By Charles Jiduwah
In my disapproval to this devilish Act, I submit that as a Nation, Nigeria must separate religion from state, and allow human right to take its course of full application.
That President Goodluck Jonathan, a man so learned up to doctoral level would give his presidential assent to an evil Act seeking to criminalise people not because they have committed a crime against anyone, but freely choosing who they want as partner is a very stupid move in 2014.
The Nigerian nation is presently submerged in different rivers of corruption, threatening to overflow the very essence of our national bank, yet the Government did not deem it fit to enforce, strengthen or pass legislation that will clamp the overgrown wings of this monster, instead they seek a more politically correct diversion, a route some of them walk in their nights.
Nigeria is a signatory to the United Nations Convention and Africa Charter on Human Rights which includes universally agreed right to private life and freedom of association. These rights are currently under threat in Nigeria today. We cannot allow this madness to stand.
Let me send a notice to the Nigerian Government that I will challenge this Human Right infringement in court of law. It certainly will not stand. This is not a case for LGBT community alone, its a case that borders on peoples right to live freely and peacefully in a country they call theirs.
Let the government do the right thing by making amends before its too late.
Cjiduwah@ymail.com
2015 = Possible
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Nwa nne, that was very well
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 2:01PM.
Nwa nne, that was very well stated. I couldn't have put it any better myself.
It's very common in our society for anyone who advocates for gay rights to be accused of being gay themself as some of the commentators on here have accused the Charles Jiduwah.
If you truly believe in human rights, you can't pick and choose which group to advocate for. Be it the disabled, women, a particular ethnic group, albinos etc. A truly great nation is judged on it's greatness by the way it protects it's minorities and Nigeria has woefully failed this test
It's very common in our society for anyone who advocates for gay rights to be accused of being gay themself as some of the commentators on here have accused the Charles Jiduwah.
If you truly believe in human rights, you can't pick and choose which group to advocate for. Be it the disabled, women, a particular ethnic group, albinos etc. A truly great nation is judged on it's greatness by the way it protects it's minorities and Nigeria has woefully failed this test
Misplaced Priorities
Submitted by Chiedu (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 11:01AM.
This whole gay debate seem to have completely passed me by. I have to say I totally lost
interest when I failed to understand how the percecution and
imprisonment of gays is going to solve the Boko haram issue or reduce
the high unemployment rate facing our youths.
Maybe na me be the moomu. I assume that when we've locked up all the gays the high crime rate in Nigeria will be highly reduced and there will be no more armed robberies and kidnappings. If any of those that are feeling victorious and euphoric on the signing of this bill can help explain to me how it's passage can help improve the dire electricity situation or improve schools and hospitals may be I might join in the elation and gladly celebrate the signing of this bill.
As a heterosexual Nigerian male who is very confident & secure in my sexuality, I do not and will never regard a homosexual Nigerian male or female less of a Nigerian than me
Maybe na me be the moomu. I assume that when we've locked up all the gays the high crime rate in Nigeria will be highly reduced and there will be no more armed robberies and kidnappings. If any of those that are feeling victorious and euphoric on the signing of this bill can help explain to me how it's passage can help improve the dire electricity situation or improve schools and hospitals may be I might join in the elation and gladly celebrate the signing of this bill.
As a heterosexual Nigerian male who is very confident & secure in my sexuality, I do not and will never regard a homosexual Nigerian male or female less of a Nigerian than me
GAY? NO WAY
Submitted by Hassan E (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 10:01AM.
I'M SORRY TO DISAPPOINT THE WRITER. THOUGH WE HAVE SEEN MANY
PEOPLE CRITICIZING THE GOVERNMENT BLINDLY JUST FOR CRITICISM SAKE ON
SEVERAL ISSUES, THE ISSUE OF GAY CANNOT SELL IN THE HEARS OF MAJORITY OF
THE GOOD PEOPLE OF NIGERIA.
NIGERIANS ARE UNITED ON THIS ISSUE.BE IT HAUSA,IBO AND YORUBA. WE ALL STAND BEHIND THE GOVERNMENT AT LEAST ON THIS ONE ISSUE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE IN.WE ARE NOT USA WHERE MORALITY HAS LOST ITS VALUE.
