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Good to know...

officialtahir:
Oja ti bursts ( my two hands on my head right now) No available state for deployment, wetin man go do now

Including Borno, Adamawa, Yobe

skarlett:
Since people are asking, please how is Borno and Katsina like

choose the same state too, ain't scared of Borno cos I know last last I'll redeploy noni, but don't know what's up with katsina.

Yeah sure!
This is Nigeria tho.
Okay, bye...

You are all mad!

Before nko? Ain't we Abegi....

Thumbs down to both you and presidency...

Incomplete statement.

Money answereth everything.

isybeke:
My most inspiring testimony was having a surgery in 2015, I can't stop being grateful and thanking God enough for perfecting my healing nd giving me a second chance to live a normal life again.......Only God could have done this

I've similar experience. Mine took place last year and I've been in good shape since then. God alone be praised...

moscobabs:
When I finished my secondary sch in 2000, my dad wanted me to join Army cos my 2 friends have joined and they are bringing money home for their parents at tender age while me still looking for admission and still depend on my parents.

One day my dad called me and asked me if I'm not ashamed of myself whenever my friends come home and people hail them while me still stay home waiting for admission, he said if I have admission now it will take me 4 to 5yrs to graduate then another one year to serve the country then start searching for job. By then my Friends will be married, buy cars possibly has houses while I will still in their back.

"Dad my life is different from others and my destiny with them is not the same, but I promise you dad, that whenever this guys are buying car, I will be buying too and I will buy home the same time if not before them. U will enjoy more than their parents enjoying them. This might be their time but mine will be better" That was my reply.

I got admission with the support of my dad, I graduated five years later I got a job immediately and 2yrs after I build my house, buy car and Marry the same year. I thank God my friends are doing well too but by the grace of God I can say I'm better.

All glory be to God.

Hallelujah! I tap into this testimony of yours. God be praised...

Imagine Buhari get lost in daura and never make it to Aso Rock again!

locust:
A pawn can later become a queen. Never underestimate/look down on anyone.

Wonderful!



A wise man once said, Pawns are the souls of Chess.



In Chess, anything can happen...

To all chronic and addicted smokers out there, receive deliverance in Jesus mighty name....

Say yes to protein diet!

*smile*

Yawn!

who cares yinmu

MrBrownJay1:
as much as the OP is right, and can come up with all the how/what/why toto get loose and tittays are sagging, she failed to focus on the main issue here.... and that is... aka slack toto and saggy boobs are a complete turm off, and the reason WHY they ended up that way is irrelevant to us men.

no excuses are needed for saggy boobs and widen cooty cat, as men will still look down on them.

Too harsh bro, take it easy on them...

No lies. I can relate wella....

Awa noni

Fabulousb36:
Are u aware Anambra pays N8500(N8300 after bank charges)?

N8.5k? That's nice, 200 bank charges ain't bad.... thanks for the info tho.

How about IT professional courses

Was here...

@Op bless you sire...

Praise the Lord! God has been faithful and awesome to me this year no doubt!

I was operated successfully, baptised and confirmed, many countless blessings and miracles all to God glory. Can't thank God enough, he's indeed faithful!


2017! A year to be remembered. Thank you Abba Father.

Statsocial:
By Leke Beecroft

THIS ARTICLE HOW NECESSARY AND COST EFFECTIVE IS OWNERSHIP OF JETS BY MEGA CHURCHES?


#1. The Efficiency Factor:

First of all, how efficient are the commercial services of the Nigerian aviation system? This answer is an obvious NO and has been so through the years. Is there anyone reading this in Nigeria, who is a regular air traveller and whose flight has never been delayed or who has never experienced some form of disappointment? In 2011, Oyedepo visited 27 countries for missionary purposes. In a particular week, I monitored his movement from sunday evening when he left Lagos for Kenya till friday evening when he arrived back in Lagos, Nigeria for a night ministration. He was in Zambia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Botswana (if my memory serves me right) in a spate of five days and was back to minister at the night session in Nigeria. This would have been absolutely impossible using commercial aviation means in Africa. No wonder Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo pointed out that as close as Liberia or Togo and other West African countries were to Nigeria, it was easier to get a commercial flight to London than to our neighbours here in Africa.

#2. The Ignorance, busy-body and Poverty Mentality Factor:

Secondly, when missionary establishments of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s flew in white missionaries on jets or helicopters, they were welcomed by the Nigerian locals and it was an acceptable sight. Why? They were whites. One of the greatest issues with missionary owned jets in Africa is the poverty mentality. Today, several billionaires in Nigeria are celebrated because they own jets. Young musicians and artistes are also celebrated for wearing large "bling blings" and "Chopping their money" on private jets...but when indigenously established missionary organizations, whose only mission is to save your soul are discovered to own these same aircraft to facilitate easy air trips, every busybody wants to have a say and criticize, sometimes very insultive....including those who have either never stepped foot in a church, never dropped a dime in offerings to God or have never even embraced the commandments of the Bible.

