ONE EMULABLE LIFE
We read in Acts 9:36-39, 36] At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did. 37] But it happened in those days that she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room...Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. 39] And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
That's a bible account of an emulable, greatly loved woman in her community. Below is an account of the acts of another present day woman full of good works and charitable deeds we all knew, a life worthy of emulation - a Nigerian!
'When President Olusegun Obasanjo asked Prof Dora Akunyili why she refunded £12,000 meant for her medical care to her employees at PTF In 1998, Her reply was GRANDEUR: "Because whether we like it or not, to steal, especially from the poor,we will destroy everything and everyone" As the Coordinator of the South East Zone of late General Sani Abacha's Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) in 1998, Mrs. Akunyili was diagnosed with Malignant Tumour, and she needed to seek medical attention in the UK. The treatment would cost £17,000 and her employers, the PTF, headed by General Buhari, decided to foot the bill and handed her £17,000 in an open Cheque. She made the trip.
But when she got there, she first requested a second diagnosis and pre-surgery examination. After the test it was discovered she only had a minor bowel obstruction. With consultation and treatment done, the balance left with her was £12,000. Now, the question is, what happens to the remaining £12,000? Well, In the Nigeria's public sector, such money is not refunded. No one refunds government money-absolutely-NO-ONE. Even if refunding is an obligation, it is a matter of claiming that the surgery actually took place. But not Akunyili. She voluntarily refunded the surgery money.
The news got to the Chairman of the PTĘ, General Muhammadu Buhari. The General called her to his office and handed a letter of commendation to her. It was a rare case of honesty in Nigeria's public service.
Shortly, When Chief Olusegun Obasanjo became the President and reportedly needed someone he can trust to clean the mess in Nigeria's drug market, news got to him from Buhari himself, that there was one honest Nigerian pharmacist that should be able to do the job. The story of her honest act in PTF was told to Obasanjo and Obasanjo decided to go with her, defying advice from some people within presidency who believed that being an Igbo woman, Akunyili was the last person to be considered for the job of cleaning a market dominated by her tribesmen.
The rest is history. We all know what happened! During her lifetime, she received 820 awards. In 2016, two years after her death, her husband discovered 110 more (930). No other African has won more. Dora, was an Amazon!' [Copied].
Pity we didn't act like those in the time of Dorcas in the bible. We didn’t call for a miracle to raise our own Dora to life so she could continue the emulable, exemplary life she lived for us Nigerians, nay all peoples to follow! (I sing no person's praise but God’s.)
Prayer:
Lord, give us other exemplary men and women whose lives would impress upon our hearts to love and serve You as Your Son Jesus Christ taught us. Amen.
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MIRIAM - From grass to grace
Miriam is a transformation account. It is the story of the refinement of a plain village girl from raw to high quality. Her latent potential in the worship of God was discovered by a dedicated missionary who proceeded to mould the ordinary lump of clay into a refined vessel most fit for the use of The Master, an icon to her generation.
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