Prof. Sabitu Olagoke

The significance of tolerance among the people of the world is relevant when one considers diversity, most especially in the area of opinion molding about people.
Tolerance, therefore, needs to be taught as part of the socialization process in the search for peace and unity to be realized to a sustainable level of human social interactions, otherwise, the agents of socialization themselves may not even know peace, not t talk of having the ability to regulate and control intolerance for one another.
For example, on the homefront, the discriminative attitude in child-rearing by parents; may influence siblings to become intolerant of one another.

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The absence of tolerance has resulted in the death of one of the parties in the homefront due to domestic violence.

Furthermore, the absence of tolerance has led to the loss of lives and the destruction of properties during religious crises.
For the realization of tolerance in religious circles, the internalization of the teachings from the scriptures is crucial to achieving peace, unity, and development.
In the final analysis, tolerance is essential to promote a safe and secured environment as an enabling instrument for the survival of the dynamics of all agents of socialization-the school, church, mosque, government, home, associations, peer groups among several others.

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Violence disrupts a system's equilibrium of static of dynamic state.  It is a reaction to express dissatisfaction over issues or against personalities that do not meet up with the interests of the people.
The causes may be due to vengeance intentions or against perceived actions considered to undermine earlier agreements made between warring factions and the system they want to attract.
It is characteristic of non-organized societies, where hoodlums usually hijack a genuine cause or organized setting characterized by considered oppression acts that trample on the people's fundamental human rights. Violence disturbs and disrupts the socialization process and pushes the system into a state of chaos. At times, it paralyzes the socio-economic and political activities of the state or society.
Rape, pedophilia, woman battery among others are some forms of violence.
Also, the school is the second home of every child, in this respect bullying children is a form of violence.
Furthermore, forced initiations among cultists dehumanize the victims into becoming a cheap instrument to perpetuate violence.
Cases of gang rape always leave behind scars of fear that lingers for a long time in their lives.
As regards public institutions, Ministries, Departments, and Agencies,  there is always a disagreement between the management and the union, most especially on related issues of labor and economic shortchanging.
There is every need of r violence-related issues to be treated as a worthy subject in the home and the school.

Disputes on land matters, territorial claims, ethnic or tribal differences may lead to violence. However, proactive measures by community leaders, 
violence-prone.
In the religious sphere, denominational and sectarian differences with the challenges of an improper conjecture of the scripture for the ease of internalization may lead to intolerance of one another with such disdain that may lead to unwarranted hatred among acclaimed children of God.
How catalytic and irrational are such religious adherents who usually hide under the cover of religion to celebrate violence by killing fellow human beings.
Democracy equations stand on the strong legs of justice and equity, but when allowed to be altered,  will not only disrupt the peace and sustainable development process but promote an unsafe and insecure environment for governance.
Those in government may lose control if not rightly and timely checked. 
Major causes of agitations by the people are poor and bad governance.
An environment of justice and equity is crucial to eradicating all acts of violence with our consciousness of the fact that dialogue is meaningful only when compromise is attained.

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Obedience has a socio-cultural significance in the life of every man at every point in time transactions or interpersonal relations.
Obedience as a subject matter cuts across all spheres of life.
At the divine level, prophets recorded to be successful in their missionary work to effect changes among mankind were charged to uphold the culture of obedience to God, Whose commandments they were charged to implement without fear or favor.
Their ability to stand by the accompanying rules of law as set out by God for the societies always strengthens them into a successful message delivery which always stands the test of time as eternal for all generations coming after them.
This is what upholds the sacredness of all the scriptures to date and it is equally a great yardstick against which human compliance with the dictates of God through the scriptures are evaluated for ease of the classification the state of the piety of adherents.
On the home front, God is seen as the overseer on the obedience rule of going about their assignments or responsibilities given to each member of the household.
Husbands who cannot care for their wives are regarded as been disobedient to God, so also poor parenting is a violation of having respect for the rule of law that expects parents to be responsible for the wellness or socio-spiritual care of their children or wards.

At the workplace, there is always an administrative line of authority that is always structured to stand through ethics and obedience to the senior ones as leaders or superiors.
Disobeying their instructions may be counted as an act of insubordination, an offense punishable by the public or civil service rules.
In schools, pupils or students must obey the instruction of their teachers, while the teachers are not expected to bully the students.
 Appointed or elected officials of government need to swear to the oath of allegiance to the nation by been obedient to the rules of law in the constitution.
When there is no synergy between governance and the provisions of the constitution, acts of disobedience sets in, which may snowball into unpleasant situations.
When the government does not obey court judgments the rule of law suffers. Obedience ensures that governance takes place without impediments.

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The importance of children and parents in society cannot be overemphasized. Only children who have been supported while growing up by parents as responsible providers of social needs and spiritual fortification example can in the future have the wherewithal to ensure healthy living for the parents in their old age. This is why the Holy Bible presents a divine format for a good parent/children relationship upon which everybody would be judged by the almighty Allah.
Ephesians 6: 1-4, ''Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.''