As much as criticism of missionary owned jets may be "religiously and politically" correct, I make bold to say they are scripturally incorrect. We are called covenant children of Abraham; what does the Bible say about Father Abraham? Genesis 13:2 "And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold." Genesis 24:1 "And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things." I am also very glad that after the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, it took a wealthy man to come get his body and put him in a befitting tomb. Also before his death when Judas was grumbling about the Alabaster Box that should have been given to the poor, the Bible had this to say "Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he CARED for the poor; but because he was a THIEF, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein." John 12;4-6.

If the argument is really about giving to the poor, why not also ask all the oil moguls in the country, all businessmen, musicians and all other owners to sell their jets and give to the poor? Obviously the emphasis isn't about the poor but anger and envy that wealth seems to be moving to the church...unfortunately, it hasn't even started. The Bible is the constitution of the christian. if what is in the Bible hurts your feelings, I render no apologies....let God be true and every man be a liar. Romans 3:4.

#3. Travel Frequency, Time, Administrative and Global Reach Factor:

For record purposes, as at the last time I checked and I believe I am current, the christian organizations who presently own aircraft in Nigeria are the Redeemed Christian Church of God which has branches in over 190 countries, the Living Faith Church Worldwide with branches in over 60 countries and 'Shiloh' online presence in over 170 countries, Christ Embassy with 'Rhapsody' presence in over 180 countries and branches in at least 4 continents as well as the immediate past CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor led Word of Life Bible Church. Pastor Ayo began to broadcast to the world before any of the afore mentioned pastors, back in 1987.

I ask another question; is it true that the leaders of some of these organizations travel regularly around the world? Do you have any idea what the itinerary of the Adeboyes, Oyedepos, Oritsejafors and Oyakhilomes entail?


Again it was Pastor Adeboye that said “there are things you need. When you have to oversee churches in 160 countries, you can’t do that on a bicycle,” Bishop Mike Okonkwo in an interview seemed to be in disagreement with some pastors listed here, the press excitedly tried to instigate him the more by asking about the ownership of jets. He explained to them however how he had once travelled to the Central African Republic for a programme but had to wait idly for almost a week for a return flight to Nigeria through Cameroon...... Any serious man or organization has respect for their time. The Church is one of such. Pastor Sam Adeyemi said once that all you need to grow old on time is to be a regular commercial flier on long trips.

#4. The Maintenance Cost Factor:

"If you are rich and desire to become poor quickly, own an aircraft." Pastor Enoch A Adeboye.

[b]Very many people do not understand what it takes to maintain an aircraft, especially in a country like Nigeria where aviation is controlled almost purely at the Federal level. How many people remember the issues with payment of parking fees for the Nigerian Presidential jet in 2009/10 when President Yar' Adua was flown to Saudi Arabia? Large sums of money (probably in millions of dollars) were paid for the aircraft which sat idly at the Riyadh King Khalid International Airport. One organization which used to charter aircraft frequently for movement to her crusade venues around the globe once paid about #75,000,000 (Seventy Five Million naira) annually for parking her aircraft at Bristow helicopters in Lagos.

Those who usually tout the example of the Pope who charters and flies Alitalia do not even realise that his accumulated flight expenses along with his entourage in just 30 flights will buy a nice jet. Let me break it down. Is it better to buy a car or charter a cab so expensive that you would have spent the cost of that car in just 30 drops?[/b]

My question again is, is it better to park your aircraft idly at the airport and pay these heavy parking sums to the government from church offerings not forgetting servicing, repairs and maintenance costs or lease them to aviation companies which in turn return profit at no cost to the church? Rev Gabriel Oduyemi bought a jet for church use. I do not need to tell the story of what happened to that aircraft but remember that it was the same aircraft that Omotola Jolade Ekeinde's pilot husband bought as 'scrap". Lest I forget, the average Captain in the aviation industry earns $10,000 (N3,600,000 or N3.6m) monthly. For two captains, that will be $20,000 (N7.2m) monthly or $240,000 (N86.2m) annually, not forgetting travel and landing allowances, hotel bills for the pilots etc. Young pilots need to accumulate hours and hours of flight so they opt for commercial planes instead of private jets who do not fly that regularly. This means that owning a private jet leaves you with almost no option than to hire experienced or veteran captains. This of course means you pay well for it. Luke 16:8 "And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation WISER THAN THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT".


Fortunately, the children of light are wiser now. They lease out their jets when not in use and avoid incurring unnecesary and exorbitant costs while the aircraft remains active even when not in use. Winners’ Chapel stretched this point. Among the first generation of missionary aircraft owners, she started leasing out her aircraft to EMS Speedpost once she realised what the costs of maintenance entailed and with due notice, she would use same jet for her missionary trips eventually an oil company also leased the jet and had to pay compensation after an accident. The church decided to buy another aircraft and this time built a hangar at the airport in Lagos. The hangar has space for 6 jets at a time. Now she does not rely on "church income" to maintain the hangar but runs it as a separate concern, funding itself. This is the line Church jet owners should be towing. I will quickly add at this point that for large organizations, it is cheaper to own aircraft than to keep paying for commercial air tickets or for charter services. If leasing a missionary aircraft will save costs and preserve the life of that aircraft for longer use, then that is simply the way to go


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Wow! Very sound and articulate article. Indeed, knowledge is power. Now I know much better, God bless you sire.