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Let us begin this work with a transcription of the memorial service of the Great Man of God, Pastor Badejo.

For those who don’t know him, Pastor Badejo was the first General Director in Nigeria to resign at the end of his term. He quit his veterinary job in his 90’s and worked on many farms as mentioned in the monument. The last was the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) award-winning Hackon Farm Limited, in Sagam, Ogun State, where he was located in Oliwo, where he “had a flock of chickens” before herding a herd of men.

At the event, former President Olusegun Obasanjo described him in many kind words and reiterated that “there is God in human affairs.”

Nigeria’s ecosystem is still often referred to as poor, characterized by weak civil society institutions (such as churches) and government institutions, which in most cases practice tax evasion and limited access to public institutions. Limited access or no access at all. Civil society runs institutions like schools and hospitals, which in certain cases will produce powerful, rich and powerful individuals who are ministers, general directors or world generals.

Some of them even run for elected office or influence bad leaders by endorsing some element of office.

I recently met with Alhaji Olaitan, a successful printer who profited greatly from Mike Adenuga’s business, and brought along one of the players I manage, Olawale Oremade. He is the goalkeeper for Nigeria’s U20 football team, the Flying Eagles.

I was trying to secure a club for him in Europe, so this was kind of a familiar meeting. The last was about his religion, and he replied that he was a Christian.

I was surprised, and knowing he was a Muslim, I didn’t know why he said that. Because he knew that answering the correct form would make Alhaji happy. I had to intervene and he replied that he was actually a Muslim and in order to win his affection he pitched himself as a devout Muslim just like you. , he replied that he was somewhere in between. Conversation was smooth, no hard feelings, and I am a Christian myself.

This prompted Alhaji to share with us his experience when he was a member of the popular Pentecostal church in the 80’s. His former boss, who learned about the printing business, was a member and lived with him at the time, so his parents said he had no problem becoming a CAC member.

So I asked him why he returned to Islam after experiencing such prayer churches. In many words, he spoke of his trials with the entire church and why he had to return to Islam. later. He was disappointed because, according to him, they saw nothing. To reinforce his point, he showed that the CCTV cameras in front of him saw more than they did.

In relative terms, a similar event recently occurred in one of the largest churches. Alhaji believes he changed because Muslims became more united and when people united they became harder to conquer.

Without deviating from it, his remarks really got me thinking about the political scene in Nigeria, where Muslims and Muslims are ticketed. ‘ can really win the elections in Nigeria? Are Muslims really united? A real test of this unity would say: city ​​boy Asiwaju Bora Tinub (Yoruba) accepted the challenge to nominate a northern Muslim, who has been called out by many for being seen as extremist, as his vice-presidential candidate.

Do Muslims in northern and southern Nigeria practice the same? city ​​boy It’s easy to understand.

Coming back to my story, Alhaji closed his point with a view that is quite contrary to his earlier points. He said most of his staff are Christian (probably more than 80% of him). As a token of solidarity, does it mean that if he hires or sells only Muslims, his business will not do well? As his consultant, I know he is not a Muslim banker, and I know that most of his immediate family are still Christians.

Now, using those explanations of Alhaji Olaitan or another example city ​​boyMarried to a pastor can only be found in the Yoruba country (southern Nigeria). The Hausa (Muslims of northern Nigeria) are probably united by religion (they are homogeneous by religion).

My contention is that Western Yoruba are united not by religion but by purpose. This goes against the belief promulgated by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi that 100% homogeneous conditions do not exist.

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My other opinion is that most churches in southern Nigeria are not bound by religion, as Alhaj pointed out, but by purpose. I have seen Muslims allowed to speak freely in Western churches.

For example, former governor Raj Fashora (Muslim) spoke at the Distinguished Leaders Conference at the Daystar Christian Center several years ago, and just this year Abike Dabili Elewwa (also Muslim) also spoke at the Covenant Christian Center. .

Believe me, non-homogeneous churches (self-righteous churches) will never allow other Christian brethren to speak at their meetings, let alone Muslims.

Well, the permutations (connected by purpose) may not be correct in northern Nigeria. Because they may be truly connected by religion. States (all supported by state governments).

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In my article new world orderI explained that the New World Order was a new period in history that witnessed dramatic changes in the balance of political thought and power in the world. It is interesting to know that the influence of the Church on style is also included.

Also, in another work, The Prodigal Generation Pandemic – 4IR Economics or PoliticsI wrote about the Nigerian economy readjusting to post-pandemic changes.

In that part, I emphasized that politics will be reset and that it will have unimaginable effects on people, communities, businesses, and economies.

I must admit that this is a very difficult subject to discuss, especially since I am neither an expert nor a pastor, but I do speak to pastors.

Pastor Mark, a former RCCG pastor outside Nigeria, said: RCCG only keeps people active, they are no longer growing in the Lord, they are no longer growing in the Word. ”

He also said that the RCCG, like other organizations, follows man’s orders, not God’s. Institutions have their own agendas and are concerned only with their own Kingdom, not God’s Kingdom. He added that a human-made system forces them (pastors and members) to do so.

Generally speaking, he said, people are more dependent on the church environment than on the home church. The churches around the world, he said, were being watered down and coarsened, and following the orthodox churches, the Pentecostal churches were corrupt, they said.

For some reason, I strongly believe that the “Nigeria Federation” can learn a lot from the United States of America. Nigeria still has much to learn to build a healthy society. God bless President Joe Biden, God bless the United States of America.

Let us conclude this article by highlighting some facts about religion in Nigeria.

Nigeria has far more Muslims (+75 million) than Saudi Arabia (22 million). Nigeria has more Muslims than any other African country. The largest Christian gathering in the world is RCCG’s Holy Spirit Council. The largest church auditorium in the world is Dunamis Church Abuja. The largest churches in diaspora Britain, Ukraine, Kenya and Tanzania are owned by Nigerians.

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