The Hol Quran admonishes us to retrace our footsteps into a life of sanity and civility. 17: 23-24, refers '' Thy Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him and that you be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt or repel them, but address them in terms of honor, and out of kindness lower to them the wing of humility, and say, My Lord! Bestow on them Thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood.''
My prayer is that Allah will keep the parents to be able to serve aright their nation through responsible child-rearing while the Almighty Allah will equally fortify the children with knowledge, wisdom, and the power of the discerning mind to be able to grow aright with good payback to the society that has produced them and the nation that they are supposed to serve including their parents.

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Impunity is a privilege usually offered by persons in authority to exempt the people from punishment or to give people from freedom the injurious consequences of an action.
Impunity could be abused by both parties when due process is not involved or when dispensed through sharp practices of threats or seizing the advantage of the weakness of the situation.
Under this condition, impunity is blatant. It is blatant in the sense that it revolves around bad behavior, done openly without care or shame. 

To be able to appreciate the privilege of impunity and without abuse.
We may venture into the synonyms or the words that connote the same meaning.

Immunity, for instance, encourages impunity. Blatant impunity results when rights are trampled upon and privileges are abuses without remorse.
The antonyms of impunity corroborate the fact that freedom without affluence is far better than influence and affluence without freedom.
Those in positions of responsibility should not abuse their offices to the detriment of the people.
In the same vein, workers in all spheres should not deplete the resources of their places of work.
There is a need for all to imbibe the correct virtues of transparency, trust, and exemplary lifestyles, which be a veritable blockade for impunity.

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To identify ways to stand by faith, we must be able to define the purpose of religion. It is, therefore,  essential for faith-building to be able to keep a perfect and good relationship with our creator, the almighty Allah.
We must regard our parents and close associates as mere bridge builders between our creator and us.
The best is better known about God, the almighty Allah, and the Prophet Muhammad, through the scripture and curriculum that upholds our faith.
The scripture, is, therefore, a compendium of knowledge about the wishes of the creator with the potency to teach adherents, admonish and guide them to the path of righteousness.
The Holy Prophets are often regarded as pedagogues because they operationalize the contents of the scriptures for adherents to know how to go about it to suit their own lifestyles which society expects to be living examples.

The acceptance of the work of the Holy Prophets makes them be reliable authorities that mankind can follow. For example, in the Holy Quran 33: 45-46, the almighty Allah accepts the work of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. ''O Prophets truly  we have sent thee as a Witness, and a Bearer of Glad Tidings and Warner, and as one who invites to Allah's grace by his leave, and as Allah'sspreading light.''
With this pedigree, the Holy Prophets are your closest friend, teacher, and guardian, whose examples must be followed strictly because their words are their deeds.
Also, another example is in the Holy Bible, Matthew 10: 37-40,''
37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me is not worthy of me.
39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
40He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.''
Adherents must assess themselves objectively for the purpose of making necessary adjustments to meet up with the exemplary lifestyles of Jesus Christ and the Holy Prophet Muhammad(Holy Bible, John 9: 23–24/Holy Quran 2: 208, 32: 21).
In the same vein, the Holy Quran makes the following submissions 9: 23–24, ‘’O ye who believe! Take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if they love infidelity above Faith: If any one of you do so, they do wrong. Say if it is that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your matnes, or your kindred: The wealth that you have gained; the commerce in which fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight- are dearer to you than Allah and his messenger, or the striving in his cause; then wait util Allah brings a decision: and Allah guides not the rebellious.’’
Except we are deceiving ourselves, the almighty Allah is clear enough on the quality and standard of worship he expects from us, if we intend to claim the followership of Jesus Christ or the Holy Prophet Muhammad.
Let us study to an application level of understanding and referral, the scriptures upon which our religious faith stands to be able to practice aright in the hope and assurance of rewards of success and divine acceptance of our efforts in religious exercises. Let us stand aright in our faith.

In the religious setting, system deterioration could be attributed to the members' activities of the members of the society or the system in particular that are responsible through iniquities, transgressions, frivolities, and waywardness, and other various forms of violating the law through such unethical practices that could not be controlled by the leaders.
Sin, in this case, could be perceived as transgression especially when deliberate of a law having divine authority.
For the present trend of development in the world, Nigeria inclusive, the observation of sin as a plague bedeviling the world could equally be seen as challenges that are yet to be surmountable, hence, the present state of things across the world.
Governments in every nation today, therefore, must work on the  following 7 sins :
1) Wealth without work through the restoration of the dignity of labor and ethical practices.
2) Pleasure without conscience as seen in the fraud-ridden lifestyles of young and women, wasting other people's lives.
3)Knowledge without character, manifesting in functions of education where pedagogues fall short of good conduct.
4)Commerce without morality manifesting in the way people with affluence do aid and abet corruption for people to live in abject poverty amid plenty.
5) Science without humanity wherein many products of Science and Technology are been used for destructive means.
6)Religion without sacrifice wherein the present-day religious leaders fail to go by the dictates of the Scriptures and rather embark on activities against the Scripture to acquire wealth.
7)Politics without principle.

