One of the readings for last Sunday was taken from the book of Amos. The prophet Amos needs no introduction. He was a fierce social critic of all forms of injustice and misrule. He was not one to equivocate. He was the speaker and voice of the poor, the oppressed and all who were victims of all forms of mis-governance. In the times of Amos, the poor were sold for less than the price of a pair of sandals. Amos condemned this. The poor in today's Nigeria are sold for far less. Yet you hear no strong voices of our modern day shepherds, these pastors who are supposed to be successors of Amos. Our modern day Amoses have lost their voices and their fire. By their strategic silence and deliberate equivocation, our modern day Amoses are progressively becoming complicit in the suffering of their flock, and that is a big pity.
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