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“Level Of Hatred Among Nigerian Elites Alarming” – Orji Kalu Declares
“We are too religious, yet it is not enough to make us love one another.”
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has declared that “the level of hatred among Nigerians, especially the elites is alarming”
The former Governor of Abia state made the revelation in social media post that reads.
When I woke up this morning, the first thing I did was to meditate on the things happening in Nigeria and others affecting us as a nation.
The level of hatred among Nigerians, especially the elites is alarming. We are too religious, yet it is not enough to make us love one another.
We must learn to live together and tolerate one another irrespective of our ethnic and religious affiliations, just like Jesus Christ admonished us in the Holy Book.
“But when the Pharisees heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they gathered themselves together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:34-39.)
While meditating on this verse, I discovered one thing. Jesus Christ preached and promoted LOVE as the greatest commandment.
Hate in Nigeria, like tribalism is a systemic problem and it is structural with both the leaders, elites and masses fully involved in it.
All citizens of the country are guilty of this. We must learn to promote love among ourselves and appreciate the fact that we are Nigerians. WE must do away with envy and tribalism.The Elites are number one culprits of hate as well as hate-speech. Nigeria should be structured and governed on the basis of truth, love and patriotism.
Kalu’s post was made on his Facebook page on July 30, 2022.
