This series, ‘Funny Things Some Nigerians Do,’ was born yesterday.  So endeavour to read its first edition

1. A very committed member of a church somewhere in Nigeria was issued with a quit-notice some months ago by his landlord. After bemoaning his condition, he decided to see his pastors for any form of assistance.

He went to his banker-pastor’s office, but was asked by his pastor to come to the church in the evening of that day. For obvious reasons, he got to the church several hours before the time agreed by him and his pastor.

His pastor gave him enough time to say all that he wanted to say. After listening to his plight, his pastor said: “Let us pray.”

After praying, the pastor said: “Devil is a liar. Don’t worry, you just go and continue in your prayer and the good Lord will see you through. It is well.”

Several months later, the poor man who was issued with a quit-notice lost his controversial apartment through legal eviction.

My question again is: Why is it that when pastors of churches in Nigeria need money for any purpose, they ask their members to make donations and pay all manners of levies, but when their members genuinely need money for a reasonable purpose, they are told by such pastors to pray to God for help.

If pastors know that praying to god brings money easily, why do they ask their members to make donations and pay levies instead of praying, which they know better than their members?

Isn’t this wicked and funny?

1. In most towns and cities in Nigeria, including Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt, workers wake up as early as 4 AM just to get to their different places of work or business before resumption time. They also go back home from work late in the evening

Unfortunately, some of those early-riser workers who are Christians behave differently when it comes to the things of God. For example, some of them deliberately go late to church services. They sometimes leave home early for church, but never get to church early. They spend time on the way doing irrelevant things while church is going on. They also complain when church services extend beyond certain number of hours.

Why do some Christians take their jobs more seriously than they take things that pertain to God, when they know that it is God who made it possible for them to secure the job in the first place? Why do they go to their offices and places of business as early as possible, but do not care about the time get to their church?

1. One of the worst problems plaguing Nigeria today is corruption. It has become so notorious that everybody in Nigeria and outside Nigeria talks about it.

No tribe in Nigeria is free of this canker worm. In other words, there’s no tribe in Nigeria that you cannot find corrupt men and women.

Unfortunately, no tribe in Nigeria wants its citizenry to be accused of corruption, let alone being prosecuted or jailed on allegation cases. Whenever a Nigerian is accused of corruption, members of his or her immediate community or state usually rise up in revolt and say “We no go gree,” meaning we won’t accept that.

Some tribes even throw parties for their sons and daughters who regain their freedom after being detained or jailed on corruption charges, instead of being ashamed of having a criminal among them.

If this ugly trend remains the way it is now, don’t you think Nigeria would soon become a country with the highest number of criminals. Again, how do we hope to win the war against corruption in Nigeria in the face of this interminable partial attitude?

Funny! Funny!! Funny!!!

NB: Please, feel free to send me any funny thing that you’ve noticed among Nigerians.