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AreOnaKakanfo:
What if that's what the client wants and he can pay for it?

Let's consider all options.

Sure, I was just saying.

screamng:
Architects design indoor and outdoor living spaces for all beings.
Engineers design the structural requirements of a building by applying scientific and mathematical means to solve technical problems.
Builders designs and advice on materials to be used on buildings.
The actual building contract is carried out by an experienced player called a CONTRACTOR.
All of them are supervised by the architect or a project manager.

It amazes me that some engineers bring their self down to the level of a contractor and ague that it is engineers that are to supervise site? Why Rationally, how would that work? Your expertise is in one aspect of building which is either structural, mechanical or electrical. But an architect is the creator of buildings.

Best response Si!!

I have a feeling people are mixing the responsibilities and jobs of an Architect with Structural Engineers and Technicians.

Architect - Puts to paper the idea of the CLIENT. He/She suggests and innovates designs. He/She sometime need to work closely with the Engineers in order to appraise structural solutions to challenging designs and on how they can be achieved.He considers the essential features of the structure and kind of a brain box behind the outlook of the building, havibg said that, he/she doesn't get blamed if the building collapses(Lol)

Engineer -He/She designs the structural system proposed by the Architects.He advises the client as well on the structure.The Engineer should also work closely with the Architect in order to solve any anomaly on paper before construction proceeds.

Site Engineer-Leads, controls and ensure designs are built in accordance to specifications.He raises concern with Engineer and client when He realises that what is to be built needs to be reformed. He is never the primary designer.

Technician -Wholly works on the directive of the Engineer and has no right to specify any Structural element.He only drafts as He's being led by the lead Engineer.

M&E Engineers-Electrical and mechanical

Civil Drainage-Designs waste water,water pipes etc.

I'm not saying a small client with limited resource should engage these guys as these responsibilities can be performed by even one Engineer if He has the skill set.It's all about the skills.

RaggedyAnn:
I thought this was going to be a list of common mistakes Architects make in practice; disappointingly, it's just a Structural Engineer's hustle for patronage.
You consider most Architect's designs unrealistic? That's because you are not imaginative. I do not blame you, it's due to your training. Most Nigerian structural Engineers like to limit construction to RC columns and beams with 4.5m c/c grid. Simply supported and continuous beams. 6m grids, cantilevers, portal frames, waffle/ ribbed slabs are all a stretch for you! Truth is that, there are a variety of structural systems available (even now) to achieve the Interesting designs the Architect comes up with but most Nigerian Structural Engineers are just not creatively inclined to reach for them. Which is why most schools of Architecture teach Building Structures as a core course from 200-600L. So that we know what lines are realistic as they're drawn. Architects are more inclined to look for solutions to realize their designs than the Engineer. And just as you claim to be correcting 70% of the Architectural designs you've been handed, I have had occasion to suggest alternative structural systems to Engineers I work with, who (due to their limited exposure) were about to murder my design. And in the end everyone comes out smarter. It's collaborative effort, which is what the design industry is all about.

You should thank Architects for their imagination. Something that "appears" undo-able is a challenge for you; to overcome such challenges past Engineers (like Luigi Nervi for instance) and Architects too have discovered new materials and systems that have been revolutionary. Don't look for the easy way out by sticking to what you are comfortable with. I bet you wouldn't be able to design the structures for any of Zaha Hadid's buildings but they are standing. And they are awesome!

God rest her soul.

Zaha was an inspiration to me but She was also known to design structures that are too expensive to be built.About 60% of her designs were never built.Maybe she was beyond our league and we couldn't just see into the future.People like that are gems and people don't start to idolise their work more until they are gone.

RaggedyAnn:
I thought this was going to be a list of common mistakes Architects make in practice; disappointingly, it's just a Structural Engineer's hustle for patronage.
You consider most Architect's designs unrealistic? That's because you are not imaginative. I do not blame you, it's due to your training. Most Nigerian structural Engineers like to limit construction to RC columns and beams with 4.5m c/c grid. Simply supported and continuous beams. 6m grids, cantilevers, portal frames, waffle/ ribbed slabs are all a stretch for you! Truth is that, there are a variety of structural systems available (even now) to achieve the Interesting designs the Architect comes up with but most Nigerian Structural Engineers are just not creatively inclined to reach for them. Which is why most schools of Architecture teach Building Structures as a core course from 200-600L. So that we know what lines are realistic as they're drawn. Architects are more inclined to look for solutions to realize their designs than the Engineer. And just as you claim to be correcting 70% of the Architectural designs you've been handed, I have had occasion to suggest alternative structural systems to Engineers I work with, who (due to their limited exposure) were about to murder my design. And in the end everyone comes out smarter. It's collaborative effort, which is what the design industry is all about.

