Na wa o! This matter wey dey happen for Nigeria don turn wahala as Sir Steve Adehi, di new Supreme Head of di Knights of Saint Mulumba Nigeria, don yarn about di plenty abductions and killings wey dey happen, especially for di North. E no fit keep quiet again.
For im first media briefing wey happen for KSM headquarters wey dey Onitsha, e call on di government and others wey get power to tackle injustice wey dey scatter di country. According to am, di wahala no just start like this, e dey accumulate through small, small injustice wey we don dey let fly without any control. Na like this, wey dem dey treat everyday matter as normal, na so we dey enter serious gbege.
As he talk am, di crisis for Nigeria no be just about money no dey or political wahala. Na extra wahala dey on top dat one. Di moral structure for di country don dey thin like pap. According to Adehi, “What we dey see today no be wahala wey go just disappear; na for we to build di moral beams wey go hold our society.”
Di Knights of Saint Mulumba dey try their best, o! Dem don carry out plenty interventions across di nation to support vulnerable communities and families wey dey suffer from di political wahala and economic pressure. Adehi mention say, for many dioceses, dem dey partner with schools wey dey struggle, dey help dem with infrastructure, dey pay school fees for students wey no fit afford am, and dey mentor our young pipo wey fit sew their future.
In some parts of di North, councils don even adopt entire classrooms just to make sure say children wey dey displaced no go lose their education because of wahala wey dem no cause. For di healthcare sector, KSM councils don fund medical outreach for rural areas wey dey cover surgeries, maternal care, and how dem fit manage chronic illnesses for families wey no get option than to suffer sickness as their fate. No be play play matter, all this na serious job wey dem dey do year in, year out.
Adehi still lament say di matter of kidnapping and killings don become like routine for di North. E talk say, “For many years, di Order of di Knights of Saint Mulumba don dey work for background as dem no want make noise but dem dey act based on their conviction.”
With over 300 councils all over di country, di members no be just observers o. Dem dey involved in dis national dysfunction as civil servants, professionals, judges, teachers, and dem dey try to do wetin dem fit to help. Now, dem don decide say make dem expand their work beyond just feeling pity. Adehi talk say dem go start to interrogate di conditions wey dey lead citizens into trouble like poverty, injustice, and di fast tagging of survival.
E even appeal to other religious bodies make dem join hands with KSM to advocate for better Nigeria. Make we no forget say, wetin dey happen now no fit change unless we all put our hands together to fix am.
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