Only the truth avails nations and this can be got through the right applications for the Corporate Governance Perception Index that facilitates ethical practices, standard, competence, transparency, and accountability through definable ideological and implementable ideological goals that would be all-encompassing in been people-focused and oriented to be able to meet up with their yearnings for the realization for their wellness.
Therefore the issue of heaven and hell is a function of people's behavior. Sin is destructive while the truth avails a nation.
Let us make a decision to be morally disciplined to be able to live exemplary lifestyles to bequeath an astounding legacy with divine authority. Refrain from sinful acts from today.

Dialogue is meaningless until a compromise must have been attained. The necessity for dialogue arises from the elements of disagreement for resolution through some analytical methods of the sources and the causes with a view of sinking differences to ensure that the aggrieved parties are satisfied with the outcome. 
The element of compromise is an active component that must be visible to ensure the feasibility of harmonious resolution of disagreements.
In the cumulative law of addition and subtraction, the algebraic law plays an important role by allowing only the like terms to be added or subtracted.
When there is a violation of the law in friendship or marriage, the tendency for the elements of hatred, a disagreement that could result in rancor, and a state of instability is very high.
In any society, home, community, or nation, there is always the need for harmony. For example, every gathering-formal or informal and at every stage of human development shall experience three phases of human character: the prime overs that make the system work and achieve its goal, easily identify with leaders and the aims and objectives of the system. This is in addition to the policy with which the vision would be articulated through perfect design mission statements.

In the same system, we have a group of people who are less concerned about the goal of the organization, achieved or not achieved. This type of cluster serves as a hindrance to the prime movers and the system.
Also, there are rebellious individuals, that are threats to an organization or movement. They not only oppose the policies of the system that engage them but work against the leaders.
The first assignment, therefore, for the leader is to identify these elements to the level of their numbers and impact as well as harmonize the three above-mentioned sets of individuals, through the appropriate therapeutic treatment.
Harmony, therefore, is an accord or agreement in action or process that must be the primary worthy elements to consider at every stage of human affairs where orderliness and peaceful co-existence are Germaine to achieve in the dispensation of justice and equity for the sustainable development goal.

The purpose of every religion is to reform adherents in order that the individual would be able to live within the comfort zone of the God/man relationship to be able to be a good citizen of a society that is reliable and dependable and trustworthy with exemplary lifestyles. No religion, therefore, teaches evil. The crack in the wall of religious people usually gives room for the infiltration of satanic influences for the individual to misbehave in society as a non-scripture compliant person.

Adherents must not lose sight of their soul purification essence not to derail from obeying and hearkening to the voice of God to be able to live exemplary lifestyles.

The curriculum, therefore, to drive the vehicle of every religion is the scripture upon which such religion dynamics solely rests for the purpose of the correct assessment for appropriate judgment based on how we run our lives.

The Holy Bible Luke 18: 24-29, refers, ''And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

25For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

26And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

27And he said The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

28Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

29And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,''

In the same vein, the Holy Quran asserts that we must give God the almighty Allah the first place of consideration in the order of our priorities if we are to be saved. Chapter 9: 23-24 refers, '' O ye who believe! Take not for protectors your fathers and your mothers, if they love infidelity above Faith: If any of you do so, they do wrong. Say: If it is that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates or you are kindred: the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce which he fears a decline: or dealings in which ye delight-are dearer to you than Allah or His messenger, or the striving in His cause;- then wait until Allah brings His decision: And Allah guides not the rebellious''.

The Holy Bible in Matthew 10: 37 corroborates the above-stated assertion. ''37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.''

Christians and Muslims upon which the mantle of leadership falls must critically assess themselves against the backdrop of the above-stated assertion of the almighty God on the necessity to be scripture compliant in words, acts, deeds, thoughts, and body language to be able to live exemplary lifestyles. 

People who can be saved are those who are scripture compliant without any form of impunity, frivolities, and waywardness.

Dedication is a measure of the degree of commitment to a cause or belief.
Assigned responsibilities may manifest in various ways connecting to different human activities. For example, in intimate relationships, the commitment of the two parties will ensure that they overcome challenges.
In the business world, several industries collapsed more due to the lack of dedication of their workers leading to the loss of goodwill due to the inability to meet up with their socio-economic goals.
Critical studies have shown that motivation is not enough for workers, except the establishment applies the principle of the Corporate Governance Index for routine checks of the accountability need of the company as well as the critical monitoring of the activities of the workers who were expected to receive living wages with a reward for hard work at the end of the year.]

For the nation to develop, all those involved in the serious business of governance should be truthful, sincere, and dedicated to duty.