You should thank Architects for their imagination. Something that "appears" undo-able is a challenge for you; to overcome such challenges past Engineers (like Luigi Nervi for instance) and Architects too have discovered new materials and systems that have been revolutionary. Don't look for the easy way out by sticking to what you are comfortable with. I bet you wouldn't be able to design the structures for any of Zaha Hadid's buildings but they are standing. And they are awesome!

God rest her soul.

I do agree with you.
Nigeria organisations/Banks/Universities spend a fortune on buildings but it pains my heart that a lot of these buildings still looks pre 1960 residential buildings.An example is just going to the website of the private Universities with expensive large RC house looking libraries, they are not masterpieces but are still expensive.

As far as we keep allowing foreign Engineers to come and design our big challenging highway,bridge and Mall projects, we will never develop. Our Engineers needs to push the boundaries of Structural Engineering (I'm not talking about a Site Civil Engineer,their experience is needed as well as buildability is important as well) unless, we might never go beyond the basic RC column and beam square grid designs.

There are loads of Nigerian Structural Engineers practicing in the UK and USA who has enormous wealth of experience in designing world class structures; Energy from Waste Plants,Ship yards,distribution centres.I beg them to come home.

As a Structural engineer, I'm looking to start a design firm in Lagos next year as I have been opportuned by God's grace to have designed innovative and challenging structures such as bunkers, conveyor systems, Energy from waste plants.These are innovative out of the box structures.

For the Op saying He corrects Architects drawings,no Architect that is trained and professional will make the most basic rookie mistake of putting a sink to block the door,you might have been dealing with non experienced drafters.

abdulwastecx:
Oga stop this your Dubai narrative.
The OP is wrong to assert that he has corrected many architectural drawings because they made those mistakes he highlighted above. The truth is there are design that are not economically doable or buildable due to materials or workmanship.

How do you achieve a 5m cantilever beam in a residential house carrying wall and roof load using reinforced concrete. there are simple design error associated with lack basic structural knowledge by the architect

The beam will have to be ridiculously deep and you will be looking at reinforcement bars of 40mm diameter along with >16 mm diameter links at very close spacing. Such design is wasteful and not ideal.

The normal process is that the Architect's drawing should be designed by a Structural Engineer who will design the structural sections in order to ensure they satisfy design condition and life-term serviceability usage.Under no circumstances should drawings put together by Drafters/Architects/Learnt it myself should be used to build homes or structures.I know lots of people do it in Naija and the house are strong and standing but it shouldn't be encouraged.A Structural Engineer is required to carry out design calculations.

Florblu:
And you actually made sense
It's not our fault
We want comfort and fulfillment

Not all that glitter is gold.

wayodude:
I am an Engineer (11 Yrs post grad experience) and to be honest I don't give a poo about having Engr before my name. It is a very naija trait to want to have a title before your name though so I get your scope. In the UK if you are a chartered engineer all you do is have the letters C.Eng after your name on official comms. Again many folk dont care about doing that. lol

Thank you so much bro. I find it very pompous that they call people Engineer in a non-work location in Nigeria. You will never see the Engineers that built Burj-Arab, Shard Building and other big projects like the Dubai Skyscrapers been called Engineer John (for Example). People laugh at us for these things.

You don’t even know that Engineers have the CEng MICE until you receive an Email from them. It’s about the experience for an Engineer.
As a Structural Engineer myself I would choose more experience over the institution’s accreditation, not that I don’t want it, I am actually going for it, but it does nothing for the client if you cannot deliver.

It’s about time a Nigerian Design Consultancy start taking the design lead on our bridge, rail, highway and building projects. We cannot afford to continue procuring engineering services from abroad.

The Nigerian resident Julius Berger also needs to up their game. The 29 billion naira (145 million dollars) spent on building the cable-stayed 1.4km long lekki-Ikoyi link bridge will build a grandeur and iconic suspension bridge for that bridge span. Julius Berger needs competition from another major residential Design Consultancy.

When a country allows foreign Engineers to come in and design her project, such country will be exposed to an underdevelopment of local Engineers, Capital flight, less employment in the Engineering sector and will also face National Security Issues (the country that built the structures know what the capacity of your infrastructures are and can use them during war time, God forbid!!). Our Engineering Graduates and Technicians are intelligent enough and what they need is the appropriate experience for them to be the best they can possibly be.