NIGERIAN MAY HAVE ISSUES UNRESOLVED LIKE CORRUPTION AND SECURITY. BUT THIS DOES NOT START WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. AND WE BELIEVE THAT WITH GOD NIGERIA WILL EXCEL.ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT DOES NOT/SHOULD NOT MAKE A MAN AN ANIMAL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE INTEREST OF THE NATION AT HEART. BUT I THINK YOU ARE WRONG TO THINK DECISION AGAINST GAY IS A DEMONIC DECISION. WE BEG TO DIFFER. RATHER IT IS A GODLY DECISION, WELCOMED BY ALL. AND IT HAS COME TO STAND FOR ALL INCLUDING YOU.
NIGERIANS ARE UNITED ON THIS ISSUE.BE IT HAUSA,IBO AND YORUBA. WE ALL STAND BEHIND THE GOVERNMENT AT LEAST ON THIS ONE ISSUE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE IN.WE ARE NOT USA WHERE MORALITY HAS LOST ITS VALUE.
NIGERIAN MAY HAVE ISSUES UNRESOLVED LIKE CORRUPTION AND SECURITY. BUT THIS DOES NOT START WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. AND WE BELIEVE THAT WITH GOD NIGERIA WILL EXCEL.ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT DOES NOT/SHOULD NOT MAKE A MAN AN ANIMAL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE INTEREST OF THE NATION AT HEART. BUT I THINK YOU ARE WRONG TO THINK DECISION AGAINST GAY IS A DEMONIC DECISION. WE BEG TO DIFFER. RATHER IT IS A GODLY DECISION, WELCOMED BY ALL. AND IT HAS COME TO STAND FOR ALL INCLUDING YOU.
May our ancestors continue to
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 9:01AM.
May our ancestors continue to bless you and your generations. Same questions I asked.
I am very much supprised that
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 9:01AM.
I am very much supprised that some people still stand up to talk
of human rights when it comes to subjects of being gay. We are AFRICANS
and I know not of a culture in AFRICA that stands for or supports this.
In trying to be modern, we must be careful "NOT TO SPIT ON THE GRAVES
OF OUR ANCESTORS." Supporting gays is a sure way of doing this.
For those who are clamouring for the repeal of this law, I ask them to go to their village square and start to gather support for this fight. If they succeed, then they can pursue the fight, else they should shut up.
My prayer for those that are gay, is that "Their children will bring their gay partners and introduce to them. Amen". Then we wait and see what becomes of their GRAND-CHILDREN.... oh sorry, no grandchildren because their children are gay. Gays don't give birth, do they?
For those who are clamouring for the repeal of this law, I ask them to go to their village square and start to gather support for this fight. If they succeed, then they can pursue the fight, else they should shut up.
My prayer for those that are gay, is that "Their children will bring their gay partners and introduce to them. Amen". Then we wait and see what becomes of their GRAND-CHILDREN.... oh sorry, no grandchildren because their children are gay. Gays don't give birth, do they?
Nna today u know say GEJ is
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 9:01AM.
Nna today u know say GEJ is dumb and crooked? I wonder where he
got d Phd from. They call it "Port Harcourt degree." But I know it is a
fake Phd, as the guy can't speak English and frets when CNN and BBC ask
him impromptu questions- He likes NTA "expo" questions! And the man is a
bigger thief than any idiot that has ruled Nigeria since the last 53
unfortunate years. Worst than Abacha and IBB put together in terms of
corruption.
Ibo man Nzeman-hear yr brother-Former governor of Anambra State Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has declared that Nigeria may break up if President Goodluck Jonathan was disallowed from running for a second term in office. Ezeife, who stated this in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja, said: “At this juncture in Nigerian history, President Jonathan’s interest in a second term and Nigerians’ interest in the continued existence of the country have become coterminous.”unquote
Ibo man Nzeman-hear yr brother-Former governor of Anambra State Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has declared that Nigeria may break up if President Goodluck Jonathan was disallowed from running for a second term in office. Ezeife, who stated this in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja, said: “At this juncture in Nigerian history, President Jonathan’s interest in a second term and Nigerians’ interest in the continued existence of the country have become coterminous.”unquote
KUDOS TO THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ON THIS MATTER!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 9:01AM.
does United Nations Convention and Africa Charter on Human Rights
laws greater than the universal law? is man wiser than God the creator
of all things that said no man should commit such abomination, leaving
example thru sodom and gomorrah. check it charles if your father and
mother did not get involve in heterogeneous union, how will they give
birth to you? and if everybody is getting involved in homosexual union,
how will reproduction of human race continue and what children will the
homosexual adopt? there is limitation to human rights and God's law
supercede all human laws. If those who practice this abominations are
not sick in the head, must nigeria follow the practices of usa? is she
not a sovereign nation who has right to her own laws. if usa has become
the abode of devils and demonic children, we don't want that to be
replicated here. SO WHOSOEVER WANT TO BE A CURSE AND AN ABOMINATION
SHOULD RENOUNCE CITIZENSHIP OF NIGERIA AND GO TO WHERE HOMOSEXUAL
MARRIAGE IS LEGALISE.
