Educational materials

  Disobedience against the National Law. National laws are laws of the country for the good, protection  and provisions of every citizen of the Nation.   Disobedience to any law may also lead to national punishment. Most people disobey and vandalize public properties, e.g.  breaking or bursting pipelines may lead to serious oil fire  the outbreak, death of people and scarcity fuel .  Not obeying traffic rules, answering a phone call while driving on  the highway may cause fatal accidents, severe injuries  and untimely death . Looting of government treasury will  eventually, lead to financial and economic crises in the nation,  while the looters will face Gods judgment and, when caught  will face social embarrassment and maybe jailed. Furthermore, politicians who break the rules and regulations  of elections stand the chance of being disqualified, people  may revolt and this may lead to killings, confusion  destruction of personal and public properties etc. In most cases, the

  THE GOLDEN RULE MEMORY VERSE: LUKE 10:27 "And he answered, you  shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with  all your soul, and with all your strength and to love your  neighbour as yourself." THE GOLDEN RULE One day, a lawyer asked Jesus what he MUST do to enter  heaven, Jesus replied by giving him the Gold Rule saying:  "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and  with all your soul, and with all your strength and love  your neighbour as yourself." Luke 10:27 (This is the  Golden Rule).   THE CONTENT OF THE GOLDEN RULE 1. We MUST love God with all our heart, soul and strength. 2. We MUST obey Him. 3. We MUST follow His Commandments and do what He wants us to do. 4. We MUST love our neighbour as ourselves.   JESUS PRAYS TO HIS FATHER FOR US Memory verse: Luke 23:43 "And he said to him, Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise." What is prayer?                                 Prayer means

  POST-CIVIL WAR The civil war ended in 1970 and in 1975 Gen. Muritala  Mohammed took over from Gen. Gowon in a coup. In 1976,  Gen. Muritala was assassinated in a failed coup attempt and  was succeeded by Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo who later handed  over power to a democratically elected president Alhaji Shehu  Shagari. Shagari was later overthrown in 1983 and Major Gen.  Muhammadu Buhari took overpower. In 1985, Major Gen.  Ibrahim Babangida took over as head of state till 1993 when he  handed over to Ernest Shonekan, who handed over to Major  Gen. Sani Abacha. When Abacha died on June 8, 1998,  Abdulsalam Abubakar took over and handed over to a  democratically elected president Olusegun Obasanjo on May  29, 1999, and from there we have not had another coup till date.

  THE STATE GOVERNMENT This is the second tier of government after the local  government. The state has the governor as its head assisted  by a deputy governor. They also have commissioners as well  as special advisers and assistants. The state government also has the State House of Assembly  whose members are also elected by the people to make laws The state government performs many duties. Here are  some of them:     1.   Provision of clean water     2.   Provision of housing for the people     3.  Provision of good schools     4.   Provision of good hospitals      5. Provision of good roads   Sources of income                          1. They receive a monthly allocation from the federal government      2. They make from trading goods with other states      3. They also generate revenue from taxes

  COUPS AND THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR A coup is a sudden violent of a government and seizure of political power especially by the military. Civil war is a war between groups within a country. CAUSE OF NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR After independence in 1960 the three major ethnic groups in  Nigeria struggled for power. In 1966, a group of military  officers  planned a coup to overthrow the government of Sir Abubakar  Tafawa Balewa. They killed him and some Northern leaders. Then the military government under the leadership of Aguiyi  Ironsi was established. Later in July 1966 a counter coup was  planned and General Yakubu Gowon became the head of  state. Many Igbos who lived in the North were killed and in order to  keep the peace, General Yakubu Gowon divided the country from  four regions to twelve states. However, Lieutenant Emeka Ojukwu did not accept the  division. They decided to pull out of Nigeria and declared the  independent Republic of Biafra. The military government of  Nig

  THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT The local government is the lowest level of government. It is known as the grassroots government. It is headed by a chairman and the chairman is assisted by the councillors. The councillors are the lawmakers at the local government level. SOME OF THE DUTIES OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE:     1.  It builds and maintains primary schools     2.   It provides basic health care by building clinics     3.   It makes sure the environment is clean by providing street sweepers     4.   It provides recreational facilities within the community such as parks.    SOURCES OF INCOME OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT     1.   Receives allocation from the state     2.  Raises money by collecting taxes and levies.

PSALM 23:1-6   The Divine Shepherd A Psalm of David.   The  Lord  is my shepherd, I shall not want; 2       he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters; 3       he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness      for his name’s sake. 4  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,  I fear no evil; for thou art with me;    thy rod and thy staff,      they comfort me. 5  Thou preparest a table before me      in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my head with oil,      my cup overflows. 6  Surely ,  goodness and mercy   shall follow me      all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the  Lord      forever.