It's not about the Professional institution (NSE, Coren, ICE, IStructE) recognition but what an Engineer can deliver, the accreditations will chase you when you have the right experience

j1mmy:
Russians women are cheap jare, even cheaper than nijja girls.

If you want to marry white pick American, Canadian, Australian, or western European

This one is a daughter of a Billionaire. Do you mean cheap as in She is easy or She is hungry?

Please also don't generalise, a British woman could be cheap and another will come hard to get. Sometimes hunger makes people act cheap. Ask the prostitutes and rich-man seeking girls in Nigeria.

Reyus:
OP, Be careful, That foundation is not enough to carry that 1 storey building plan.

You cant tell sir unless you know the load take off coming from the building. A strip foundation does not really need high depths but needs to be wider

erico2k2:
Good day.2 God be the glory.Imm able to put my DIY drawings (plan)into ground
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Actual area of land =
Areas occupied by the building=
Building descriptions
2 units of 2 bed flats (semi ditched )
2 units of 1 bed flat
1 4 bed duplex
So I have done all the enabling works ie clearing settlement all logistics so won't go into it but anyone needs the info jst ask on here and I'm more than happy to share.stay tuned pictures coming shortly and I got my proof vest with me for all the critics on here
Engun and co lol

Well done Sir! I can see you have stated Site Engineer and Supervisor but haven’t mentioned a Structural Design Engineer.
Have you consulted a Structural Engineer?
Has the imposed load on the floors been factored in? BS EN 1991 states between 1.5kNm2 to 2kN/m2. I guess for Nigeria where we store heavy stuff, you can increase to 3kN/m2. This will determine the characteristic strength of concrete block.
Is the bearing capacity of the soil suitable enough for the strip footing to resist the line load from the walls? This will also determine the width of your strip footing.
Will the concrete floor be left for 28 days to cure before anything is done on it?
Has a basic or normal geotechnical survey been carried out to ascertain the soil type which will determine foundation type and other design decisions?
Is the boundary of the site very close to future buildings that will impose a weight on your foundation? In that case any future foundation will need to be deeper and ensure a 45 degree load distribution line will not touch your foundation.

Everything looks good anyway!!

Congrats

Because He (God) did not create Robots.He gave man (Human) the freewill to obey/disobey and choose between right and wrong.Had He created Robots there wouldn't be the tree of good and evil.

abbey621:
Being accepted is one thing, paying for it is another. Hope they'll also award her scholarships and other grants because those schools are robbing students. If I could advise her, I would just let her know that networking is the key. She'll be mixing with future presidents, lawmakers and CEO's, DO NOT BE SHY!!!!

Ivy league schools have endowment fund that's pays for people from families who can't afford it and earn below 100 thousand dollars.Once you get accepted into an Ivy league school,money is never the problem.The issue is getting in.

Oildichotomy:
This doesn't add up though but what do I know

Igbo kwenu! Proud of you my lady

It adds up,the person who was the son of Nigerian Immigrants means he/she was born in America and was the one narrating the story.

modath:
You do not have to like it, it's alien to you, some don't don't like the Europeans' monarchy as well despite having zero to do with the general day to day running of the country & implementation of policies....

However, some of us find it curious that anyone with a little change to rub together can buy himself a certain "colour of cap" & then proceeds to lord it over other people, no order, no structure in place!!!

There is a reason why there is only one head on a human body... only one heart in human engine room..

Even in the animal kingdom, despite being ferocious wild cats, a pride of lion will always have just one LEADER, i.e The Alpha Male that will serve as a rallying force...

Even in Democracy, we can't have more than one President, Prime minister or Chancellor...... having more than one captain steering a ship leads to nothing but chaos.

That doesn't mean democracy is the best.In fact we've been told it's the best we can get.Over time democracy changes to corpotocracy,Domination of the masses by a selected and connected few.That's what we see across the world,the masses are crying and their cry is never heard.We need communities with enough autonomy that is responsible for its own social and economical welfare.

ZoboKunu:
What if your colleague is an occultist and he wants to kill you.

If you believe that it's God's power that will kill the person then the same power can stop the person from killing you(It's just the human nature to want revenge,the only way out is not for the person to die) the way He stopped Paul from getting to Damascus.Paul could have done great damage that night.