Akowe
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 8:01AM.
You definitely should know that it cannot work in Nigeria. This
is not America where gay rights is human rights. There are still couple
of states in US that opposes same sex marriage. This is social
issues,cultures factor and also religion play huge role for it. US
should leave Nig alone on this issue. Its none of their business.
Open Letter and Ten Simple Questions for Charles Jiduwah
Submitted by Ogbuefi Iyke Nwata-akwochaka (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 6:01AM.
1.Are you gay ?
2.Do you have children,if you do,will you mind them being gay?
3.Are your parents gay,if they were,do you think you will be present to write this supposed open letter?
4.What sexual act gave birth to gay men and women?Heterosexuality or homosexuality?
5.If heterosexuality gave birth to gay men and women,why deny their would be offsprings the right to the same form natural birth conception?
6.What is your take on gay couples adopting babies born by couples who underwent a heterosexual act between man and woman?
7.Do you see any hypocrisy in question 5&6 above ?
8.Do you understand the process involved in bringing up a bill,debating that bill,passing it & granting presidential assent to it?
9.Have you researched to see the view of majority of Nigerians on this law.
10.Can you go before your people,family and ummunna,look them in the eye and defend what you have just written?
Best wishes.
Ogbuefi Iyke Nwata-akwochaka
2.Do you have children,if you do,will you mind them being gay?
3.Are your parents gay,if they were,do you think you will be present to write this supposed open letter?
4.What sexual act gave birth to gay men and women?Heterosexuality or homosexuality?
5.If heterosexuality gave birth to gay men and women,why deny their would be offsprings the right to the same form natural birth conception?
6.What is your take on gay couples adopting babies born by couples who underwent a heterosexual act between man and woman?
7.Do you see any hypocrisy in question 5&6 above ?
8.Do you understand the process involved in bringing up a bill,debating that bill,passing it & granting presidential assent to it?
9.Have you researched to see the view of majority of Nigerians on this law.
10.Can you go before your people,family and ummunna,look them in the eye and defend what you have just written?
Best wishes.
Ogbuefi Iyke Nwata-akwochaka
ONLY A SICK BRAIN WILL CLAIM HE IS GAY
Submitted by Zulami (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 5:01AM.
WHY DONT THEY the gays GO AND HAVE SEX WITH THEIR MOTHERS--IN
EUROPE AND THE AMERICANS ITS A COMMON SIGHT FOR FATHERS TO SLEEP WITH
THEIR DAUGHTERS-WHILE THE MOTHER LOOKS ON-helplessly-MUST AFRICA COPY
EVERy RUBBISH FROM THE WEST IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION? THESE
THINGS ARE COMMON AMONG THE IBOS AND FULANIS FROM THE NORTH-LET THEM GO
TO THEIR VILLAGES AND ANNOUNCE AT THE VILLAGE SQUARE THAT THEY ARE
GAYS-WHICH IS EASIER TO HAVE SEX WITH THE OILY CONT OF A WOMAN OR THE
SMELLY ANUS OF A MAN? MOST IBOS CLAIM THEY ARE GAYS TO GAIN VISA TO
TRAVEL ABROAD. WHILE THE ROMAN CATHOLICS AND IMAMS INTRODUCED THAT DIRTY
LIFE STYLE to them in africa--people must learn to respect the culture
and tradition of africans-we cannot be gays-or lesbians never in africa
We support Nigerian govt 100% on ban of gay
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 5:01AM.
Whether you are christian, muslim, Jewdasm or secularism or
whatever you are. You definately know you must die. So if you die you
can tell whoever you met their why he prohibit this unhuman and insane
act. Whoever support gay is mad and criminal and suppose to be kill not
even 14yrs . 14yrs is to small.
ONLY A SICK BRAIN WILL CLAIM HE IS GAY
Submitted by Zulami (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 5:01AM.
