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Enugu Pastor Polycarp Ugwu Backs Trump’s Shithole Remark , Says He Is Frank And Truthful
January 15, 2018 – Enugu Pastor Polycarp Ugwu Backs Trump’s Shithole Remark , Says He Is Frank And Truthful
An Enugu cleric, Pastor Polycarp Ugwu, on Sunday said there was nothing wrong with Donald Trump’s recent vile comment about Africa.
Trump reportedly used the words “shithole countries” to describe Haiti, El Salvador and African countries in response to plans by the U.S. lawmakers to restore protection for immigrants from those places.
The development has drawn the ire of some African countries as well as the African Union, whose spokeswoman, Ebba Kalondo, reminded Trump that many Africans arrived in the U.S. as slaves, adding that Trump’s profane statement “flies in the face of all accepted behaviour and practice.”
But Ugwu, the General Overseer and Founder of The Voice of Freedom Fellowship International, an Enugu-based church, on Sunday commended Trump for the ‘frank and truthful’ comment.
Preaching at a church service in Enugu on Sunday, Ugwu said,
“Donald Trump is the only leader who can tell African leaders the bitter truth as he does not care about political correctness.
“Trump has told us the truth and instead of crying over it or telling him to apologise, we should look at ourselves and tell ourselves the truth.”
Noting that the U.S. President’s remarks was ‘in the best interest’ of African nations, the pastor observed that African leaders had, over the years, squandered the wealth of the continent through carelessness, corruption and the lack of good leadership.
“Are we not worse than Trump’s assessment?” he queried.
Speaking on the theme, ‘Wisdom for enlargement,’ Ugwu lambasted Nigerian leaders for wasting the country’s abundant natural resources.
Ugwu said, “When God talked about a land flowing with milk and honey, I think he was referring to Nigeria. This is because in this nation, we have resources in abundance but what have our leaders done with these things?
“Look at Britain, Dubai and Singapore and others that have nothing and see how backward we are as a nation.”
“Do you know the amount of mineral deposits in Ebonyi, Enugu, North Central and all over Nigeria? Everybody wants to escape to the U.S. and other nations because our own nation is truly a shithole country.
“We have wasted what we have; we have wasted our resources because we don’t plan.”
Ugwu urged Christians to “avoid the life of waste” by appreciating and making optimal use of what God had given to them instead of complaining about what they did not have.
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jamon
January 15, 2018 at 6:08 AM
Africans like ugwu are a bunch of morons, d crackhead is abusing your country and u people agree with him.
fifelomo
January 15, 2018 at 6:56 AM
Is ugwu not a green leaf? Mchew…………
paul olabisi
January 15, 2018 at 8:21 AM
JAMON please i have question for you i have see or hard that any leader in America or UK steal money and bring to NIgeria ? But your leader take our money to london american. they leave their people with out food water light no good road,no school.You are talking about abusing nigeria
Lola O
January 15, 2018 at 9:48 PM
Trump happens to have spoken the bitter truth, like it or not. How many Americans scramble to go live abroad? Tell us one thing that works in Nigeria. Education? Shithole! Electricity? Shithole! Roads and public transportation? Shithole! Medical care? Shithole! Government? Shithole! Politicians? Asshole! We need to face reality and stop deceiving ourselves. Let us start by looking at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. The late head of state must be restless in his grave that that is the best legacy Nigeria can offer, more than 40 years after his death. See how malnourished ordinary people look on the streets. An alarming number of people beg for money on our streets on a daily basis, there’s no rehabilitation or learning facilities for disabled people, our youth have turned to crime and prostitution to survive, or traveling to foreign countries to be abused or murdered. Human ritual is unparalleled anywhere in the world. Lawlessness is the order of the day. Your shithole Nigerian government needs to be confronted with the truth.
Cupid
January 16, 2018 at 9:29 AM
Lola, with what u just said, I have nothing else to say to the ******** Jamon. He must be living in Majidun in Ikorodu, or Orile, or Badia and feel very comfortable, thinking low education, with children having no future is how a Nation has to be. A Nation where MC Oluomo, the garage guy can be a President in Nigeria, and Jamon, his Vice, ruling over a Shithole Country.
Mr Trump, this is the first time you nailed it.