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Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, has declared Nigeria "dead and rotten" due to the country’s severe economic downturn.

Speaking to his congregation during a May 17 sermon, the cleric expressed deep concern over the staggering devaluation of the national currency, noting that relying on the Naira as one's primary measure of wealth is a direct indicator of poverty in today's economy.

‘’Nigeria is dead, lets not deceive ourselves. Let me tell you something. Once you are counting in Naira, you are poor. I was not born poor. My father's salary in the 70s or 80s was about N18, 000. That was money. How much is a billion Naira today in dollars or N1.4 billion in dollars? $1 million. Do you know what a billion Naira was when I was 15 or 16? $2.8 billion.''

He said things have gotten so bad because the government just believes in living in the now without thinking of the future.

‘’They have erased it out of our academic systems. We do not research data to know what our future looks like. So we are not doing the critical thinking so we have no combatant against our subconcious foolishness''

‘’Nigeria is dead, lets not deceive ourselves. Let me tell you something. Once you are counting in Naira, you are poor. I was not born poor. My father's salary in the 70s or 80s was about N18, 000. That was money. How much is a billion Naira today in dollars or N1.4 billion in dollars? $1 million. Do you know what a billion Naira was when I was 15 or 16? $2.8 billion.''

SmartPolician:
Pastor Paul, Nigeria is not dead. You just lack the courage to call Tinubu out because he's your good friend.

Amotolongbo:
All these ignoramuses who just talk because they are privileged to have sheep cheering them up.
Poverty is not measured by the currency value.
South Korea is one of the richest countries on earth, yet the South Korean Won has lesser value than naira. South Koreans count in their currency.

FreeStuffsNG:
Nigeria is alive and blessed. All the enemies of Nigeria will always lose.


It is completely ungodly to continue subsidizing the US dollars at the expense of average Nigerians. Now that Nigeria has been floated, it benefits our export economy and that is why our economy is expanding and the real sector keeps growing.

If he truly made this statement, he has already spoken himself into trouble.

For someone who took a lot from Nigeria, he should be grateful.

Even the police case he had then was 'settled' without causing him any serious discomfort of prosecution like if it were some other Nigerians. Maina's son had a similar problem with the law and got convicted.

Below is his brief bio on National offices he held:

2013 - 2017 National Deputy President @ Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN);

2006 - 2010 Chairman, National Youth @ Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria

He built a multibillion private residence in upscale Banana Island, Ikoyi in 2012

5 years later, he built another multibilion edifice in Lekki.

GEJ govt supported his ministry yet same GEJ govt was a total failure owing salaries of govt workers for several months!

kingjayzeelan07:
Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, has declared Nigeria "dead and rotten" due to the country’s severe economic downturn.

Speaking to his congregation during a May 17 sermon, the cleric expressed deep concern over the staggering devaluation of the national currency, noting that relying on the Naira as one's primary measure of wealth is a direct indicator of poverty in today's economy.

‘’Nigeria is dead, lets not deceive ourselves. Let me tell you something. Once you are counting in Naira, you are poor. I was not born poor. My father's salary in the 70s or 80s was about N18, 000. That was money. How much is a billion Naira today in dollars or N1.4 billion in dollars? $1 million. Do you know what a billion Naira was when I was 15 or 16? $2.8 billion.''

He said things have gotten so bad because the government just believes in living in the now without thinking of the future.

‘’They have erased it out of our academic systems. We do not research data to know what our future looks like. So we are not doing the critical thinking so we have no combatant against our subconcious foolishness''

Watch a video of him speaking below

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYwofSrsdm5/?igsh=MTNhNDlhZTJtbWZtbw==


https://m.lindaikejisblog.com/2026/5/nigeria-is-de-at-d-letas-not-deceive-ourselves-once-you-are-counting-in-naira-you-are-poor-clergyman-paul-adefarasin-video.html

FreeStuffsNG:
Nigeria is alive and blessed. All the enemies of Nigeria will always lose.


It is completely ungodly to continue subsidizing the US dollars at the expense of average Nigerians. Now that Nigeria has been floated, it benefits our export economy and that is why our economy is expanding and the real sector keeps growing.

If he truly made this statement, he has already spoken himself into trouble.

For someone who took a lot from Nigeria, he should be grateful.

Even the police case he had then was 'settled' without causing him any serious discomfort of prosecution like if it were some other Nigerians. Maina's son had a similar problem with the law and got convicted.

Below is his brief bio on National offices he held:

2013 - 2017 National Deputy President @ Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN);

2006 - 2010 Chairman, National Youth @ Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria

He built a multibillion private residence in upscale Banana Island, Ikoyi in 2012

5 years later, he built another multibilion edifice in Lekki.

GEJ govt supported his ministry yet same GEJ govt was a total failure owing salaries of govt workers for several months!

SmartPolician:
Pastor Paul, Nigeria is not dead. You just lack the courage to call Tinubu out because he's your good friend.

kingjayzeelan07:
Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, has declared Nigeria "dead and rotten" due to the country’s severe economic downturn.

Speaking to his congregation during a May 17 sermon, the cleric expressed deep concern over the staggering devaluation of the national currency, noting that relying on the Naira as one's primary measure of wealth is a direct indicator of poverty in today's economy.

‘’Nigeria is dead, lets not deceive ourselves. Let me tell you something. Once you are counting in Naira, you are poor. I was not born poor. My father's salary in the 70s or 80s was about N18, 000. That was money. How much is a billion Naira today in dollars or N1.4 billion in dollars? $1 million. Do you know what a billion Naira was when I was 15 or 16? $2.8 billion.''

He said things have gotten so bad because the government just believes in living in the now without thinking of the future.

‘’They have erased it out of our academic systems. We do not research data to know what our future looks like. So we are not doing the critical thinking so we have no combatant against our subconcious foolishness''

Watch a video of him speaking below

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYwofSrsdm5/?igsh=MTNhNDlhZTJtbWZtbw==


https://m.lindaikejisblog.com/2026/5/nigeria-is-de-at-d-letas-not-deceive-ourselves-once-you-are-counting-in-naira-you-are-poor-clergyman-paul-adefarasin-video.html

Amotolongbo:
All these ignoramuses who just talk because they are privileged to have sheep cheering them up.
Poverty is not measured by the currency value.
South Korea is one of the richest countries on earth, yet the South Korean Won has lesser value than naira. South Koreans count in their currency.

Amotolongbo:
All these ignoramuses who just talk because they are privileged to have sheep cheering them up.
Poverty is not measured by the currency value.
South Korea is one of the richest countries on earth, yet the South Korean Won has lesser value than naira. South Koreans count in their currency.

Krankhead:
Thunder firevyou. Nigeria is dead and you still.hold your member captive.
Name one thing you are producing. None only church and deceiving people