lacreamieboie:
and you will cater for all the running bills Jeez!! I just don't get u!

kennygee: I am a Christian and a born again one at that. There is no where in the bible that the church was a money making venture. Was Oyedepo's education expensive? Most of the men of their generation enjoyed scholarships self. To me, the church should give out, instead of competing with the world. A Church university that cannot be accessed by more than half its congregation has lost it.

olaeffect:

God bless you.

Billions of our money is getting embezzled every day, we are not saying sh*t. But when it is church money that people gave of their own free will and will continue to give, we all come out with strength and agility to attack.
Please lets go and look at this year's budget for education and let's see if we got value for "our money".

Some of us don't even reason that the wealth of this country belongs to us all, but a myopic few have kidnapped the wealth of all. I rather we talk about what our government is talking about education, it is not by force to attend private university.

Celepope: Many Nigerians just like condemning anything church perhaps it is based on poverty.You guys should cut them some slack.I am not taking side with this man but he is not far from the truth.Most private University even in the US owned by churches are also expensive.A good example is Oral Roberts University.I have not come across where the owners of the religious Universities forced anyone to attend their school.It is by choice.Some will soon start complaining that his members can't attend his school.Funny enough many of them are not complaining so why are you guys bothered?If you think you have the money then your can send your kids there but if not you can sure look else where i.e Adekunle Ajasin University and other.Anyways even the useless state Universities in Nigeria are getting expensive daily without any meaningful infrastructure and wack administration so you guys should ponder on the difference between both.

sarutobie: The example he used was a wrong analogy (in a way)..but apart from that, EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE...and quality education even more expensive. just because the federal and state universities are heavily subsidised doesn't mean it is any less expensive.Even at that, some state schools charge upto 200k per session despite the funds pumped into them by the government and even from their internal generated revenue.

rill: He prolly thinks everyone is a millionaire

sebali:

If u cant support an existing institution......u must not own ur own

sebali: Nobody is disputing d fact dat education is xpensive bt churches are suppose to ameliorate tins like dis and not make their's evn more xpensive....THATS THE POINT HERE

blowjohn:


And what if the skul wasn't built in d first place? Won't d congregation stil send their wards to skul? Besides in life gud things r generally expensive, so why d noise?

sebali:

Nobody is disputing d fact dat education is xpensive bt churches are suppose to ameliorate tins like dis and not make their's evn more xpensive....THATS THE POINT HERE

sebali:

Nobody is disputing d fact dat education is xpensive bt churches are suppose to ameliorate tins like dis and not make their's evn more xpensive....THATS THE POINT HERE

QuiverBox:

7 out of the 10 items you stated has to do with the Failure of the Government.

If you read what he said the key word is "priority"

Sending your ward to a Private University is all about choice.

lacreamieboie: So CU should start charging 25k per session coz its a xtian uni right? do u av an idea about how much it takes to maintain CU, av u got a clue about staffs' salaries?? u guys should at least think before criticizing nah!

olaeffect:

And all your list that go's on does not affect the university in question abi?

you just assisted in helping the Bishop list some of the reasons for the high cost in private universities. Some of this private universities have not experienced power cut for upward of 2 years.
Also remember that unlike ASU it is not government that pay their lecturers and all other staff. It is not easy or cheap to do anything good in Nigeria.
But it will surprise you that Federal universities maybe more expensive if they are to be self sustaining.

Gigadot1: The missionaries brought medical and free education to our people which most of our pastors and elder enjoyed but today our pastors and leaders can not provide the same opportunities they enjoyed instead they are leveraging on such privileges to milk other.

bigtt76: I disagree with you. I'm try to point it out to the OP that we crying out loud over the costs in private university as against the Bishop's belief that everyone can afford it if only they set their priorities right is wrong .....what on that list can you happily give up to send your ward to a private university if you are an average civil servant with 'clean hands' None ....or is it that the poor in the society must be banished to public schools?

bigtt76: If 7 out of 10 are through Government's failure, then one would expect the Church where everyone run to for comfort NOT to impinge further on that. Is the church a business venture? No you would answer ....so where do they get their funding from? The people right? Are the poor in the society exempted from tithing or offertory? You may also say ...it has to be from the heart and not compulsion ...BUT i say not with all the stories of prosperity when you give than when you take will it make the poor not to part with his or last penny. Every man wan hammer and if na church go make man hammer ...why not? That's the word on the street

cole265:

Now that the school is built, (with members tithe and offering) it should be made affordable to at least most of its members.
Now, they should be thinking of building hospitals too because the church has the were with all to do so. Moreover, this is what the church teaches-charity. Private individuals who gets no donation do this and more.

Sopino: .God bless u. Members of these churches contributed to d realizing of d universities but could not afford to attending it.

bushdoc9919:

Charity unfortuantely comes with limits.

Now, the problem is a university is not like a secondary school where you sit down and get your degree after four years. A universiity exists to do research, to train students for the job market, and so on....and all that needs cash.

Only Govt can afford the amount of cash needed to subsidise school fees. Private individuals are not the government. Even Oyedepo's church's income can never reach what the Govt spends on education.

It is tough....but the problem is you want world class universities....you have to pay world class fees. I went to a private primary school...where my parents paid five times the amount they would have paid at a government school (and it was not like they had the money...both of them were university lecturers...and this was back in the day when lecturers got paid worthless salaries). But we their children got a good foundation educationally.

PERFECT2:
I doubt if u'll ever be rich. Say the truth,i'm not the first 2 tell u this,abi?

Kelly32: when it comes to this game of right or wrong I prefer to keep my opinion to myself. One thing is for sure, Nigerians are only realizing the challenges and responsibilities of a market lead economy. In such a scenario, things including education are expensive. Its unfortunate that corruption has lead to the failure of the public sector, but the problem is Nigerians don't seem to understand this. Our Government in Nigeria cannot give us the quality of education we need in this contemporary world. Thus the private sector must come in.

Now Lets face it, it costs a lot to run a private university. When you factor the cost of acquiring the premises, the building structures, the equipment's necessary for a conducive learning environment, and all this must meet contemporary educational standards (in other to keep the school competitive) not to talk of the cost of staffing such a university with professionals (both locally and internationally), you will agree with me that for a private individual the cost is gigantic.

I know its hard, but we loss so much on corruption and on careless living. I heard that we spent billions every year just to buying human hair. We must all brace up, the market economy is not easy but it will help in reducing corruption and bring us the much needed development we need.

bushdoc9919:

Charity unfortuantely comes with limits.

Now, the problem is a university is not like a secondary school where you sit down and get your degree after four years. A universiity exists to do research, to train students for the job market, and so on....and all that needs cash.

Only Govt can afford the amount of cash needed to subsidise school fees. Private individuals are not the government. Even Oyedepo's church's income can never reach what the Govt spends on education.

It is tough....but the problem is you want world class universities....you have to pay world class fees. I went to a private primary school...where my parents paid five times the amount they would have paid at a government school (and it was not like they had the money...both of them were university lecturers...and this was back in the day when lecturers got paid worthless salaries). But we their children got a good foundation educationally.

sebali:

Nobody is disputing d fact dat education is xpensive bt churches are suppose to ameliorate tins like dis and not make their's evn more xpensive....THATS THE POINT HERE

Mudley313:

you forgot the part where it was the blood, sweat, and hard earned cash of most of the members who cannot afford to attend that was used to build the school...they're actually the real owners of the school cos it was their contribution, no matter how small, that was used to build the school