IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

OGUNDIPE; Stephen Oluwafunmilayo

Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2019

EXPLORING EPHESIANS 4:25-32 IN RESTORING SANITY IN NIGERIAN POLITICAL CLIMATE: PASTORAL COUNSELLING STRATEGY

Ogundipe, Stephen Oluwafunmilayo

Abstract :

Political insanity is a cankerworm that disrupts the Nigerian political system causing grave and grievous consequences that affect humans’ liveliness, livelihood and environmental stability. Politicians’ insane lifestyle and unethical practices which ravages human relationship and annihilates proper socialisation and political harmony in the human community could be modified through pastoral counselling. Every human establishment which never paves the way for a good relationship, implementation of ideologies, functional philosophies, and principles that promote significant growth, meaningful lifestyle, skills and resources development stand detrimental to peaceful coexistence. The research employs a descriptive approach to pinpoint scenarios in the Nigerian community where political insanity destabilises serenity of harmonious coexistence. The research recommends pastoral counselling as a desperate measure for recreating political right thinking and appropriate lifestyle capable of restoring peaceful political climate for the common good of the citizenry.