WHY DONT THEY the gays GO AND HAVE SEX WITH THEIR MOTHERS--IN
EUROPE AND THE AMERICANS ITS A COMMON SIGHT FOR FATHERS TO SLEEP WITH
THEIR DAUGHTERS-WHILE THE MOTHER LOOKS ON-helplessly-MUST AFRICA COPY
EVERy RUBBISH FROM THE WEST IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION? THESE
THINGS ARE COMMON AMONG THE IBOS AND FULANIS FROM THE NORTH-LET THEM GO
TO THEIR VILLAGES AND ANNOUNCE AT THE VILLAGE SQUARE THAT THEY ARE
GAYS-WHICH IS EASIER TO HAVE SEX WITH THE OILY CONT OF A WOMAN OR THE
SMELLY ANUS OF A MAN? MOST IBOS CLAIM THEY ARE GAYS TO GAIN VISA TO
TRAVEL ABROAD. WHILE THE ROMAN CATHOLICS AND IMAMS INTRODUCED THAT DIRTY
LIFE STYLE to them in africa--people must learn to respect the culture
and tradition of africans-we cannot be gays-or lesbians never
We support Nigerian govt 100% on ban of gay
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 5:01AM.
Whether you are christian, muslim, Jewdasm or secularism or
whatever you are. You definately know you must die. So if you die you
can tell whoever you met their why he prohibit this unhuman and insane
act. Whoever support gay is mad and criminal and suppose to be kill not
even 14yrs . 14yrs is to small.
We support Nigerian government 100% on ban of gay
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 5:01AM.
Whether you are christian, muslim, Jewdasm or secularism or
whatever you are. You definately know you must die. So if you die you
can tell whoever you met their why he prohibit this unhuman and insane
act. Whoever support gay is mad and criminal and suppose to be kill not
even 14yrs . 14yrs is to small.
Jail Gays
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 4:01AM.
The Jail sentence for Gay is not enough, a more stiffer
punishment should have been provided in Law by the Government of
Nigeria. Charles Juduwah (WAWA).
gay right my foot
Submitted by olufemi (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 3:01AM.
its really a pity sahara sponsor such a write up. the writer is
an alien as such. he not of Nigeria. lets leave religion out of it.
these is moral value breakdown. can you have s....x with animals ? if
your parent where gay,would they have given birth to you. even science
says like charges repel ,unlike attract. what is wrong with you ?
weldone National assembly ,Welldone GEJ.
Mr. Alfa Nla (Big Imam?) Sir,
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 2:01AM.
Mr. Alfa Nla (Big Imam?)
Sir, the issues facing the western world do not begin to compare with the evils facing us in Africa and Nigeria especially. What do we take that to be a warning from God for?
BY all means insist on not recognising gay marriage, but must you jail someone for his choice to associate with whomsoever he pleases? Its not the ban on gay marriage that we deplore its the wickedness of the punishment that comes with admitting to being in a gay relationship and for 'promoting' homosexuality.
It's their turn today, it might be our turn tomorrow sir. Remember already opposition politicians are no longer free to meet if the president disapproves of their cause. The IGP is there to stop any political meeting the president disapproves of. WE are in a dictatorship whether we like it or not sadly.
Sir, the issues facing the western world do not begin to compare with the evils facing us in Africa and Nigeria especially. What do we take that to be a warning from God for?
BY all means insist on not recognising gay marriage, but must you jail someone for his choice to associate with whomsoever he pleases? Its not the ban on gay marriage that we deplore its the wickedness of the punishment that comes with admitting to being in a gay relationship and for 'promoting' homosexuality.
It's their turn today, it might be our turn tomorrow sir. Remember already opposition politicians are no longer free to meet if the president disapproves of their cause. The IGP is there to stop any political meeting the president disapproves of. WE are in a dictatorship whether we like it or not sadly.
you the writer is insane
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 15 2014, 2:01AM.
you this writer.... You are Mad
Congratulations Nigeria!
Submitted by TB (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 11:01PM.
Even if you're straight, you can now be arrested and tortured
into confessing that you are part of a gay organization. God help you if
you're not rich enough to bribe police. I'm sure they're just licking
their lips at how they can use it to pad their wallets during Christmas
or Sallah.
Foolish hypocrites! Why didn't you go all the way and ban premarital sex while you were at it? A man rapes a woman and he is let go because he is a chief. Meanwhile, speaking out for equal protection for homosexual couples will get you jail time.
