YOUNGSTER OF THE WEEK... AREMO EMMANUEL

‘THERE IS SO MUCH IGNORANCE AND SILENCE ABOUT SEXUALITY TODAY’- AREMO EMMANUEL,SEXPURE CENTRIC ADVOCATE/ Author, How To Avoid Troubled Sexual Life

WHO IS AREMO EMMANUEL?


My name is Aremo Emmanuel, the President of Right Sexuality Network, Publisher of Right Sexuality Newsletter, a quarterly newsletter. Sexuality talk expert on radio station. Author of the book: How To Avoid Troubled Sexual Life: What You Don’t Know About Sex Will Hurt You. A writer of many articles of which some have been published in the national newspaper. A counselor and speaker on sex, sexuality and fulfilling your purpose in life. Our website: www.purposeinlife.com.ng enjoys page viewers all around the world: Nigeria, Canada, England, Malaysia, India, etc. Many lives have been transformed with lots of testimonies through our operations.

Am a trained sexual health, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS educator by UNICEF, Society for Family Health.

What Led You Into Sex Pure centric Advocacy?
By God’s grace, I have always believed that every man is made for a purpose, to effect positive changes in the world towards making it a better place. This made me to be inquisitive about what God has for me for my generation. Through prayer, reading the word of God, and reading of books helped me discovered Gods purpose for my life.

There is so much silence and ignorance about sexuality today. It’s unfortunate that some Parents and religious organization finds it hard to pass positive sexuality instruction to their people. Most of the information we have in our movies, magazines, musical lyrics/video, book, internet, etc are not encouraging at all. Which is making people; especially young people to develop wrong sexual attitude/lifestyle. Many have died prematurely or are nursing sexually transmitted diseases because of costly sexual mistakes. I did analysis of human sexuality, I discovered that there are lots of negative information that need to be readdressed. The level of sexual immorality in the society is very high. We are seeing geometrical increase in premarital sex, rape, prostitution, adultery, gigolo, incest, child abuse, homosexuality, lesbianism, etc. Something must be done!

Overtime, addressing this societal ill became a burden, a passion and a vision in my heart. Furthermore, when I was in the Higher Institution of Learning, I was the Guardian and Counseling Officer of a Christian fellowship. Sexuality based cases where part of the cases God helped me to handled. God has helped me to give the vision a corporate image by establishing a NGO- Right Sexuality Network. Through which I am fulfilling my purpose on earth.


What Inspired You To Write The Book?
The passion to break the silence and rid people off ignorance led to the writing of the book. People are asking many question about sex and sexuality especially young people. Writing a book like this will help to counter negative sexual information in the society. It is a small book written in simple English language. It is forwarded by Bisi Adewale, a foremost marriage and family counselor in Nigeria.


How Can People Overcome Sexual Immorality?
Sexual immorality is a powerful addiction people finds difficult to let go because; it involves the body, spirit and the soul. It was by it that Samson and David in the Bible had their destinies dented. In our contemporary world, people like: Godwin Opara (Nigeria ex-football star), Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, Tuface Idibia, etc had their bitter stories to tell. There was a guy that died during his honeymoon because of issues he had with ladies.

The first step to overcoming is never to indulge in it at all , except if you are married. Sexual immorality is like a computer virus. It can corrupt one’s life and destiny. Also to overcome, have the fear of God in your heart. Just as the Bible said the fear of God is to shun evil. Have the right value and goal for life. Avoid pornography, peer pressure, sexually explicit movies, books, magazines, musical lyrics and videos, they will pollute your mind. Beware when you are alone with the opposite sex. Avoid sex based boy friend and girl friend relationship. Parent should also train their wards on the right sexual values and attitude for life. Above all give your life to God. He is the only one that can help one to overcome through His Spirit. My advice for those battling with sexual immorality is to go for counseling.


Rate The Reading Culture In Nigeria.

Nigeria is not a book friendly nation, we hardly read and that is why we are still having some problem that books
loving nations have overcome. Knowledge is treasure and books is one of the medium in which they are preserved.
Solution to our problems sometime are in books.


What impact do you see your book making?
It will help people to be well informed about sexuality, develop right sexual value and attitude to navigate life towards avoiding sexual mistakes that will wreck their destiny. Young people will learn what their peer will never tell them about sex. It’s also good for parenting. It is packed with true life stories of people you can learn from. It is a resource that will put an to sexual struggles, addiction, pre-marital sex, prostitution, pornography, masturbation, homosexuality, lesbianism, adultery, incest, etc in peoples’ life as testimonies are already abounding.

It contains amongst others: Why God created sex, the difference between sex and love, should I start having sex during puberty, she is either a virgin or…, why should I wait, parent-child sexuality education, help! am married but still commit adultery, your body is…, watching romantic and pornographic materials, etc.

Final words
If nothing is done to address sex and sexuality in this generation. In the next century, I bet you people will be walking naked, fathers will be sleeping with their daughters, homosexuality and lesbianism might have taken over the world, brothers will be sleeping with their sisters, rape will be done in broad day light, pornography and prostitution will be a lucrative business like oil business. Morals and laws that checkmate sexual immorality might have been outlawed. The rate of transexuality will be very high. The new god in the world then will be Sex. Its worshipper will be “Sexians”. The world is gradually shifting to that order.

Though the best time to address this issues is long overdue. We have to arise to revive our fallen moral values on sex and sexuality.