Same-Sex Marriage Has Finally Bagged 14 Years Behind Bar In Nigeria

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SIR: It was soothing news on Tuesday June 4, that Nigerian House of Representatives had finally criminalized the same-sex marriage in Nigeria, with punishment of 14 years behind the bar without option of fine for the offender.
It takes patriotism, courage and integrity on the part of the legislators to stand up and be counted in this crucial and dawning challenges; to be noted among those that stood to protect our core values and tell the depraved western world that we still have our own culture, norms societal ethnics and values as a leading light on the African continent, and that we can decide what we think is best for us as a people.
It is a giant stride on the part of our democracy, it will send strong signals to the international community that we are maturing and coming up by taking our destinies into our hands.
It is the time for the President to tell the world that he also is a man that fears God and place premium on our core value and esteemed culture.
Why were America and Britain so particular that the bill should not be passed and signed into law? If they have failed morally, is it binding on us to fail also? Let them go with their aids as Senate President, David Mark had brilliantly responded to their threat in the past.
It is high time we started taking legitimate and bold decisions to tell them that without their meddling in our internal affairs we can sort things out maturely by ourselves. It is obvious that the same white people are major players in our economic woes. Let us stop taking loans from them and frontally reject their domineering spirit and superiority complex over us as a people.
Let us provide a conductive environment for our children to develop their potentials and reach their inimitable heights on our soil, instead of wasting away in white-man’s land. Let’s encourage the farmers to go back to the farm and produce more food to feed the nation, instead of importing food from them. If the manufacturing sector is genuinely focused, it will create mass employment for the army of jobless youths and stabilize our national security.
Let make living and working in Nigeria more pleasant and attractive and less stressful, protecting the rights of everybody. Our leaders can domesticate what good things they can learn about western democracy and throw away their illicit culture, as in the case of legislation against same marriage, Like the word of Barrack Obama on Jan 12, at his second inaugural speech that ‘’we do not believe that in this country freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few”. We can make Justice accessible and available to the people. The government should walk the talk by fulfilling their electoral promises and make politics a level playing field for everybody to participate without intimidation from anybody in authority.