Congratulations, you just signed away the pretend democracy we had. Enjoy being raped by legal system. You will learn, the hard way, why older, more stable democracies already realized.
I say this, by the way, as a straight Christian who personally has a distaste for homosexuality.
Foolish hypocrites! Why didn't you go all the way and ban premarital sex while you were at it? A man rapes a woman and he is let go because he is a chief. Meanwhile, speaking out for equal protection for homosexual couples will get you jail time.
Congratulations, you just signed away the pretend democracy we had. Enjoy being raped by legal system. You will learn, the hard way, why older, more stable democracies already realized.
I say this, by the way, as a straight Christian who personally has a distaste for homosexuality.
Desist from gay act or perish
Submitted by ALFA NLA, OSUN STATE (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 10:01PM.
According to both the holy Quran and the Bible, the people of
prophet Lot were destroyed by the Almighty God due to same sex marriage.
If not that the current gay countries can not reason well, they should
have known that God has already started giving them series of warnings
like severe ice rain, wild fires, severe flooding, and strong winds like
typhoon and others. Mind you, all these are just warning signs compared
to what will eventually happen to any country or individual that failed
to desist from this shameful and destructible act.
Nigerians are complaining
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 9:01PM.
@Anonymous, Nigerians are complaining. I am Nigerian, I am
straight and I am complaining. The majority are not complaining because
this is something that affects only the minority. Besides, life is so
hard in Nigeria, thanks to the politicians, that an average Nigerian
feels like they have a bigger fish to fry. Where will the next meal come
from? As an African who has lived most of his life in the white man’s
world, I know what it feels like to be a minority. Protection of the
minority is a good attribute of a society. I have heard the gays argue
that homosexuality is not a lifestyle choice, but a natural human
attribute, that they haven’t chosen to be gay. You and I cannot dispute
that, we are not gay. So, why can’t we just let them be? What have they
ever done to you and me?
Bia nwokem' take your madness
Submitted by Oleku (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 8:01PM.
Bia nwokem' take your madness to the US or Britain. We don't want
fags in naija. We have shortage of pampers supply already for our kids.
You can take it to which ever court you want even challenge the law
citing article 8 of ECHR we don't give a damn. I advise you to leave
naija if you've not done so already or face a 14year jail term with hard
labour. That will be subjected to if you escape lynching. Fag.
RE: na today u know say GEJ is dumb and crooked?
Submitted by Nzeman (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 6:01PM.
na today u know say GEJ is dumb and crooked? I wonder where he
got d Phd from. They call it "Port Harcourt degree." But I know it is a
fake Phd, as the guy can't speak English and frets when CNN and BBC ask
him impromptu questions- He likes NTA "expo" questions! And the man is a
bigger thief than any idiot that has ruled Nigeria since the last 53
unfortunate years. Worst than Abacha and IBB put together in terms of
corruption.
American & European should go to hell
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 5:01PM.
why are you people fighing over what is right, thank you mister
president, this is one good thing that has come out from your
admistration in Nigeria, i love that, Americans and Europeans should go
to hell, lets see if they will continue with there so called gay right
in the next 50 years, maybe they are planing to come back to Africa for
second slave trade, stupid.
sin is sin
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 5:01PM.
what good record does the good book has about corrupt leaders? my
dear sin is sin. corruption is killing millions every year but gay does
not. meanwhile, i don't encourage being gay.
Gay law
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 4:01PM.
We have seen the damages that tha gay people have done in the
west, trying to desex everybody, if you are not gay, you won't be
gainfully employed there, they are so obsessed with homoseuality that
nothing more is important to the elites than to undo the work of nature
and God and lead people to their Luciferean doctrine and make everybody
gay. Question is, why the obsession with homosexuality?
Pls search
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 2:01PM.
You seems to be a good reader of the good books that states one
should not be judged,please search and tell us what good references or
records does the good book has about gay and your gay right.
Mr preacher!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 1:01PM.
Excuse me Mr Preacher, after that homophobic god of yours killed
all people in Sodom & Gomorrah according to you biblical fairy tales
by moonlight, then why are there still gays in the world today? Please,
you should subscribe to religion with your full brain in your empty
skull....
Romans 1:25-28 They exchanged
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan, 14 2014, 1:01PM.
Romans 1:25-28
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator–who is forever praised. Amen.
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator–who is forever praised. Amen.
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