You see bro,I truly believe that this world maximum length is about 120yrs, then every thing we've built apart from God's kingdom turns to vanity.God will judge every single person that did wickedness and died unrepentant.

In Jesus words,don't fear him that can only kill the flesh but fear him that can kill the flesh and throw the spirit in hell.

ALL men could do to people like Che Guvera,JFK,Fela,Ghandi,MLK,Abiola,Malcolm X is to kill them but they couldn't kill their soul and God will judge the killers.

The questions is if a person lived till 120 yrs old or gets killed at a young age like Jesus,John,Peter etc is there a crown waiting for you in Heaven.Stephen was killed for the gospel sake because God allowed Him to come up early.No man can kill you before your time.What about all the wars God fought for you without you knowing about it.

ZoboKunu:
Why didn't Jesus pray for the devil when he tempted him?

It's the devil that makes people evil.Sin brought condemnation. There is no man that is immune to carrying out evil,that's why we need God's grace daily.
The prayer; deliver us from evil is not only deliver you from an evil person but also deliver you from being possessed to do evil.

My brother, evil is not only when someone wants to "change your destiny or stop you from getting there".If you've lied to a girl before and sleep with her,if you've done yahoo yahoo before,if you've stolen before,you've done evil.

Popular African Christian doctrine have made us to think evil is only the witch evil that wants to kill you.We all need to be cleansed and sanctified and be delivered from being capable of doing evil and then from evil reaching us.That's why as Christians we need to pray for our brothers and sisters even when we've just heard that they gossiped about us.

See Christianity is not some cheap fantasy out of a book experience,it's the way of the cross and self denial.

Christ said in Matthew what use is it If you only wish well only the people who wish you well, even the normal unbelieving terrorist will do that.So praying and wishing for the death of an "enemy" is the same thing an unbeliever will do.

I can go on and on about this but I'll stop here.

Shalom!!

ZoboKunu:
Why didn't Jesus pray for the devil when he tempted him?

The devil will never changed as He's destined for he'll but that colleague at work who's your enemy can chnage.
Sometimes people's family are even the enemy so when you pray for them to die you are asking your sister/brother to die.

Such prayers are mere doctrines of particular churches and if care is not taken they can be contrary to true Christianity.
Jesus preached pray for your enemies.We can pray that whatever they do to never reach us after all that's the Lord's prayer which says deliver us from evil.
But to say someone else should die because they are stopping you from achieving a mere earthly gain like building a house is totally unchristlike.

Michellla:
someone cant spend money on his birthday again?

Someone cant use money to show off by throwing it in the air again??

donofdons:
This is the problem with africans...we men seem to think that a woman is our slave,married to wash and cook then make babbies and bring up children while men sit like a God and a master of the house.

Look at a woman who is meant to be fighting for the rights of her gender encouraging this injustice to women engendered by the bible and all the ancient nonsensense called holy books

A woman is a full equal of man and is not made to serve.....the sacrifice,pains and danger a woman pass through while giving birth to a child is far more than the so called suffering of christ which is meant to save us and instead will condemn a majority of humans to eternal fire for not believing he died for us

Your comment could have been 5-STAR Sir/Ma without the generalisation. African men are over 500 million in number. Not all sit like a God and expect the wife to slave away.

I’m a man, I bath for our boy as much as my wife, I can boast (I’m not boasting) to clean and wash up the plates in the kitchen more than my wife. I throw out the dustbins and do the home shopping. I have friends who do all this as well.

Please I do not think a lot of Men sit down as a God and expect the woman to slave away as the older generations did. Also, a woman too shouldn’t be lazy, it goes both ways, while a man should not sit and watch, a woman too should not be useless and lazy and can’t even think to cook for her family (whoever the main cook of the house is, in some homes men cook more and that can be said of women too in other homes).

Also, the whole concept of Man is the head and women His helper has been misunderstood, it’s not a help of slave, it’s a help of like the Holy-Spirit, He guides you, assists you and gives you good advice. A woman is definitely not a slave and a perpetual cook, dry-cleaner, plate-washer; it’s not that kind of help.
In conclusion, I do think women possess a lot of power and if they use it in a Godly way, the children will grow up in the way of the Lord.

poik:
Oh, brother.
Jesus said, i have not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. Most of those things that you cited were shadows of things to come by virtue of the coming dispensation of grace, they do not mean they are abolished. But grace is a snare and many do not know it. Yes we don't stone adulterers now, and you are deceived into believing they will go free? Impossible. Even after you confess, the consequences will catch up with you one way or another. Its in the new testament the Bible says 'hand in hand, no sinner will go unpunished'. Don't forget that.
In law, you have to have two eyewitnesses to adultery, but in grace, simple list is enough to indict. Its even more deadly.
That's why grace makes way for what can help us live through the harshness of it: the Holy Ghost. That is the simple answer.