Our socialization institutions, the houses of God, schools, and other training grounds must teach based on a positive mindset approach to the culture of dedication to practically realize the state of people's commitment to their value beliefs as well as to the cause of their thoughts or action and by extension must reflect in the way we go about our daily routine on assigned responsibilities where confidence reposed in us must be justified by our output.

Vigilance is natural that phenomenon that is expected to be exhibited to live a protected lifestyle to avoid various forms of disaster from predators among animals and even insects.
This value is considered in the design of their places of abode. For example, the birds build their nests in vantage areas where they would easily perceive or smell the possible approach of enemies to be proactive in escaping or to attack.
The bees prefer to build their hives in high places where they cluster together with such division of labor that puts soldiers in strategic positions to keep watch on the colony.
Sadly, among humans vigilance is fraught with deceit and greed, thereby making an individual, family, or community to be off guard.
Vigilance therefore should be part of disciplines to be learned formally or informally to protect lives and property in addition to interests.
Ritual killers usually build their houses in isolated areas and decorate in ways that would not expose them and their heinous trade. Their agents are members of communities, who lead unsuspicious lifestyles which deceive their potential victims. 

When family members organize search parties to look for their missing ones, the agents of the ritualists are also part of the search party-they observe every step by the party, and send reports to their sponsors.
Generally, people have to be very cautious and suspicious of the kind of transactions they engage in, in addition to the kind of friends they keep. For example, several people have lost their lives through food or drink poisoning from those they rely on and trust.
Our training therefore must reawaken the security consciousness in us. We should be very sensitive, alert at all times, and watchful to guard against unforeseen circumstances.
We must all individually and collectively take responsibility for the security of our homes, places of work, and communities by taking note of the people in our environment as is expected of every Landlords and Tenants association at the local level, while the security agencies should carry out their statutory responsibilities professionally within the country and at the borders.

Responsibility is an attribute of the culture of integrity. 

Among siblings, it is the duty of the elderly ones to take care of the junior ones, otherwise, such individuals would be regarded as irresponsible.
At the level of marriage, emphasis is always centered on the expectation of a high degree of responsibility stemming from specified obligations for both partners in the marriage to have to good and happy home.
For example, the woman is regarded as responsible, if she is able to cope with the emerging challenges from the husband and the in-laws.Transfer Money with Wise
However, if she is found wanting on the issue of fidelity or keeping of her chastity, she would bring shame to her parents and she would stand to be condemned by her husband and his family.
On the part of the husband, he is expected to be the mainframe of the home he seeks to build, by taking responsibility for all the home needs.
He makes sure that all members of the family are able to actualize their economic desires.
When a man is unable to provide for his family, he would be described as irresponsible.

Collapsed buildings paint those in the building profession in a bad light.  Project building, therefore, can only be successful when experts are consulted. Project handling must meet up with the demands of quality assurance while certification must equally respect a thorough and verified report of transparency in every stage of transactions and accountability. In addition, projects must be delivered within the specified date and time and must be devoid of all forms of sharp practices. When the foregoing is not taken into consideration, then the acts of omission or commission could be described as irresponsible.
Many lives have been lost in the hands of a number of health professionals as a result of their unprofessional conduct and carefree attitude which may prompt society to label them quacks.
To this end, our education curriculum, as well as our religious teachings and practices, must complement the efforts of society to ensure that children imbibe the tenets of responsibility from childhood.

Sincerity is intensive in every human making us be enigmatic to others, who have every right to doubt our intentions until we prove not to be harmful to the situation and the society at large.
This is why in religious parlance, we do submit that we may err as human when we mistake intentions for actions because intentions are usually hidden, even when actions are the outbursts of real intentions.
There is a need to use the worth of one's sincerity in the relations ship we keep, starting from dating between two lovers, sincerity of purpose is better measured by the test of the time when it finally meets up with the desired goal by building up to the marriage level. Even though this may not be perfect as a tool of assessment, until the conditions for better or worse are maintained and sustained in the marriage, otherwise, the hidden intention of gold-digging, when uncovered may lead to the collapse of the love ridden voyage.
The sincerity of purpose is, therefore, a vital element that must be substantially present in the way we manage the integrity of our cultural setting, ethical values for our educational management, and moral discipline for our religious sector, as process line feeders to our political activities for the purpose of getting it right, when we assure positions of leadership and governance.Transfer Money with Wise
It is interesting to note that most of the gory killings through the instrument of hired assassins are borne out of truncating the sincerity of process line between two or more parties, who may resort to taking laws into their hands to seek costly vengeance over a perceived grievous height of disappointment by taking lives to settle the score.
At the educational management level, insincerity in the facility purchasing process usually leads to the dearth of experts in the needed areas and a lack of facility update to run the courses, despite the huge amount that might have been disbursed by the government, when dubious hands manage a system, economic sabotage in the name of corruption always truncates the expected due process required in purchasing materials.
Insincerity has a far-reaching effect of holding back a self, team, society, or nation, if not timely checked and curbed.

