You Must Pay Tax, Lagos Tells Pastors, Imams

Governor Fashola is light years ahead of any other Nigerian political leader present or past, for he can see through the deceit of all those con-men in dog collars who enrich themselves off the back of the poor and wealthy alike, bellowing the name of Jesus in Lagos before quietly commuting to Europe by private jet to count their loot after successfully ducking past the tax man.

Pastor Eunuch MUST GO !

someone may just have paid his ticket one way to hell

@oludashmi thanks jare tell it to them

i dont see anything wrong there.im a beleiving christain and i thing pastors should paying tax.Jesus said,give to ceser what belongs to ceser ang give to God what belongs to God.

Very good, i think the pastors should more than pay - i see more criminal exploitation within what is called new age christendom of materialism. I don't think or hear about the mosques paying about money and more money

What's strange abt this? Even Jesus paid His tax,so how much more salaried pastors. So what's d issue with this guys who thinks they can run their yeye mouths anytime any issue on pastors come up Obas too should pay tax simple them no get 2 head

@oludashmi
i wonder how  you think. Adejale might not be duping me but he's duping other poor gullible nigerians,even our family members are not spared and we have a duty to protest and expose their holy fraud.men like adeboyeg,oyedepo and chris syphon money people would have invested in themselves to help our economy grow,they use it to buy private jets,build expensive schools only the rich can afford.leaving the poor man believing he's still poor despite his givings because he's not fully obeying god or his family curses are powerful etc. Shame on them all!

And how many people here have you succeded in converting against pastor adeboye? 

@ topic,

been a long time coming. . . .  expecially for em churches!

For the Ignorants, pls note that whether you are Whoever, you are still given a Tax Certificate that indicates N/A, so i do not see any Hulabaloo in the Topic. The newspaper, in order to sell, just put up a Sensational Headline which they know that a number of Ignorant City People; Encomium; SUN; Enquirer readers on NL will dribble at

Some Nairalanders need to grow up FAST!!!

Though the arguments here have totally deviated from the main topic of discussion. I think the guys against these so called big time pastors have a point so are the individuals having the right to throw their hard earned cash in t he shredded. I am a christian and it baffles me a lot to see the kind of affluence that surrounds our men of God in the midst of so much poverty.

I keep asking myself this question, christianity was brought to us by the West, why are we always directing oue evangelical energy towards that direction again. Are we saying there are no souls to be saved in Africa where war and battles are common, where satan sits and dines with the minds of men. Are we saying evangelism cannot be spread aggressively to other African countries even the Middle East.

Face the fact, nobody is judging anybody. We are at most times clouded by religious sentiments that we fail to see reason and the truth. Why are churches doing less of humanitarian works and more of profitable ventures.

I am sure Christ's garment did not have a pocket hence had to catch a fish to pay his taxes. Whyt are churches piling up huge bank balances running into millions? What are these monies for? What are we saving for  when the Bible states clearly that we should worry less about tomorrow!!

I think we need to practise christianity with sense o. Reinhard Bonkke will spend millions evangelising in Africa cos he knows that is where the real work is, our own pastors don't do things like that instead they go about establishing churches in US, UK etc not Angola, Sudan, Syria etc.

Think!!!

How many of us who criticize others for not helping the poor have actually consistently & will continue to help the poor? Are you not aware that by fact of you reading this on NL, you are richer than Billions of others?

What have have you done or thought to do for the road sweeper in Lagos or her children? You accuse of whoever charging so much for private education fees, how many kids in your neighbourhood have you given free lessons? Let he who thinks he stands beware, 

There is nothing wrong in Constructive Criticism, but there is Judgemental attitude in Destructive Criticism & the unfortunate thing is that, once you adopt the latter, it reflects in every other area of your personal life & a lot of that accounts for where Nigeria & Nigerians are today, Retrogressive

In this world, there are divergent perspectives but its your own perspective that determines your decision at the end of the day for which the outcome may be Favourable or may be Unpleasant.

Do you know that its possible that if NL existed in the days of S.U & Deeper Life, some people would have criticized them to death about their doctrines, style of life and mode of dressing???

Your own Response  (Positive or Negative) to any Event in life determines the Outcome (Favourable or Unpleasant) you get at the end of the day

See two perspectives below: One says "SQUALOR,  God Forbid Me live here & Another says "Walahi, Redevelopment Opportunity" In a nut shell Event + Response = Outcome

@ Mashov,

there is a Maxim that goes thus: One who comes into equity must come with clean hands.

Before reaching conclusions, it is good to ascertain your facts, there are churches & eveangelism work being presently carried out by Nigerians all over Africa including Angola that you mentioned, in fact, Redeemed has presence in Angola & practically all countries in Africa. I am not an advocate for RCCG, the RCCG Church can speak for itself but as the maxim above goes, you Mashov, have you proved yourself first before castigating others? Have you fulfilled your Tax Obligations to the Letter??? What % of your bank account do u use for the less priviledge? How often to you release your Computer to less priviledge when you are not using it.

I as a person, i consider what i do first before i criticise others. Its noteworthy

Reasonable post.You're being analytical.
I guess we "Christians" are too blind to see the difference between the simplicity of Jesus' lifestyle and the affluence the latter-day pastors are disposed to.I feel they have to pay taxes as well.If Christ did,they all should be ashamed of themselves if they aren't.And I say this without any hard feelings.

@topic,

Jesus paid taxes. So should our Pastors.