Why We SHOULD BE WARY OF SKY GIRLS
By Saleh Bature
As you read this piece, I won’t be surprised if this is the first time you are hearing about the Sky Girls. Although it may seem harmless now, but some Islamic clerics have accused it of promoting gender equality, Lesbianism and homosexuality in Nigeria.
Religious leaders are suspicious of the activities of Western governments and Foundations in Nigeria. Their suspicion is not without reason. The US and the Western world have vowed to do everything humanly possible to change us from the human species of male and female as created by God to Lesbians and gays.
In their own wisdom, they see us as primitive people and out of touch with modernity, believing that we must assimilate into the dominant and “superior” Western culture to be recognized as civilized. They are using every means to induce us to throw away our values and embrace their weird ideologies, ways of life, thinking and strange values. Most of the so-called special offers, assistance and even the loans they give us come with strings attached to them. Little by little, they are succeeding in their plan because they control the economy of the world and instrument of power which they apply anytime it suits them.
What is this Sky girls that everybody is talking about? The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the website of the movement states that Sky Girls is a community of teen girls who are all about being true to themselves and what they believe in. Promoters of the movement help girls who are interested in connecting to find a community and discover themselves through social media, at events, in communities, in schools and with the movement’s engaging magazines.
From the pledges of the members to the doctrines of the movement, one will understand that “The Girls,” as they fondly call themselves, operate like a sinister and cult-like organization that requires pledges from new members. The pledges they post on their sites are a few innocuous statements that look good and appealing. Beyond that, however, there are suspiciously other morally reprehensible things they do behind the curtain. They have secret codes they use to identify each other in public. These codes are much sophisticated than people imagine. In Nigeria for example, The Girls wear certain hand bangles as a symbol to identify members.
The viral vedio of a Muslim cleric telling a congregation of Muslim faithful that his daughter brought copies of the magazines to the house caught the attention of the puplic. While displaying 2 copies of the magazines, he said, ” if you read the magazines, you would shed tears,” meaning that the contents are detestable. The short clip of his lecture was aired on Salinga TV on facebook. He disclosed that members are advised to keep their membership of the movement secret from their parents.
As one of the stakeholder of a schooI that organised a reception to honour students who committed the Qur’an to memory in Kano, the cleric said, seven girl from among the celebrants confessed their membership of Sky Girls, much to the chagrin of their parents and teachers.
The movement which was founded and funded by the Melinda Gates Foundation in conjunction with international media agencies has been operating in Botswana, Ghana, Zambia, Kenya, and Cote d’Ivoire for some time. Sky Girls says it has now moved to Nigeria, the country I call its regional cash cow and launchpad “to reach more teenage girls across Africa and help “them make better choices.” You might wonder which of the moral viruses they offer is better choice and why girls are the targets of this movement.
The concealed meaning behind the movement in Nigeria is the deliberate suppression of our indigenous art, literature, fashion, dance, film, media, and way of life in favor of Western popular culture. By the time they strip us of the last vestiges of our culture and values and deploy the power of the dollar and influence of modern information and communication at their disposal, nothing will be left of our morale and identity.
While we are sleeping, questionable and dangerous international bodies are targeting our girls at the prime age of 13 to 19 in our junior and senior secondary schools. According to Sky Girls, the age between 13 to 19 “is a period of a girl’s life where she needs supportive community to help her find herself and stay true to her values.” What this means is that teenage girls are the most vulnerable age to target for mental enslavement. And mental slavery is a well-entrenched agenda which America and the west have been using to control our minds and use us as a dumping ground for their toxic behaviours.
It doesn’t matter whether one is a Muslim or Christian. The attack is targeted at both Christian and Muslim girls. Now is the time to speak in unison as Nigerians and tell the world that we have values and conscience, and that the girl child in Nigeria represents those values we so much cherished. No responsible parents, Muslims or christians, will allow their daughter to join this satanic movement.
I am worried about the threats of the Sky Girls movement to our values and our daughters in schools. I must be worried because of the swollen popularity of the movement among girls in Nigeria.
Indications are that our daughters, our precious angels and the coolness of our eyes will soon stop thinking like human beings and responsible girls who have high regards for chastity. We will reach a point where our daughters will totally reject the injunctions of our creeds and values in difference to the Western lifestyle. They are set to think like dummies or robots being remotely controlled by someone somewhere in America, Europe, or here at home by their local agents. Gate and Melinda Foundation hide under the cover of promoting freedom of speech and association, philanthropy and good cause to indirectly promote a culture of nudity and same-sex relationship among girls in Nigeria.
If the Gate and Melinda foundation really wants to assist the 13 to 19 years old girls in Nigerian, they should help them to go to school and get educated, and train them to learn life skills.
Nigeria is targeted as the future headquarters of Sky girls in Africa because there are millions of willing recruits all over the country. Nowadays, immorality, wide-spread disrespect to tradition, irreligion, flouting the norms and principles that guide decorum among youths are the order of the day in our communities.
Let’s open our eyes. There are several rich and powerful NGOs operating under the guise of advocacy groups and good cause. Disturbingly, some of them are affiliated with religious organizations and they hide under the cover of religion to spread irreligion and moral debasement among our youths.
Thus, the onus is on every family to closely Scrutinize their daughters at home and in the school. The Government, School authorities, Parents Teachers Associations and other relevant stakeholders in education at the Federal and Sub-levels must be on alert to detect early signs of suspicious behaviours among students to protect the Nigerian girls from moral decline and degeneracy.
Saleh Bature, the author of this piece, wrote in from Limpopo Street, Maitama, Abuja. He is reachable via [email protected]
