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Can Money Ritual Be Eradicated?!
Below l'll show you how we are all responsible for this mess.
-The Government: This institution has failed the people in so many ways and the people no longer believe their sweet tongues. The government failed to provide jobs for young school leavers. Some, end up becoming truck pushers, some, luck smile at them and they find their ways out of the country. Some, feel they're too big to do brown collar jobs after all the University days' stress and they find a way to a Baba for money ritual without thinking twice about the consequences.
-Religion (Christianity and Islamism): These religious organizations are also fueling the menace. In the church or mosque, there is a high level of discrimination. Pastors and Imams look down on the poor and they exonerate the rich. It's obvious in the churches' or mosques' committee, you barely see a poor man among them and when you see, he wields no authority but just a figurehead. Reason why the poor seldom go to church or mosque because it's a place of depression to them.
-The Parent: Nowadays, Parents don't bother to question the wealth of their wards all they do is jubilate when they see their jobless 17 year old child with a Benz, they thank God for making them reap the fruit of their labour early. Some even persuade their wards to do what their mates are doing to make money, some even go to the extent of taking their child to a Baba for money ritual while some pressurize their wards until they (the wards) end up doing the worst.
-The Musicians: Musicians now promote money ritual in their music. Musicians like Olamide, Naira Marley, Bella and many more make the poor depressed and feel rejected because of their low life. Not only that, they make the poor feel the only way to make money is to go illegal and bloody.
-The Society: Everyone has a hand in this menace because we fail to tackle this young individuals about their illicit money all we do is praise them and wish we could be just like them.
I think we should all fight this until it becomes too difficult to eradicate.
What do you think??
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About the Author
Ifenaike Oluwaseyi Ifelade is a Nigerian writer whose work has been published on Dallas local newspaper, Georgia, Usa. Also, he is a Copywriter and a promising Graphics designer.