asuustrike2009:

The fault finders will soon land here

Newpride:
Bad leadership is the cause of nigeria’s Underdevelop problem .

oneolajire:


The blame of the irresponsible and visionless government has always been passed on to the christians. It is such a bad thing

asuustrike2009:

The fault finders will soon land here

oneolajire:
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India produces 0.9 million barrels per day, mbpd, of crude oil and refines 4.5mbpd as a result of the 25 refineries she has. She achieves this by importing petroleum for her self built  refineries (read the contribution of Engineers India Limited, EIL, to India's success story). Nigeria's crude oil production is 2mbpd but refines about 0.2mbpd in her four dilapidated refineries.


My question is how has Christianity prevented the functioning of our refineries or construction of new ones?  When India was establishing EIL to help in construction aspect of the petroleum industry, what was Nigeria doing? Today EIL is into almost all aspects of engineering. Several other non oil producing nations import crude oil, build refineries and sell refined products to a prodigal nation like Nigeria. I still keep wondering why Nigeria didn't  build a refinery once every four years since 1960.

The steel industry in South Korea, Iran and other Asian nations started almost the same time with  Ajaokuta Steel Complex and the Delta Steel Company  (with about a million tonne installed capacities each). Several years later, the production capacities of the steel companies in those Asian nations have been surpassed and they have become masters in steel technology. Unfortunately, Nigeria's steel project is still a mirage.
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oneolajire:
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India produces 0.9 million barrels per day, mbpd, of crude oil and refines 4.5mbpd as a result of the 25 refineries she has. She achieves this by importing petroleum for her self built  refineries (read the contribution of Engineers India Limited, EIL, to India's success story). Nigeria's crude oil production is 2mbpd but refines about 0.2mbpd in her four dilapidated refineries.


My question is how has Christianity prevented the functioning of our refineries or construction of new ones?  When India was establishing EIL to help in construction aspect of the petroleum industry, what was Nigeria doing? Today EIL is into almost all aspects of engineering. Several other non oil producing nations import crude oil, build refineries and sell refined products to a prodigal nation like Nigeria. I still keep wondering why Nigeria didn't  build a refinery once every four years since 1960.

The steel industry in South Korea, Iran and other Asian nations started almost the same time with  Ajaokuta Steel Complex and the Delta Steel Company  (with about a million tonne installed capacities each). Several years later, the production capacities of the steel companies in those Asian nations have been surpassed and they have become masters in steel technology. Unfortunately, Nigeria's steel project is still a mirage.

You'll wonder if Christians are to be blamed for the woeful performance of Nigeria's  steel industry. You'll wonder if a stoppage in tithe payment will raise both steel production by reviving the steel plants from comatose or bring about new stell plants. It is a pity to see the church being blamed for the consequences of failed politicians and their policies.

Take a look into the educational sector to see the laudable things being done by the church from the establishment of the first primary school, 1843 in Badagry, till the time government mischievously and forcefully took over private primary and secondary schools. Qualitative education was a trademark of those good old days. It is now obvious that the government bastardised the educational system, later gave room for the church and the private sector to come to their rescue.

It is so terrible to see Christians as a threat in all areas of  socio-economic investments, as she is being castigated for all government's inefficiencies. I believe Nigeria's educational standard would have been much better than what we have now if the church's participation had not been been interrupted in the first place.

Malaysia took oil palm seedlings from Nigeria in the 70's, today Nigeria imports palm oil from Malaysia. Malaysia's palm oil refineries are bigger than Nigeria's petroleum refineries while Nigeria keep producing palm oil- and other farm produce- the primitive way. Agric graduates roam the streets seeking for employment because they are unequipped to revolutionise the agricultural system.

Why do we have to blame the church for the government's neglect of the agricultural sector as well as running a monolithic oil economy? Why don't we hold the government responsible for not revolutionising the agricultural sector? Are non christians not part of nation building as well?

Asian Tigers, UAE and other developing nations had rapid transformations as a result of the developmental principles they applied. Life is governed by rules, laws and principles, if you abide by them, you'll succeed. Some African nations are embracing developmental principles of massive investment in education and industrialisation while Nigeria is investing in kleptocracy, nepotism and illiteracy.

Christian critics talk as if we'll immediately have good roads, electricity and all other social amenities when tithes are not being paid. They see Christians as the reason why Nigeria's unemployment troop is increasing daily. 

Silicon Valley was started by graduates of Stanford University (such as William Hewlett and David Packard) and today, it is seen as the world headquarters of information technology and hi-tech products. As Havard undergraduates, Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin were able to create facebook in their room. The quality of education offered by American universities made these possible, but Nigeria educational system turn graduates into pop-corn, car wash and beer palour entrepreneurs.