Sir, you said Grace is a snare, that means Grace is a trap {a deceptive trap sort of]. Please I beseech you sir, cancel that definition of Grace from your mind, Grace is not a trap. Jesus did not condemn that adulterous woman and He also never tolerated her adultery, let me give you my expressive thought here Sir, that woman could have gone away without ever committing adultery again because she received grace and she could have also gone away still struggling with the sin even though she received a sort of grace. The difference is as far as She has a true and sincere desire to overcome that adultery, She will receive the grace one day (It could be instant or it could take time, God knows why some people change suddenly from a particular sin and why it takes some people to toil and toil with the same sin for over 5 yrs before changing), the other side of the coin is if she goes on sinning without a true desire to change, the grace will expire one day by maybe means of Her dying in the sin or her just totally backslidden and reaching a point of no return.
In the case of the Mosaic Law, She would have been automatically condemned without even needing to have any desire to change once she was caught, but with Grace, She will eventually be healed and overcome the sin if She has the desire. Afterall, scriptures says you will seek me and find me when you do with all your heart, therefore, Gods grace is not what you look for like a ten Naira note you lost in a dark room or on a field(you don’t look for it with sweat over a long time), but it’s what you look for like a 1 million naira cheque that dropped from your wallet, you will never leave that room until you find that cheque, so when I say Grace, I by no way mean you’re fine, your sin is covered, chill and keep on sinning, but rather it’s what we can receive if we diligently and truthfully seek for Grace in any area.
The Law could never make people righteous with God, no matter how much tithe or Sabbath you obey, Christ fulfilling the law is simply “Christ came to fulfil the demands of the law by attaining a righteousness that no man who lived before Him could attain". Now we can be perfect even as our Lord is perfect because we now have an example to follow, we have a high Priest (Hebrews 8:1) seated in heaven, We have a priest who learned obedience by the things he suffered (Hebrews 5:. The question every Christian should ask is what will God have me do now or what will Christ do in this situation and not simply acting coldly and dry.

The 1st century non-Jewish Christians who lived in the time of the Apostles were never required to partake in any Jewish ordinance apart from the listed points in Acts 15.If circumcision wasn't needed to be a Christian in the 1st century church or not eating the unclean animals listed in the Levitical laws why is tithing that was not the headlining point needed
The tithe was needed for the Levites in the temple who had no land or other means of income to survive on.
You are a Christian and not a Jew practicing Judaism.

Don't let people that depend on money scare with Malachi3:10.
There was a curse on every wrong act in the Old Covenant and they could never attain righteousness unless for a few David etc, until Jesus was able to make a perfect living way through His death on the Cross and as soon as we go back to the legalistic way of the law we are again guilty and condemned.
So if you think giving God 10% is you doing your part, you are WRONG as God wants to control every last penny of your money.

poik:
Some of your points are valid, but my excitement ebbed when you mentioned marriage and tithing.
How can you say Christ will not be happy with church marriage, when He said in all you do, do in the name of Jesus Christ (Col. 3:17)? where else would that happen, save for the church and by an officiating minister?

About tithing.
For your information, tithing is NOT an Old Testament commandment.
The first person who paid tithes was Abraham, and he was not a Jew. Rather his offspring formed the Jewish root. Again, he did it out of conscience, and not of compulsion. it was because men did not do it willingly that God made it a law in the Levitical days.
Check people who do not pay tithes. Gods word cannot lie. there is one way or the other that same amount is taken from them. do so carefully and conscientiously. the devourers God promised in Malachi 3 WILL NOT go unless that commandment is obeyed. God is not our mate.

How come we don't stone adulterers as God's word cannot lie.Brother set yourself free.
Hebrews even states that old covenant is obsolete.Give to God cheerfully end of story.

I pray for the day people will understand what Abrahimic Covenant,Mosaic Law,Sermon on the Mount and New Covenant are.Christianity is not a mixture it's a new living way instituted by Christ in that what the law could not do He did by becoming the way once you go back to mosaic law you are bound to fulfill all.
Let me ask you,is tithing the only thing God put a curse on in the Bible,there is a curse on every wrong thing in the old covenant.So brother as we do wrong everyday that's means we are cursed and condemned everyday,that's the whole point of grace[We are not cursed anymore.]You can never fulfill the law it's impossible.

