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    Grineria: End of the Old; Birth of the New
    Grineria: End of the Old; Birth of the New
    Grineria: End of the Old; Birth of the New
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    Grineria: End of the Old; Birth of the New

    By Gbenga Richmond

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    Nigeria will be great again . . . For the set time to favor her has come!
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    By the year 2019 (seven years from now,) God has promised the following:
    Curb corruption by changing the leadership landscape in Nigeria. Control poverty by transforming Nigeria into one of the truly rich nations of the world. Check terrorism by chasing the Babylonians, for our sakes.
    But before we can key into these promises or get to the Promised Land, we must follow Gods new blueprint for Nigeria.
    This blueprint was revealed by divine inspiration to Gbenga Richmond, an everyday youth who was looking forward to escaping to London in the year 2010 when the LORD arrested him.
    His story bears some semblance with that of biblical Jonah, Joseph, Gideon, and David. In this riveting narrative, he shares his frustrations, divine encounter, and the new blueprint for Nigeria.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateAug 30, 2012
    ISBN9781477218518
    Grineria: End of the Old; Birth of the New
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    Gbenga Richmond

    About the Author Gbenga Richmond is the Pathfinder of GRiNERIA. He has the divine mandate to “Put smiles on the faces of Nigerians.” He is Nigerian – born and bred. In fact, he began his secondary school education in a school where students beat up the principal, and where the school fee for a whole year was less than $5. He finished in another school where the principal once said, “We don’t have bed per person here, it’s a multitude per bed!” Guy Richmond, as he is more popularly known among his cronies, is not married, (but he’s in a serious relationship and therefore, not searching!) He is currently pursuing a Business degree with the London School of Economics, (LSE,) through the University of London International programs. He is based in Abuja, Nigeria. As you must have figured out by now, Richmond didn’t have blue blood running through his veins. He says he sometimes wonders what the color is…was...whatever. To book Richmond for speaking engagements, or to have him tell you more about the GRiN mandate, simply ping him on 2226E56B, text him on 07057875856, tweet him @grineria, like him @facebook.com/grineria, or just send a mail to either guyrichmonds@gmail.com or guyrichmonds@grineria.org. I mean, honestly, how hard can it get?!

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      Grineria - Gbenga Richmond

      © 2012 by Gbenga Richmond. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 07/26/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-1850-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-1851-8 (e)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      The National Anthem

      The National Pledge

      The National Flag

      The National Coat of Arms

      GRiNERIA National Declaration

      Change Agents

      Preface

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 The Broad and Easy Way

      Chapter 2 How It All Started

      Chapter 3 The Salvation Army

      Chapter 4 The Divine Encounter

      Chapter 5 God’s Blueprint for Nigeria

      Chapter 6 GRiNERIA

      Chapter 7 GRiN Small Business

      Chapter 8 GRiN Matchmakers

      Chapter 9 GRiN Skill Acquisition

      Chapter 10 GRiN Jobs

      Chapter 11 3 Pillars Ministries

      Chapter 12 Crusade for Change

      Nigerians in Diaspora

      A Letter to Co-laborers in Christ

      Acknowledgements

      About the Author

      Dedicated

      To Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, who sent me to deliver His new blueprint of the Promised Land, to my fellow countrymen.

      To every Nigerian, home and abroad, who has been a victim of corruption, poverty and/or terrorism.

      The National Anthem

      Arise, O Compatriots,

      Nigeria’s call obey

      To serve our Fatherland

      With love and strength and faith.

      The labour of our heroes past

      Shall never be in vain,

      To serve with heart and might

      One nation bound in freedom, peace and unity.

      O God of creation,

      Direct our noble cause;

      Guide our Leaders right:

      Help our Youth the truth to know,

      In love and honesty to grow,

      And living just and true,

      Great lofty heights attain,

      To build a nation where peace and justice shall reign.*

      Commentary: How many Nigerians can recite the National Anthem off hand? In my case, I had to gather the SOS kids of House 7, Abuja, (with the permission of their foster mother, Mrs. Funmilayo Fadupin, who incidentally is my mom,) to rehearse the National Anthem.

      In Primary school, I was made to recite the anthem every school day and it stuck but I never for once meditated on the lyrics—nor could I. But now that I can, I discover we have deviated totally from the charge to be patriotic; to allow God to direct our noble cause, guide our leaders right and help our youth the truth to know.

      I beg of you, do not read any further until you have pondered on every word as contained in the National Anthem.

      Did you know that the Nigerian Police once had a ‘vibrant’ band complete with a director of music? I didn’t think so! Shockingly, the inspired National Anthem was a product of the Nigerian Police Band!

      * The National Anthem was adopted on the 1st of October 1978 and the music was composed by Mr. Ben Odiase who was then the Director of Music, Nigerian Police Band.

      The National Pledge

      I pledge to Nigeria my country,

      To be faithful, loyal and honest,

      To serve Nigeria with all my strength,

      To defend her unity,

      And uphold her honor and glory,

      So help me God.

      Commentary: A closer look at the National Pledge reveals a promise . . . To defend her unity—the unity of the nation Nigeria. This means no whispers—let alone—talks of dividing Nigeria. Also, there’s the promise to . . . uphold her honor and glory, with the help of God. This also means no Yahoo boys or girls. No drug or dirty dealing. No child trafficking. Etc.

      The National Flag

      Nigeria’s flag is a rectangular strip divided into three

      equal parts viz. green, white and green.

      The green depicts the country’s land and agricultural

      potential while the white depicts peace and unity.

      Commentary: Many years ago, I once wondered why we repeated the color green twice on our national flag. Now, I know better! In the Holy Bible for instance, when God wanted to emphasize something very significant, He repeated the same word or statement or instruction—sometimes even more than twice.

      The color Green here depicts Nigeria’s land and agricultural POTENTIAL. This means as long as agriculture is the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy, the color white (which depicts peace and unity) will reign! Let me ask you—currently, is peace and unity reigning in Nigeria? Permit me to answer that question with another question: Is agriculture the mainstay or major driver of our economy?

      In 1958, Chinua Achebe, world acclaimed Nigerian writer once gave a revelation in his book titled, Things Fall Apart, that When things fall apart, the center can no longer hold. As I was meditating on those words, my spiritual eyes were opened to see the current interpretation of that divine statement.

      The sentence is directed at the national flag, GREEN WHITE GREEN. Now imagine that the two border colors (GREEN) on the Nigerian flag, have two separate poles hanging it, and imagine also that the center color, WHITE is sandwiched or inserted in between the two border colors (GREEN). Now If the centre color (WHITE = Peace & Unity) can no longer hold, what happens? Yeah, you guessed right—Things fall apart. Soon as we chopped off the border colors (GREEN = Land & Agricultural potential) there was no more support for (WHITE = Peace & Unity.) ¹

      Incidentally, as I write this, Pastor E.A Adeboye’s exhortation as contained in the Open Heavens daily devotional for July 6, 2012, titled, THE ESSENCE OF GOD (PART 3) comes to mind. He said, (paraphrased,) that God is light, and light when passed through a prism produces 7 colors. One of such colors is GREEN.

      The title of this book is GRiNERIA (pronounced ‘green area.’)

      So, based on Pastor Adeboye’s revelation, green area means go area, progress area, growth area, promotion area, abundance area, fruitfulness area, power area, and that sounds more like what Nigeria (Niger area,) should have been called. ²

      The National Coat of Arms

      The red eagle depicts Nigeria’s strength

      The black shield signifies the abundant qualities of

      the land in agricultural, mineral and solid resources

      The

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