‎ ‎When I look at how some of us prop up rented politicians and try to sell them as trust worthy Christians and good catholics or Christian who should be voted, I shrunk in aware how people that lacks records of decency, modesty and even known witness as practicing catholics or even good Christians, except during election with heavy bags and cash for support, suddenly raise the religious flag as a means of getting vote. ‎ ‎While I have always advocated against political partisanship by the church or the clergy, or using religion to canvas for votes, it’s good that we encourage our lay people to engage actively in politics or even invest or found political parties. Inspired by Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII which stressed the right and dignity of workers, Catholics and Protestants founded Christian democratic parties which became common across Germany, Belgium, France and Italy. ‎ ‎These Christian democratic models did not merely counter communism with religion, rather they provided a third alternative economic model against capitalism and communism. They rejected the laisez faire capitalism where economic power could be concentrated on the hands of fews and workers exploited and left at the mercy and marxists socialism for its abolition of private properties and reduction of the individual into a slave of the state. ‎ ‎What Christian democratic parties offered was a defense of private property,workers right, social welfare, trade unions, state regulation and social responsibility. These were principles founded on Rerum Novarum defense of workers right and dignity. Christian democratic parties led by lay faithful supported parliamentary democracy, elections, constitutional government, and political pluralism. ‎ ‎Although, we cannot literally replay this model in Nigeria, the way the Nigeria church iincluding priest and clergy think about political transformation and support raises serious eye brows and scrutiny. ‎ ‎Let’s begin from trying to sell dubious candidate who becomes good Catholics during and invoking religious slogan to prop them up. We have heard of candidates suddenly became the churches choice: sold as godly, humane and sanctimonious yet history showed that such person was nothing but a white-washed-crook who has been behind the political roguery that has consumed our state. ‎ ‎But today, hie hides his inadequacies behind polished suit and whitewashed project that has no practical implication in the life of ordinary people. It’s alarming how our politicians who have gone on bazar of looting and shameful squandering are constant visit to our adoration ground and V•I•P on our churches, hoping to give moral and spiritual legitimacy to their dubious and despicable run of corruption and looting. ‎ ‎One governor who was recently accused of siphoning billions of naira that was unfortunately seized at the airport by the EFCC was seen in a viral video shared online dancing in one of the adoration centers in front of the blessed sacrament with the priest proprietor exalting and charging him on. ‎ ‎ ‎It times the Nigeria clergy and laity groom well bred Christian’s from local parish raised in virtues of justice,equity,fairness and conscience as candidates for political post and not rented hand that flood our churches to canvas for vote during election. ‎ ‎The youth president who made sacrifice in leadership position and tasted in the Christian community. The NFCS organizer who sacrifice everything for others, the JPDC leader who gave his time and resources for the growth of faith and local community could be primed for councilor and house of assembly post. Such people should feature as our political face not group of rented hand. ‎ ‎Has the time not ripe to challenge the Nigeria society with our own bred instead of giving our podium to strangers that suddenly becomes Christian or Catholics during election and then turn their back to anything human or deserving talk more of Christianity or Catholicism? ‎ ‎The recent reproach of Cardinal Onaiyakan and the CBCN at the presidency with regards to turning Nigeria into one party system and the state of nation security challenges us to reflect that the church can transform our society is we speak the truth and do the right thing. ‎ ‎It is time we say enough to rented politicians. Let’s make godly decisions to raise god- fearing leaders of tomorrow. What each and every one of us priest and religious should ask ourselves is. ‎ ‎What is our mission in politics is it for the good of the society or our own narrow interest? Do we encourage our faithful to vote for the right and qualified people or those who share fat envelope? ‎ ‎Remember a society we helped build today is a society that we’ll build us tomorrow but a soldiery we destroy today will surely serve everyone a destruction tomorrow. ‎ ‎The next year election is close. Like Joshua’s ask the Israelite who will you worship as your God. How are we shaping the conscience of our people to vote then right person? ‎ ‎