Abraham paid to tithe fine,is it a command or out if His freewill?
Noah built a ark,should I start building an ark?

David or Solomon,I don't remember gave a thousand burnt offerings Shuld I start slaughtering rams and say Solomon did it?

Let's understand scripture!!!!

Warlord3000:
Won't say a thing

Even though the idea of eternal damnation by a Merciful God kinda sounds contradictory to me..

But wait .. What do I know sef

Question:What kind of a Judge sends a Child murderer or a ritualist to jail when caught?A good judge or a bad Judge.

Question 2:Is it a good Judge who frees someone who murdered His girlfriend?Imagine if someone killed your sister (God forbid) and the Judge said it's ok go home.Is that a good Judge or Bad Judge?

The blood of Jesus is free now that it's available,Once the light is out God is so righteous that he will separate the repentant from the unrepentant souls.

So the world needs another murdered baby. Two wrongs don't make a right.At the moment She can only be an un-ready Mum when the abortion happens then she wil be a Murderer as well.

Dirkcoyt:
Young lady, you will be doing the world a favour if you abort that pregnancy now, you not ready,psychologically,emotionally, financially,morally to develop or take care of a baby!

No support from your man or whatever! The world is tired of unnecessary suffering to kids who knows nothing about the selfish lust of their parent!

We tired of seeing malnourished kids, sick children, we don't want to see a kid you will bring to the world to suffer because of your carelessness! Save the little boy stress of what he knows nothing about! You will birth the child and all you will ever do is telling the child of better tomorrow! The kids bears the brunt most in this recklessness!

Now, there is nothing to panic about, goto a qualified personnel to abort the preganancy, well handled by an expert, abortion is not as complicated as you all seem to paint it! Only in nigeria we hear of abortion,caesarean section and we fidget!

You scared of damaging your womb? Nah you shouldn't be, you should be able to be responsible for your actions!

Please don't do it.This trial shall pass and you will always have yourself to blame if you kill an innocent baby.It's gonna be hard but don't cover what has happened with an abortion.Fornicator that are experts using birh control pills,condom and abortion who had great and enormous wedding are not an inch better than you,they are just only experts in hiding.
Please keep the baby and don't allow the bf to make you do it.

funso111:
hmmm God will help u. One day u will need that prophecy for your life . my prayer is that u God will help u. In the book of isaiah that was a prophecy for the birth of Jesus and the prophecy came to past after over 400 years. yes there are fake prophecy from fake pastor but that don't mean there are no real prophecy. Papa adeboye is God chosen pls.kumuyi is a pastor that teaches the true gospel. Are u saying over 30millions xtian are fools. For British prime minister to knee down in front of papa adeboye to pray for him during their last election. God will deepen your knowledge

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British PM did not kneel for Him.
He only met Him.

midolian:
Credit : Ijabla Raymond

http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/30/miracles-faith-healing-and-prophecies-tools-exploiting-gullible-christians-ijabla-raymond

You said every thing right and I agree with you but God and prayer is real and true.
If poverty was not an issue in Nigeria only 10% of the present professing Christians will be Christians just as seen in other developed cointries of the world.

There is a difference between the New covenant and the Old testament. The word of God both in the New and the Old are valid but the Covenant that God made with Moses on Mount Moriah is annulled.Hebrews 8:13. But we can learn from it.

Shaving you beard will never make your heart pure but when you have Christ living in you and directing all the things you do,only then can you attain christian purity.You can fulfill all the law and still have pride in you without knowing.The requirement of the New Covenant is actually greater than the Old.Check the semon on the mount,Matthew 5 - 7.God does not just want us to only fulfill the law and congratulate ourselves but wants to take 100% of our lives and live for Him.Unfortunately or fortunately, this life can only be attained by being filled with the Holy Spirit and when I say the Holy Spirit, I'm not talking exclusively about speaking in tongues.I'm talking about God's spirit living in you.As God cannot sin the smallest sin,neither can you.It doesn't happen in a day but that's God's plan for every Christian.Without Holiness no man can please God.

In summary, God is not solely interested in your beard etc but what God longs for is you living and honouring Him every hour and that list is endless,it's only the Holy Spirit that can lead and guide you even in things not directly listed in the Bible.

Nigerians can spoil things sha. The first guy that did it is the one that did it with originality in my opinion.