At the homefront,  between the husband and wife/wives, the children rearing process would ever suffer from producing future leaders who can deliver a nation from the challenges it may face.
At the political front, insincerity could lead to a game of deceit as it relates to leadership and followership, globally. The symptoms of this may become visible starting from the composition of people who may constitute the formation if they are people of unlike minds.
as they will flout the competitive law of addition and subtraction to make policy formation uniformity difficult to be established except through the game of deceit or insincerity, but as a threat to the future stability of such political parties.
Insincerity! Insincerity!  The fabric of the existence of a nation is always threatened through the culture of insincerity if the experiences of many components have folded up due to the workers' collaboration in bad practices against the will of the government or goodwill code of the Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director.
Generally, therefore, sincerity as freedom from hypocrisy and deceit must be seriously managed through organizational and professional ethics as well as the corporate governance code for the people's loyalty to the cause of the authority to be maintained and sustained as may be found to be possible in all developed nations that enjoy peace, justice and need fulfillment.

General lack of been scripture compliance in worshipping God in almost every religion is responsible for adherents' inability to commune with God for timely intervention in the affairs of man, this is because, in every religion, there is a water bed level for God and Godliness, where the divine endowment is inexhaustible.

Unfortunately, adherents of religion treat the process of worship on the surface level of mere social or material level of religion's existence. This is why it is advisable to teach our children from the cradle, the essence of a Godly life and the need to live by the spirit to be rightly led into the process of making the right decisions.

It is therefore essential that we serve God right from the period of puberty and adolescence, at our young age for us to be endowed with a high degree of religiosity.

Ecclesiastes 11: 9-10 admonishes all of us on this, '' 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.''

In this direction, the Holy Quran 91: 7-10, shows all the best way to live through the need for body preservation from sins and crimes and soul purification from devilish thought processes. ''By the Soul and the proportion and order given to eat; and its inspiration as its wrong and its right;-truly succeeds that purifies it and it fails that corrupts it.''

Young people must be given the right orientation that spans empowerment essence and correct behavioral checks as demonstrated by a holy man presented and regarded as an epitome of good parenting in the Holy Quran 31: 17-19, ''O my son establish what is just and forbid what is wrong: and bear with patient constancy whatever betides thee; for this is the firmness of purpose in the conduct of affairs and swells not thy cheek for pride at men. Nor walk in insolence through the heart: for Allah loveth not any arrogant boaster. And be moderate in thy pace and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sands, without doubt, is the brain of the ass.''

Using the quoted scriptures to assess every home and parenting method makes yesterday to be easy to manage, peaceful and prosperous because of the environment of discipline and ethical guides at home and at the places of work. However, today the same measure of assessment would show our society to be a caricature of itself because of the attitudinal lapses into human frivolities and waywardness as a result of the present climate of constitutional indiscipline and lack of zero tolerance to corruption.

There is, therefore, the need for all of us to uphold the principle and culture of good parenting, whereby parents play the role model to prevent the children, most especially, the young ones in the adolescent stages from swimming in moral rot for us to be able to process them into the objective goal of making them be reliable and dependable future leaders. No jot of the words of God must be trivialized for religion to be potent in giving our young ones fertile growth of knowledge, wisdom, and the power of the discerning mind to be able to make the right decisions at the right time.

Nigeria began to face the challenges of physiological needs since 1973 when the government of the day resorted to importing rice and cassava to make up for the production seeming lapses as it began to affect our Gross Domestic Product and exporting index with regards to agricultural proceed need will essentially spread to all spheres of human need.
Our neglect of the agriculture sector, particularly, forestry, livestock, and farm produce as we diversified with 80 percent focus on oil brought in the era of urbanization, but minus rural integration.
Unfortunately, the urban cities were not well managed and there was a mass drift of the people from the villages to overpopulate the yet-to-be-standard urban cities, thereby causing overcrowding for emerging diseases to surface.
Merit considerations and the dignity of labor no longer exists, rather nepotism is the trend.

In a general term, Maslow's hierarchy of needs becomes difficult to operationalize in rearing children, natural nurturing of adolescents, and self-desire realization for the society to benefit from the ripple effect on our growth and development profile which is presently poor, making Nigeria become a mere talk shop rather than a place where we walk the talk. The foundation of Maslow's hierarchy of needs is physiological needs spreading over food, clothing, and shelter. The country's hides and skin industry has gone into extinction, same goes for the paper industry. Presently, the country imports toothpicks.
The refineries are non-functional, that is why the subsidy challenge persists. The education sector remains underfunded when compared with the benchmark  OF 26 percent specified by UNESCO.
This is trailed by a high rate of unemployment and insecurity. The re is also the issue of obsolete and deteriorated facilities.
Let the government work for the society to imbibe the message of the focus of several opinion leaders.

