By Inaolaji Olayode
The season of Christmas has come. It remains thirty-one days the followers of Christ will celebrate the festival with glitz, glamour, glee and euphoria. The bull's eye of this piece of writing is to shed light on a fact and to instill in the youths the need to avoid sounding of bangers at this present time.
Many places like supermarkets, churches, event centres, hotels, restaurants, barroom among others have been garnished with sparkling red and green ---- Christmas colour.
Jesus Christ was born in a manger in Bethlehem of Judea by Mary, the wife of Joseph. His birth happened in grand dimension as prophecised. This can be verified in Bible (King James Version) precisely in Mathew Chapter 1 verse 23 which states thus: "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us".
His unusual way of his birth left many jaw dropped in surprise and on the other hand, threw many into sea of despair and sorrow. The star of Jesus was seen even by the blind and the shout of his name was audible to the deaf.
Jesus is a redeemer and a healer. Many miracles were credited to him; rising of Lazarus from death, healing of the deaf, blind and the cripple, to mention but a few. His spiritual power is a Herculean task that will, forever, remain unfathomable.
As a result, the callous Herod began to launch manhunt of him but ended a futile excercise. Had it been he was extirpated then, our sins wouldn't have been expunged by the blood he lugubriously shed on the cross during crucifixion. That's the great design of destiny.
For a statement to be epitheted as fact, it has to be substantiated with crystal fact (s). A number of persons, even the followers of Christ, still have the belief that Jesus Christ was sired on December 25 and christined on January 1.
At least, without being hyperbolic, I've read through the section of new testament in the bible not less than five consecutive times, I didn't notice any date written as his date of birth. That he was born on exact day we usually celebrate Xmas can be indubitably referred to as an unfounded fallacy.
Christmas season is often times celebrated amidst sounding of bangers, firecrackers knockouts; the action which have been outrightly declared illicit by the Nigeria government.
Unarguably, Nigeria is under the siege of abductors and terrorists. The flame of insecurity can only be quenched if we can summon courage and face the uniformed people.
Sounding of bangers, knockouts among others after the government has declared it illegal is a disrespect to the constitution and exhibition of abnormality mistaken for merriment. Many unscrupulous people may use sounding of bangers, knockout which an individual will thinking it's a gun to scurrilously snatch belongings.
Sounding of bangers etc is also dangerous to good health condition especially an individual with high blood pressure or other ailments. It not unbeknownst that there is a thin line between life and death. Not to delve into mentioning the life-claiming hazard it may inflict on masses if those materials are, by gaffe, thrown to a filling station.
At this juncture, parents, guardians etc should sit their children down and broaden their horizon on the hazard that sounding of banger may cause to the society and the legal implication of it. A minute being spent behind the bar will appear like a centenary.
The military personnel, especially Nigeria police should, as a matter of necessity, take legal action on the suppliers of the unlawful material. There is no difference between bangers and cocaine; they are all illegal materials.
Also, they should further use their military knowledge to halt the action of knockouts etc sounding by nabbing anyone perpetrating such act.
Olayode Inaolaji writes from Ogbomoso, Oyo state.
inaolajiolayode@gmail.com
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