still intact as a nation.

2. Please thank Him for the successes we have recorded so far. For instance at the various Olympics,

Commonwealth, All Africa Games and other international events, where Nigeria has excelled.

3. Like Nehemiah, confess the sins of our sports administrators, managers, coaches,

athletes,
ex-internationals, parents – who encourage their wards to falsify their
ages. Principals and teachers who also encourage age falsification.
Rituals and other form of fetish that have taken place in virtually all
the stadiums in the country. Moral decadence, homosexuality,
favouritism amongst several others.

4. Pray that God should please uproot all the “plants” He did not plant in Nigerian sports.

5. Pray that God
Himself should please in the multitude of His tender mercies, raise God
fearing women and men who will administer/manage sports in Nigeria
henceforth.

6. Please pray that God should grant us the grace to restructure sports in Nigeria.

7. Finally, thank Him again, this time in advance, for answered prayers.

8. So arise sports-loving compatriots and obey this passionate call,
“to serve our Fatherland, with love and strength and faith” Please
permit me to stress once again, as I did on the 10th of November,2009,
that I do not claim to be a prophet and I am not saying God has told me
anything. The truth is that I believe in the efficacy of prayers –
especially times like this. If only about 1,000 faithful Nigerians will
fast and pray for this great nation. If only!