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Divine Justification: How Nigerians Attribute Bad Events to God's Will
<p>Giant of Africa is now a place where bad ,catastrophic , suspicious things will be happening and they are justified by saying "that's how God wants it" , People now use God's name to sugarcoat evil things happening to <a class="tc-blue" href="https://them.Nigerians" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">them.Nigerians ↗</a> now rationalize misfortune , injustice,and tragedy as divine-will some even call it "FATE". This practice, has psychologically provided comfort and resilience in Nigeria's fraught with challenges, also serving as a veil for systemic failures and personal accountability, serving as source of solace and excuses for inaction.</p><p>Nigeria as one of the most religious country in Africa identifies over 90% of the population as religious, splitting roughly between Christianity and Islam—the attribution of negative events to divine-will is woven into day-to-day language, and responses to different phases.</p><p> Common phrases like "It is God's will" ,"Haka Allah Yana" ,"Na God hand e dey" or "On God" are statements uttered in the face of calamity or catastrophe. For instance, In Nigeria bandits or terrorists raids a village and kill everybody and burn them alive and the survivors will be saying "haka Allah Yana", Why would God want that!? Some might say, "God gives and God takes,". By saying this they tend to accept these situations, turning chaos into something ordained and <a class="tc-blue" href="https://unchangeable.In" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">unchangeable.In ↗</a> some instances they call it " tests from God" especially when reality challenges comes like job loss or illness . Politicians now say "we are praying for God's Intervention" to sugarcoat policy failures drifting attention from the ineffectiveness of governance to <a class="tc-blue" href="https://spiritually.Even" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">spiritually.Even ↗</a> during the past economic recession crisis, officials urge citizens to "trust in God" instead of demanding for accountability with immediate <a class="tc-blue" href="https://effect.Sadly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">effect.Sadly ↗</a> this is the country our next generations will come to inherit....</p><p></p>
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