Sunday 18th April

Be reminded that the first 10 days of Ramadan fast is regarded as that of mercy, ask yourself if there have been any changes in your life towards this direction for you to be able to make possible adjustments in the following process of going about the Ramadan fast. Don't play the loser. Ramadan Kareem.

Monday 19th April

A solid foundation to every building always makes it withstand the test and the tides of the time without experiencing any form of collapse.

Body preservation from sins needs to be backed up with the determination not to return to the same after the fast. Equally, avoid criminal tendencies that may be forced through the sense of vengeance of lack. Observe the fast wisely. Ramadan Kareem.

Tuesday 20th April

Be reminded of evil in the following acts that have been condemned by the scriptures and that they are equally totally prohibited during and after the Ramadan fast for the Muslims.

1) Drunkenness.

2) Illicit affairs.

3) Hate speech.

4)Curse.                                                                                                                                         

5)Backbiting.

6)Slander.

7)Adultery.

Be affirmative in refraining from them(Holy Quran 5: 89-90/2: 219/17:32/ Holy Bible Proverbs 20: 1/Matt 5: 27-28).

Ensure you digest the above-mentioned verses. Ramadan Kareem.

Wednesday 21st April

The benefit of the month of Ramadan starts with the first 10 days of its observance because it is a period when all sincere minds in the sacred month receive the blessing of answers to prayer requests for wishes to be fulfilled.

However, you still need to bear in mind that eating and drinking during the day, in the month of Ramadan, break your fasting. Having sexual intercourse during the day equally damages it.

To break fats with alcohol during this holy month patents you as an unserious mind that hates himself.

The Ramadan fats is a divine design that goes beyond mere human wishful thinking in concept and design. Be sensible. Ramadan Kareem.

Thursday, 22nd April

Refrain from deceit, but be part of those whose souls must be saved and their bodies reformed for them to be able to transform their nations as an immediate environment that must be sustainable for habitation.

This is why we must not trivialize the opportunities given to us by God to be alive with our correct senses to be able to get actively involved in this year's Ramadan fats to correct the ills and aberrations wrecking the whole land.

Don't limit the goal of piety and the fear of God to the period of the Ramadan fast only, but be spiritually rejuvenated to be able to wrestle power for the people of God in order that Satan is rendered impotent and put to shame. Ramadan Kareem.

Patience is a virtue of socio-spiritual importance that has direct bearing to correct attitudinal responses to certain reactions that may be considered to be hurtful to the person without exhibiting any form of overreactions or fire for fire approach to issues.
It is a characteristic of maintaining calmness even in the height of provocation, such people with this kind of character always develop high resilience to any circumstance that may be meant to disturb their psychological being.
Patience is a therapy that can effectively manage people's overbearing towards one in order that one does not fall into the pit of misbehavior or any form of a misdemeanor.
However, this does not encourage a state of docility whereby one's fundamental human rights are being trampled upon without the ability to correct the situation.
Patience in this circumstance demands that the state of calmness is maintained while strategic methods are been developed and applied to resolve possible conflict of opinions in a way that oppressors would heed the voice of wisdom to avoid things from falling apart.
Most of our experiences in life which usually snowball into violence or insurgence have been traced to the leaders or handlers of messy situations to lack the wherewithal or patience.
Agitations and the expression of grievances are natural phenomena that can easily be overcome by leaders with listening ears and passion for the wellness, safety, and security of their people under the culture of patience and integrity.
The best leaders in life are those who can still keep their calm in the face of agitations while working at the same time to douse the tension and do the needful such as providing the missing links.
A leader must be able to endure unpleasant situations without annoyance, to show understanding of the psyche of the people.
They must equally be tolerant even under distress while remaining focused on the sources of the people's agitation as well as using the retinue of the experts around them to provide and supply the people based on their demands and their needs.
Patience easily regulates and controls the emotional outbursts of people for their body systems not to be biologically disturned because in the height of provocation and emotional outbursts, forced hormonal discharges may need to be detoxified by patience therapy.

Various problems on the ground always emanate from the psychological need challenges whereby people's anxieties are raised, when the denial of access for the body wellness need or cause.
This is when we have food insecurity, shelter inadequacy, and clothing for weather or environment security.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs covers the whole cycle of child-rearing to a nature nurturing need point.
When the elements of physiological need, safety and security, social need, self-esteem, and self-actualization cannot be met, people may become impatient under the system of a survival need.
Patience in this wise needs to be built while pressures should be mounted on the leaders for adequate provision with strategic plans and effective dialogue process without abuse or hate speech for the leaders' patience not to be triggered into annoyance otherwise, the goal may be missed.
The culture of patience, therefore, is Germaine from the governed and the leaders to be able to have an enabling environment of peace for all these apparatus of governance to operate well. At the homefront, it is only through patience that children can be reared rightly, while patience is equally highly significant in the operations of governance. Patience is equally a powerful tool to drive through the culture of the dignity of labor, due process in purchase transactions as well as in being morally disciplined enough not to be tempted into the spoils of office, otherwise, the quick money-making syndrome may influence one to be corrupt.
Patience is borne by love, truth, and a sense of objectivity to be rightly accountable without fear after every exercise of the day's work.
Be patient and hardworking for sustainable wealth that is bequeathable to be yours.

