HigherEd:
Great write up sir. The Winners Chapel would be building her first Technology hub very soon. Although as usual it would be routed via her flagship university - CU. Already, the Hebron startup lab which is an integral part of CUCRID, which is partly funded by David Oyedepo Foun. has nurtured about 43 start up businesses.

CUCRID on its core mission now has over 23 research clusters with massive year to year funding.

There is also plans for an agro - research institute at Landmark university later in the coming months. The church is also supporting LMU in her quest of putting the first sattelite in space right here from Nigeria via a partnership with Kyushu Inst of Tech, Japan and NASDRA.

The Church is also providing 15,000 housing unit which would be transforming for Ota.

So you see Churches are doing fairly great on the development side of things. Most of them just have PR issues.

Lalasticlala this would be a great thread for fp

HigherEd:
Great write up sir. The Winners Chapel would be building her first Technology hub very soon. Although as usual it would be routed via her flagship university - CU. Already, the Hebron startup lab which is an integral part of CUCRID, which is partly funded by David Oyedepo Foun. has nurtured about 43 start up businesses.

CUCRID on its core mission now has over 23 research clusters with massive year to year funding.

There is also plans for an agro - research institute at Landmark university later in the coming months. The church is also supporting LMU in her quest of putting the first sattelite in space right here from Nigeria via a partnership with Kyushu Inst of Tech, Japan and NASDRA.

The Church is also providing 15,000 housing unit which would be transforming for Ota.

So you see Churches are doing fairly great on the development side of things. Most of them just have PR issues.

Lalasticlala this would be a great thread for fp

CodeTemplar:
In other words the church needs to propel people after the wisdom to produce needs and get important things done, and not just churning out people who provide wants.

I so like that Dora Akuyili example so much, she was attacked so many times and came so close to losing her life but she was a model example for Christians. On one occasion bullet passed through her hair and brushed her scalp. We need more of those character.

oneolajire:
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  I promised to write on how churches and christians can help accelerate socio-economic development of Nigeria. Yea, the strength of the churches in Nigeria is massive because of the financial strength they possess as this can be harnessed to help more in nation building.‎

Agriculture: Agriculture is a major sector that the church needs to invest massively to help achieve rapid development. If each mega church can invest a minimum of 20 million naira into cattle ranching in almost all the geopolitical zone in Nigeria, there will be abundant meat for local consumption and export.

The terrorism perpetuated by Fulani herdsmen against the farmers and Christians would be a thing of the past as the evil monopoly of beef production will been broken when there is massive investment in modern cattle rearing. Other sources of animal protein should also be explored to create varieties.

I believe that if the church can invest thirty percent of her investment in university education and TV broadcast alone on cultivation of rice, palm oil, and other staple food items, the number of unemployed in the churches will also reduce greatly. 

I believe the church should learn much from a Nigerian called Rev Father Nzamujo, Songhai Farms, www.songhaifarms.org, Port Novo. He left his comfort zone in the US to start a multi-disciplinary farm in Port Novo after he was rejected in Nigeria. He succeeded at winning souls for Christ as well as meeting the physical needs of people.  ‎
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 Library: Library provision is another major aspect the church can help Nigeria achieve rapid transformation. Ben Carson, Thomas Edison and many other Americans achieved greatness because they made use of public libraries. For a nation to develop, I believe students should be more familiar with the libraries than the political parties and entertainers.

Technology hubs: Menlo Park, USA, was the world's  first privately owned research and development lab/workshop, established by Thomas Edison. Several products were developed there while Henry Ford later developed his first car from this same workshop. After then, several other people and organisations have built their own research and development centres. 

I have seen and read several prototype inventions made by Nigerians which could not be developed into commercial products.  So many ended up on the shelves while some were lucky to be developed abroad. It would be a great thing if the church can invest in creating few technology hubs in Nigeria to help commercialise technology prototypes, probably in association to the universities they have.

Installation of solar power facilities are have been discovered to be a potent solution to the problem of power supply in Nigeria. Unfortunately, solar power facilities are very expensive, but I believe if the church can use her technology hub to invest in the manufacture of this product  in large quantities, there will be cheap source of power supply for all.

Impact Makers: The most effective way the church can make tremendous impact in our society is to produce impact makers like Joseph, Daniel, Esther and Nehemiah. The political and economic situation in Nigeria  is terrible because it is filled with visionless and greedy people as a result of the absence of impact makers. We need more of the former NAFDAC DG, late Dora Akunyili who will courageously take their Jesus to workplaces and make generational impact.


