London – A Nigerian entrepreneur has appeared on Dragon’s Den, a reality television programme in which budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multi-millionaires willing to invest their own cash.

The eloquent young man who introduced himself as Pastor Jonah, wanted two hundred and fifty thousand pounds to start a new Pentecostal church, and promised returns of 500% within the first three years.

Producers of the series described the recently filmed episode as featuring the most incredible idea ever brought to the show.
They said of the Nigerian entrepreneur, “He was very confident and very smartly dressed in an Armani suit. He was charismatic and extremely knowledgeable of the Bible, and he appeared to have really done his research.”

His opening line was, “Brothers and sister, the Lord has brought me here today to tell you that there is no business like church business.”

In the episode which will air next season, the entrepreneur defends his business case by presenting data gathered from churches in Nigeria where he plans to setup his own church.
In a tense moment when he is being grilled by Theo Paphitis, he asks the Dragons a rhetorical question, “How many of you own private jets?”

“You don’t want to miss this one,” a member of the production crew told us. She however declined to comment on the outcome of the pitch, saying instead, “Let’s just say, the Dragons know a good investment when they see one.”

http://www.wazobiareport.com/reports/Nigerian-man-goes-on-Dragons-Den,-wants-money-to-start-a-church.

I hope this is a joke

The act or the "pastor-business man"?

^^ Your story!

Are you serious?

You have seriously got to be kidding me

Laugh go kill me for nairaland oh! But then again I should actually be crying reading this post.

The story is true. I think i 1st heard about it from a friend or read it,  i can vaguely remember. But this was taken from the news online.

Penticostal church business is a big Business. So am not surprised someone has gone to pitch it  to investors. It's got a perfect business structure, thats why i find it amusing that only  a few ppl see through the hypocrisy of these properity organisations ( I refuse to call them churches). True churches teach about everything -properity,sex marraige/salvation,family etc. But many emphasis is laid on Salvation. As that is one of the main principle if christianity.

I'm sooooo looking forward to watching this when it airs.

It's quite an amusing story, but it's not true.

It was reported by wazobiareport.com who specialise in spoof stories that are a caricature of of how things are.

Ah, seems you are right; more's the pity!

Oh dear!