Prof. Sabitu Olagoke

Founder, Spiritual Head, and Grand Imam Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide,Wakajaiye, Ibadan, Nigeria

Most often one wonders why the religious sphere is usually full of ort at the expense of producing adherents with credible leadership traits for the society to enjoy.

People with the fear of God will be able to use due process in going about social advancement for development through the demand for administration, management, and good governance for a well-ordered society.

One equally wonders why the Judiciary is not promoting the culture of justice and impactful life of truth for all the machinery of social operations not to be corrupted.

Why is it that people who voted for a change are not reaping the fruits of their commitment at the polls, in the legislative arm of government with the recurring decimal of policymaking without impact to affect a positive change in the lives of the people?

Wonders shall never end when people reap the dividends of democracy as policy somersaults and poor policy implementation by the people who constitute the executive arm of government.

If the head is sick the whole body feels the ache of ill health.

 This is the plight of a nation with so much material and human resources, have its people in their daily cries due to hunger in the climate of poverty through consequential attendance of uncontrollable corrupt practices and 92 percent poverty index, such as the case of Nigeria in the 21st century.

The solution to this problem lies in tracing the causes with a positive mindset of correcting the weaknesses.

The Holy Bible Matthew 7: 24-27, ''24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall of it. ''

A scenario of hunger and poverty amidst plenty of resources-human and material bothers on the non-functionality of education, formal and informal as well as a misplaced order of priority in the houses of God whereby religious leaders are not scripture compliant.

This thereby reflects in the general attitude of religious leaders that produce people into the market of political activities.

aThe position of the Holy Quran on this is assertive.

10: 36,'' But most of them follow nothing but conjecture: truly conjecture can be of no avail against Truth. Verily Allah is well aware of all that they do.''

Many developing nations suffer so much under their leaders as a result of the above-mentioned illness in areas of knowledge acquisition to produce expertise in the various areas of disciplines of human endeavor.

Various ills of the society as aptly summarized by the Holy Quran 5: 62-63 has become culturally endemic, making the land have a gory picture of disabled people in the hands of wicked leaders that daily dehumanize them into a risky region that threatens all investors, indigenous or foreign because of the fear of safety and security of the environment.

''Many of them dost thou see rasing each other in sin and transgression and their eating of things forbidden(corruption). Evil indeed is the things that they do.''

This is why the land can aptly be described through the submissions of the Holy Quran 30: 41-42.

''Mischief has appeared on land, sea, and air because of the need that the hands of men earned that Allah may give them a taste of some of their deeds: in order that they may turn back from evil.

Say:'' Travel through the earth and see what was the End of those before you: Most of them were idolators(frivolous and wayward).''

The description of 21st-century human behavior goes beyond the realm of scarsm, which neither calls for derisive laughter nor object of neglect, but instead calls for a sober reflection for leaders of thought to beyond rhetoric of effecting changes.

The Holy Quran 25: 44 is now food for thought to continually ponder on calling for a drastic change from a lukewarm attitude to that of sense and sensibilities.

''Or thinkest thou but most of them listen or understand? They are only like cattle,-nay, they are farther astray from the way.''

Those who have ears must listen and hear the words to operationalize on it for a positive change of attitude for better world order.

In this context, I stand by the submission of the Holy Quran 30: 43-44. ''But set thou thy face to the right Religion, before there come from Allah the Day which there is no chance of averting: on that Day shall men be divided into two. Those who rejected faith will suffer from that rejection: and those who walk righteousness will make provisions for themselves(in Heaven).

Let's right our present history of foolishness, but be wise enough to generate a fruitful future based on truth as a bequeathable legacy to our immediate future generation.

Tomorrow may be too late. Believe this and accept the truth today.

Founder, Spiritual Head and Grand Imam Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide,Wakajaiye, Ibadan, Nigeria

Enrichment through the dignity of labor is no more, opening a pandora's box of self-enrichment through dubious means.

Even within the rank and file of the religious people, the culture of the sacredness of the scriptures is now been replaced with the embarrassing article of profanity. Many unprintable acts now dominate the houses of God as if there are no religious leaders.

Leaders have failed to be role models, even in the political and governance circles. The mirror image of evil is daily reflecting in the society charging the environment into the various forms of insecurity to the level of institutional indiscipline and moral debasement affecting the lives of every individual as if to neutralize and legitimize illegalities and illegitimacy for corrupt practices to become endemic.

The fear of the future of the been borne and the youth been looked up to as the leaders of the immediate tomorrow is no more sounding well in the ears of the elderly ones including those holding power of authority, influence, and affluence. The political class holding forth in trust, the reigns of power for the people's wealth to be equitably distributed have equally lost the bearing for the focus of service, leaving people to reap the bitter fruit of poverty as the dividends of democracy. This is because most of the leaders live false lives, usually sustained through propaganda.