Read my articles "entrepreneurship in Nigeria is a Scam and a multiplier of poverty" Part 1 and Part 2.

https://www.nairaland.com/2983340/entrepreneurship-nigeria-scam-multiplier-poverty

https://www.nairaland.com/3102449/part-2-entrepreneurship-scam-nigeria

More than 40 percent of Nigerian Christians don't attend church at all or attend irregularly. More than thirty percent of Nigerian church goers don't pay tithe. More than sixty percent of "tithers" pay lesser than ten percent of their income as tithe, while many still pay irregularly. I still wonder how a little set of faithfull tithers are being crucified for Nigeria's underdevelopment.

The onus of national development lays on tithers, non-tithers as well as christians and non-christians, especially the leaders in the public sector who are the main policy makers. Nigeria needs someone like Late Lee Kuan Yew of who single-handedly provided the visionary leadership for his country that lacked almost all the natural resources- including water- and transformed Singapore into a great nation.

Orphanages, universities, primary and secondary schools, football clubs, hospitals, skill acquisition centres and many more are what Christians, churches and tithers have invested in, so they should be applauded for their selfless contributions to nation building.


What Nigeria needs presently is to see how we can encourage churches to invest more in projects that can bring rapid transformation to Nigeria. This will be the focus of my next article.‎
 

lakesider:
most nigerians are either muslim or Christians.. the state of our nation tells us our religion is scam

oneolajire:


The main purpose of christianity isn't to check mate politics. If it were so, Jesus would have told us. The fact that Martin Luther King Junior might have made such a statement doesn't mean he is actually correct. The purpose of christianity is far much beyond that of policing the government. 

Nigerian leaders don't seek advice from church and her leaders, if they had been, our society would have been much better. Most of our politicians are proud, selfish and clueless. Their motive is not to develop the society, hence they don't seek divine direction. Even when they deliver little dividends of democracy, they do so in order to have some projects to campaign with. Politicians only need church leaders for religious aspect of public ceremonies and solidarity during election season
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AkpaMgbor:

The Anglican church started from the Anglo speaking people in England centuries ago..England till today is still majorly Christians and YET it never slowed down their development...America has the biggest protestant churches in the world and YET it never slows them down..Rome is exclusively a Christian state and YET it hasn't impeded the development of the entire country as a whole...but in our case we tend to ALWAYS shift blames and responsibilities...your government cannot build and maintain hostels and laboratories for you even with the constant sale of oil in billions of dollars..but somehow you lots have shifted the responsibility to the churches...did you see any church on the ballot boxes during the last election??

InvertedHammer:


You forgot to mention that Nigeria's brand of Christianity is not the same with others. Our own is laced with maximum hypocrisy. Go to the Facebook page of a Nigerian, it will be littered with religious quotations yet they are all devil incarnates. In terms of the relationship between Nigerians and religion, I remember that the devil wears Prada -- whited sepulchres for lack of better description.

If everyone in Nigeria is as holy as they claim with churches littering the landscape, who are these mysterious aliens committing all the crimes?

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THREAD BY A BLACK MAN, DEFENDING A WHITE MAN'S IMPOSED RELIGION THAT IS NEITHER TRUE NOR CARES ABOUT THE BLACK MAN.

OUR SLAVERY TO THE COLONIAL MASTERS HAS NEVER TRULY ENDED.

kinguwem:
The problem of this country is that religious affiliation supercedes patriotism.
We pay allegiance to religious leaders and care less about national planning and development.

oneolajire:



Waiting for them. Jehovah witnesses are welcome

oneolajire:



Thanks It is either romance or entertainment news that drives traffic cos of Nigerian youths, write up like this is only read by intellectuals. 

Anyway I believe this article will make fp‎

stonemasonn:
OBJ and GEJ where Christians, they attended church services and gave offerings and donations, they went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem with GOs. But during their tenures as bible believing and tithing leaders, they didn’t see the necessity to build a befitting oil refinery, or deem it necessary to ensure Nigeria “embrace developmental principles of massive investment in education and industrialization” like Some African nations as you wrote.

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THREAD BY A BLACK MAN, DEFENDING A WHITE MAN'S IMPOSED RELIGION THAT IS NEITHER TRUE NOR CARES ABOUT THE BLACK MAN.

OUR SLAVERY TO THE COLONIAL MASTERS HAS NEVER TRULY ENDED.

webizone:


Mannerisms and Language were imposed. Religion wasn't. Christianity is based on the belief of the Lord Jesus Christ. Get your facts right.