Note to Christians: Christians must understand that their major duty is not just about evangelism and running other church programmes, but must learn to provide for the needs of the worshippers as well. In Act 6: 1-7, the apostles made provisions to meet the needs of the disciples. In Act 4:34-37, disciples sold their properties and the funds were used for evangelism and welfare of their worshippers. Thank God they sold their properties because persecution later dispersed them.‎

Today, Nigerian Christians do not necessarily need to sell their properties for social services because there is no persecution to disperse anylonger, but to engage in ventures that will be used to better the conditions of living. Christianity is not a state religion in Nigeria so this is the reason why total dependence on the government is dangerous. It must be understood that making economic impact in the society makes Christianity more acceptable.
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Finally, It is so unfortunate that Nigeria is now known to be the world's capital of poor people. Blame game produces no development. Poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment is a common feature of all tribes, religion and association. Therefore all hands must be on deck to turn situations around. ‎
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One of the biggest problems in the world is to have eyes and have no vision.

oneolajire:
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In my last article, Christians, Churches And Tithes Are Not Nigeria's Underdevelopment Problems . https://www.nairaland.com/4611907/christians-churches-tithes-not-nigerias  I promised to write on how churches and christians can help accelerate socio-economic development of Nigeria. Yea, the strength of the churches in Nigeria is massive because of the financial strength they possess as this can be harnessed to help more in nation building.‎

Agriculture: Agriculture is a major sector that the church needs to invest massively to help achieve rapid development. If each mega church can invest a minimum of 20 million naira into cattle ranching in almost all the geopolitical zone in Nigeria, there will be abundant meat for local consumption and export.

The terrorism perpetuated by Fulani herdsmen against the farmers and Christians would be a thing of the past as the evil monopoly of beef production will been broken when there is massive investment in modern cattle rearing. Other sources of animal protein should also be explored to create varieties.

I believe that if the church can invest thirty percent of her investment in university education and TV broadcast alone on cultivation of rice, palm oil, and other staple food items, the number of unemployed in the churches will also reduce greatly. 

I believe the church should learn much from a Nigerian called Rev Father Nzamujo, Songhai Farms, www.songhaifarms.org, Port Novo. He left his comfort zone in the US to start a multi-disciplinary farm in Port Novo after he was rejected in Nigeria. He succeeded at winning souls for Christ as well as meeting the physical needs of people.  ‎
‎
 Library: Library provision is another major aspect the church can help Nigeria achieve rapid transformation. Ben Carson, Thomas Edison and many other Americans achieved greatness because they made use of public libraries. For a nation to develop, I believe students should be more familiar with the libraries than the political parties and entertainers.

Technology hubs: Menlo Park, USA, was the world's  first privately owned research and development lab/workshop, established by Thomas Edison. Several products were developed there while Henry Ford later developed his first car from this same workshop. After then, several other people and organisations have built their own research and development centres. 

I have seen and read several prototype inventions made by Nigerians which could not be developed into commercial products.  So many ended up on the shelves while some were lucky to be developed abroad. It would be a great thing if the church can invest in creating few technology hubs in Nigeria to help commercialise technology prototypes, probably in association to the universities they have.

Installation of solar power facilities are have been discovered to be a potent solution to the problem of power supply in Nigeria. Unfortunately, solar power facilities are very expensive, but I believe if the church can use her technology hub to invest in the manufacture of this product  in large quantities, there will be cheap source of power supply for all.

Impact Makers: The most effective way the church can make tremendous impact in our society is to produce impact makers like Joseph, Daniel, Esther and Nehemiah. The political and economic situation in Nigeria  is terrible because it is filled with visionless and greedy people as a result of the absence of impact makers. We need more of the former NAFDAC DG, late Dora Akunyili who will courageously take their Jesus to workplaces and make generational impact.


Note to Christians: Christians must understand that their major duty is not just about evangelism and running other church programmes, but must learn to provide for the needs of the worshippers as well. In Act 6: 1-7, the apostles made provisions to meet the needs of the disciples. In Act 4:34-37, disciples sold their properties and the funds were used for evangelism and welfare of their worshippers. Thank God they sold their properties because persecution later dispersed them.‎

Today, Nigerian Christians do not necessarily need to sell their properties for social services because there is no persecution to disperse anylonger, but to engage in ventures that will be used to better the conditions of living. Christianity is not a state religion in Nigeria so this is the reason why total dependence on the government is dangerous. It must be understood that making economic impact in the society makes Christianity more acceptable.
‎
Finally, It is so unfortunate that Nigeria is now known to be the world's capital of poor people. Blame game produces no development. Poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment is a common feature of all tribes, religion and association. Therefore all hands must be on deck to turn situations around. ‎