However, the Holy Quran 3: 188-189 sounds a note of warning for every living soul to turn a new leaf.

''Think not that those who exalt in what they have brought about and loved to be praised for what they have not done,-Think not that they can escape Chastisement. For them, it is a Chasitement grievous indeed. To Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth; and Allah hath power over all things''.

Apart from the politicians, the traditional rulers, as well as the religious leaders, must take a cue from this, this is because in our interpersonal relationship leading to socio-economic activities against the backdrop of the environment, people, politics, and personal desire for popularity, have fundamental sociological factors of correlation which must be worked on to better the lote of the people and enhance the socio-spiritual status of humanity.

The Holy Bible Ecclesiastes 4: 13-16, proverbially challenge us to follow the path of honor in all our dealings and to heed the voice of wisdom of God to perfect our ways in decision making.

'' 13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

16There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.''

The Holy Bible further states in Ecclesiastes 5: 1 ''Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.''

The Holy Quran also gives a set standard based on the charges given to David when he assumed the throne of governance. We can emulate this.

Holy Quran 38: 26 refers, '' Oh David! we indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth. So judge thou between men in truth and justice: nor follow thou t the lust of thy earth for it will mislead thee from the Path of Allah : For those who wander astray from the Path of Allah is chastisement grievous, for that they forget the Day of Account.''

The fear of God is Germaine for the leaders and the followers to achieve excellently well on the essence of true followership for good leadership. Self-desired will ever derail even the wisest king from governing without default hence such people may end up as failures under whom the people's lives would be endangered and the nation to suffer from the timeline of stress, frustration, and depression.

This must, therefore, be avoided for the nation and the people to be ranked high in the human development index evaluation and happiness perception index. Stop derailing from the track of honor while channeling the cause of democracy to advance development for the people.

Founder, Spiritual Head and Grand Imam Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide,Wakajaiye, Ibadan, Nigeria

Unfortunately, a man with all impunity has abused the privilege given him by God to be able to have a habitable environment, a life of comfort, and a high hope of making paradise on our return journey to our permanent home in heaven.

The products of these three spheres of life have, therefore, been dehumanized into robotic status for the devil to be able to control mankind into the building and destroying all edifices endowed them to struggle to have a place in their political life.

At the individual level, there is a need to watch the things people do to avoid heading for the precipice of hell. Suffice it now to henceforth sanitize the conditions of our houses of worship where the almighty Allah has decided to attend to humankind on the issues of body preservation from sins and crimes as well as soul purification from devilish thoughts.

Matthew 6: 15-21 is therefore our focus to ponder on 

''15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.''

 The above statement is an emphasis that adherents of every religious sect or denomination must be scripture compliant, such people will shun all forms of transgression, illegitimacy, and corruption. They will equally shun ostentatious forms of life and the craze for materialism at the expense of other people's right to access the good things of life.

Before you make friends or keep the company of people, there is the need to watch the things they do, not to get unnecessarily corrupted.

In the same vein, the Holy Quran admonishes all the living ones on the essence of living exemplary lifestyles to be able to make heaven at the end of our journey or sojourn on earth, bearing in mind that procrastination is the thief of time because waiting for tomorrow may be too late because only our creator God the almighty Allah can precisely predict what will happen to us in the next second of the time count.

The Holy Quran 14: 24-26 must be perused to the level of our understanding and ease of application to suit our real-life situation.

''Seeth thou not how Allah sets forth a parable ?-A goodly word like a goodly tree whose root is firmly fixed and its branches reach to the heavens it brings forth its fruit at all times by the leaf its Lord. So Allah set forth parables for men in order that they may receive admonition and the parable of an evil Word is that of an evil tree: It is torn up by the root from the surface of the earth. It has no stability.''

Living exemplary lifestyles on earth has a direct correlation to the making of paradise or heaven, that is Janat.

Furthermore, the admonition from the Holy Bible needs to be sufficient for all of us to turn a new leaf not to relegate to a poor unwanted second, the countless number of Churches and Mosques as relevant articles in medieval times.

In the same direction, the Holy Quran 14: 27-29 refers to ''Allah will establish in strength those who believe with the Word that stands firm, in this world and thereafter; but Allah will live to stray those who do wrong: Allah doth what He willeth. As thou not turn thy thoughts to those who exchange the favor of Allah with ingratitude and cause their people to descend to the house of perdition? Into hell, they will burn therein,-an evil place to stay in.''

Are the rich thinking about the daily agonies been suffered by the poor, who are hungry and sick? 

The soul of every human is in the hands of God. Be mindful of God, therefore, in all your dealing and daily transactions to be able to live exemplary lifestyles in order to make heaven.

Founder, Spiritual Head and Grand Imam Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide,Wakajaiye, Ibadan, Nigeria