EKPOMA REVIEW

The insight to write on this theme came while in Rome on studies away from my land and people. Listening to the news from Nigeria both in the radio and on the television became a kind of nightmare as a result of the many atrocities being reported. Some instances might suffice here. There were cases of misappropriation and mismanagement of public funds; misappropriation of justice; extrajudicial killings; armed robbery and ritual killings; kidnappings and assassinations, just to mention a few. It prompted the question: is the prophetic voice in Nigeria being heard loud enough so as to effect any positive change in the society? This is what then forms the background for this study: to look at the prophetic consciousness of Jeremiah, a consciousness that made him to give up everything for the sake of his prophetic ministry.

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