The supreme law of Nigeria under this ongoing democratic dispensation is the Nigerian 1999 constitution. An objective perusal of this legal document shows clearly that Nigeria is a secular nation with the separation of the governance of the state from all her religions faiths and cultural beliefs. That constitution also guarantees the legal right of all Nigerians to the freedom of choice, speech, association and privacy. Nigeria is not a Christian nation, a Muslim nation or the traditional religious faiths country constitutionally and in all reality.
Why did Nigeria enact this anti-gay law in the first instance? Why did it take President Jonathan Goodluck more than 6 months before he decided to suddenly sign this enacted bill by the Nigerian National Assembly into law in secrecy and without much national publicity or press coverage? What is the law designed to achieve in Nigeria in all reality? Who are the primary beneficiaries from this new anti-gay law of Nigeria in all truth, honesty and reality?
The new anti-gay law in Nigeria serves three primary purposes:Firstly, the anti-gay law is needed by President Jonathan Goodluck for the immediate political recovery as a result of his bad and inept leadership that has heavily marred his government with massive official corruption, mammoth resource mismanagement, oil theft, scandals, unabated Boko Haram terrorism, failed campaign promises and the collapsing PDP's political structure under his watch as well as his unpopular presidency. President Jonathan Goodluck needs this anti-gay law for his own political survival as the 2015 uncertain presidential election draws closer.
Secondly, the anti-gay law in Nigeria directly meets the aspirations and expectations of the Nigerian religious bodies and citizens who hate homosexuals to death on the religious grounds. Lastly, the anti-gay law fulfills the heart desires of the Nigerian cultural zealots, bigots and fanatics who blindly consider homosexuality to be totally non-African in nature or origin, but a western civilization and sexual lifestyles that the west is bent on exporting to Nigeria in particular and Africa in general in the age of globalization, Internet, democracy and in the name of human rights advocacy.
Secondly, the anti-gay law in Nigeria directly meets the aspirations and expectations of the Nigerian religious bodies and citizens who hate homosexuals to death on the religious grounds. Lastly, the anti-gay law fulfills the heart desires of the Nigerian cultural zealots, bigots and fanatics who blindly consider homosexuality to be totally non-African in nature or origin, but a western civilization and sexual lifestyles that the west is bent on exporting to Nigeria in particular and Africa in general in the age of globalization, Internet, democracy and in the name of human rights advocacy.
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