mabea:
So what do you recommend

mozona:
Hearing from the man, who might have benefited from free education, now has an university when even the poor cannot afford.

Alright continue.. God is watching

HigherEd:
Founder, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has berated African leaders, saying that they lack character, capacity and courage, three virtues he said they must have to move the black continent out of the woods.

Oyedepo, who delivered a keynote address during Covenant University’s 20th inaugural lecture at the university premises on Thursday, also noted that unlike their western counterparts, African leaders do not build institutions that would outlive them.

The lecture delivered by Jonathan Aremu, a professor of International Economics Relations at CU, was themed: ‘Sequencing and negotiating Nigeria’s regional and international trade agreements.’


The fiery cleric was making allusion to Aremu’s lecture where he (Aremu) bemoaned Nigeria’s indifference and lack of will power in drafting effective trade policies and negotiations with bodies such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Environmental Protection Agency (EFA) and African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), among others.

The development, Aremu argued, has left the nation unable to articulate her interest among the aforementioned bodies.

Oyedepo, however, blamed the situation on Nigerian government’s lack of foresight and its inability to identify opportunities that would benefit the led.

He said: “It is unfortunate that many of our leaders are intellectually bankrupt.

“When confronted with some of these beautiful initiatives, it is very shameful that they often don’t know the meaning. And if they don’t know the meaning, how will they go about implementation?”

“I have often said it that our leaders lack three Cs-capacity, courage and character.

“Where is the capacity when you are bereft of intellect required of a leader? Where is the courage when you don’t have the political will to follow through with policies that will improve governance? And where is the character when all they are thinking is how to win election as many times as possible while ignoring developmental initiatives?”

Oyedepo said the leadership should take a cue from an institution like Harvard University which has outlived the founder for centuries.

If Harvard were to be in Nigeria, it would have been in ruins in less than two decades, the cleric noted.

Nonetheless, Oyedepo said not only leaders are culpable, noting that the led are as much guilty for looking the other way for too long.

This, according to him, is the reason the Covenant University platform was conceived to point out the ills in governance while also recommending solutions to them.

Earlier in his lecture, Aremu lamented that Nigeria has not been forthcoming with effective trade policies and negotiations.

He said: “Trade negotiations remain one of the most complex, challenging, and sometimes controversial issues in contemporary trade policy.

“This is more serious for Nigeria which has no current trade policy. The administrative burden of handling and negotiating trade policy is a serious concern.

“Even as at now, the country still faces technical constraints on the negotiations of multiple agreements that will serve her trade interest.

“Confronted with generally weak negotiating, regulatory and implementation capacities, the country is handicapped in her ability to engage meaningfully in all these negotiations.”

https://thenationonlineng.net/oyedepo-berates-african-leaders-says-they-lack-courage-character/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

sarrki:
Sire with due respect

You are part of them sir

sarrki:
Sire with due respect

You are part of them sir

sarrki:
Sire with due respect

You are part of them sir

sarrki:
Sire with due respect

You are part of them sir

iTearHerToto:
I hate Italian league
So boring to watch and always cuts ticket
Pukes

kareemkamil:
So Oyedepo can mention bankruptcy, let me remind you Mr. Gullible Pastor. You are part of pastor who are sharing national resources during Jonathan, you are a fool big fool, by saying bankruptcy. Idiot animal.

mabea:
This may sound unpopular but i belidve that the problem with nigeria is our diversity

sarrki:
Sire with due respect

You are part of them sir

Excuzeme:


Infact, if we remove the greed and religious manipulation of people like Oyedepo, from the probems of Africans, the remiander will be easily managed.
Imagine, Pot saying the kettle is black!

Biafrareform:
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Lol. How can you called someone with 3 Universities intellectual bankrupt. Bros e be like say ur head dey shake

If we have a political leader with half of Oyedepo brain, this country for dey compete with Western countries.

mrvitalis:

My is the people don't pay enough tax and government dont get enough revenue

Biafrareform:
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Lol. How can you called someone with 3 Universities intellectual bankrupt. Bros e be like say ur head dey shake

If we have a political leader with half of Oyedepo brain, this country for dey compete with Western countries.

BluntTheApostle:


So owning a university now means intellectualism?

Does Obasanjo not have a university too?

If Oyedepo was so smart, a large portion of his graduates would be employable. I have worked as a data analyst and I can tell you that many of their graduates are not even employable.

HigherEd:
Founder, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has berated African leaders, saying that they lack character, capacity and courage, three virtues he said they must have to move the black continent out of the woods.

Oyedepo, who delivered a keynote address during Covenant University’s 20th inaugural lecture at the university premises on Thursday, also noted that unlike their western counterparts, African leaders do not build institutions that would outlive them.

The lecture delivered by Jonathan Aremu, a professor of International Economics Relations at CU, was themed: ‘Sequencing and negotiating Nigeria’s regional and international trade agreements.’


The fiery cleric was making allusion to Aremu’s lecture where he (Aremu) bemoaned Nigeria’s indifference and lack of will power in drafting effective trade policies and negotiations with bodies such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Environmental Protection Agency (EFA) and African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), among others.

The development, Aremu argued, has left the nation unable to articulate her interest among the aforementioned bodies.

Oyedepo, however, blamed the situation on Nigerian government’s lack of foresight and its inability to identify opportunities that would benefit the led.

He said: “It is unfortunate that many of our leaders are intellectually bankrupt.

“When confronted with some of these beautiful initiatives, it is very shameful that they often don’t know the meaning. And if they don’t know the meaning, how will they go about implementation?”

“I have often said it that our leaders lack three Cs-capacity, courage and character.

“Where is the capacity when you are bereft of intellect required of a leader? Where is the courage when you don’t have the political will to follow through with policies that will improve governance? And where is the character when all they are thinking is how to win election as many times as possible while ignoring developmental initiatives?”

Oyedepo said the leadership should take a cue from an institution like Harvard University which has outlived the founder for centuries.

If Harvard were to be in Nigeria, it would have been in ruins in less than two decades, the cleric noted.

Nonetheless, Oyedepo said not only leaders are culpable, noting that the led are as much guilty for looking the other way for too long.

This, according to him, is the reason the Covenant University platform was conceived to point out the ills in governance while also recommending solutions to them.

Earlier in his lecture, Aremu lamented that Nigeria has not been forthcoming with effective trade policies and negotiations.

He said: “Trade negotiations remain one of the most complex, challenging, and sometimes controversial issues in contemporary trade policy.

“This is more serious for Nigeria which has no current trade policy. The administrative burden of handling and negotiating trade policy is a serious concern.

“Even as at now, the country still faces technical constraints on the negotiations of multiple agreements that will serve her trade interest.

“Confronted with generally weak negotiating, regulatory and implementation capacities, the country is handicapped in her ability to engage meaningfully in all these negotiations.”

https://thenationonlineng.net/oyedepo-berates-african-leaders-says-they-lack-courage-character/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Xisnin:

You may be part of the dumb Nigerians.
Africans had always had one spiritualist or the other.
If you are thiking about tithe money, it will neither get to you or the government
even if it is banned. I am sure some people will be paying underground.

When one hears a dumb m0r0n like you speak, one can smell the idiocy in their statement!
How have your fake and manipulating spiritualist helped you?
What did your ignorant self and your fake spiritualist INVENT?

You children in China are learning Artificial Intelligence, without any spiritualist and inventing solutions to human problem, this goat is telling me about spiritualist and tithe?

If your whole life revolves around defrauding people of their money in the guise of tithe, you and your Oyedepo deserve a Nobel prize for manipulation of the mind of fools. keep it up please.