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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.‎

Articulate write-up, thanks for showing us the strength of christians. Good to see their contributions to nation building.

When there is intuitive thinking, there is solutions. The OP clearly pointed at the failed leaders as those responsible for Nigeria's underdevelopment. 

Waiting to read more of your articles.‎


Atheist, food is ready

Freeze's church members, table is set

solutionsnow:
Articulate write-up, thanks for showing us the strength of christians. Good to see their contributions to nation building.

When there is intuitive thinking, there is solutions. The OP clearly pointed at the failed leaders as those responsible for Nigeria's underdevelopment. 

Waiting to read more of your articles.‎

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

Do not pay attention to most of those folks whose brain has been exchanged for who knows what. Church business is extracurricular and non governmental. It would naturally not impede on the development of any nation... As a matter of fact the church has had tremendous

If anything Christians are the ones propelling the economy and industrialization.

Take our schools for example, we have certificate giving universities that aren't interested research or STEM. Uniben has a large law faculty and accounting department when we need more people to create wealth than we need to maintain or account for them.
We have a skewed system.

Just in case

HigherEd:
Do not pay attention to most of those folks whose brain has been exchanged for who knows what. Church business is extracurricular and non governmental. It would naturally not impede on the development of any nation... As a matter of fact the church has had tremendous

Did you have a heart attack while typing this? you stopped halfway like you clutched your chest tightly and asked for water. Just kidding though so don't take it serious

CodeTemplar:
If anything Christians are the ones propelling the economy and industrialization.

Take our schools for example, we have certificate giving universities that aren't interested research or STEM. Uniben has a large law faculty and accounting department when we need more people to create wealth than we need to maintain or account for them.
We have a skewed system.

You are on point. Let's keep telling the atheist that Christians are contributing immensely to the growth of this nation

hopefulLandlord:
Just in case

In case it makes FP? It will

Still waiting for the atheists and frezee's church members to show up

solutionsnow:
Still waiting for the atheists and frezee's church members to show up

Why? You've heard what you've been waiting for, so why does the atheist's input interest you?

festwiz:
Why? You've heard what you've been waiting for, so why does the atheist's input interest you?

They have always been having endless criticism of christians. They are too overconfident of the Nigeria's situation as if christians are parasitic to this nation. They don't blame visionless leaders for their dereliction of duties neither do they appreciate the contributions of the church to nation building.

I want to see their write up as touching what they have done for Nigeria

OP has been an intelligent writer since 2000 B.C
argument is not about winning but bringing out fact which you've done, bravo!

Those with opposing views are the actual enemies of Nigeria's socioeconomic development.

Ademat7:
OP has been an intelligent writer since 2000 B.C
argument is not about winning but bringing out fact which you've done, bravo!

Ademat7 so you've been following oneolajire's interesting articles too?

yes bro,d guy get content

solutionsnow:



Ademat7 so you've been following oneolajire's interesting articles too?

lol. op I wish I had time to reply in full.. you have made several good points .. no they are not the problem.. they are part of the problem.. but I tell you sir, the main purpose of religion is to check Nate politics.. and according to martins Luther King Junior.. the church should be the conscience of the society.. if the church is the conscience of the society, we should all things being equal have a better society why? politicians, non politicians and sundry.. all damn believe in one supernatural power or the other and thus are compelled to accept and believe in what religious leaders tell them, also seek advice for them.. hence if the society is in this comatose state.. then religion is useless... be it Christianity or Islam or what have you.. check mate

Ademat7:
OP has been an intelligent writer since 2000 B.C
argument is not about winning but bringing out fact which you've done, bravo!

Jesus is my backbone, my oxygen and my blood

dankol:
lol. op I wish I had time to reply in full.. you have made several good points .. no they are not the problem.. they are part of the problem.. but I tell you sir, the main purpose of religion is to check Nate politics.. and according to martins Luther King Junior.. the church should be the conscience of the society.. if the church is the conscience of the society, we should all things being equal have a better society why? politicians, non politicians and sundry.. all damn believe in one supernatural power or the other and thus are compelled to accept and believe in what religious leaders tell them, also seek advice for them.. hence if the society is in this comatose state.. then religion is useless... be it Christianity or Islam or what have you.. check mate

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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Ademat7:
yes bro,d guy get content

Ademat7 you r too much

solutionsnow:
Articulate write-up, thanks for showing us the strength of christians. Good to see their contributions to nation building.

When there is intuitive thinking, there is solutions. The OP clearly pointed at the failed leaders as those responsible for Nigeria's underdevelopment. 

Waiting to read more of your articles.‎


Atheist, food is ready

Freeze's church members, table is set

The fault finders will soon land here

cc: oneolajire
I must say you are intelligent. I don't know why the moderators rarely point your work on front page.

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.

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.

You didn't seem to get the tone of my article. The words "christians, churches and tithes" were used as collective nouns. I didn't mention any leader as either christian or muslim. Check the nation's I mentioned in the article, I didn't mention their religious beliefs. Let me assume you pretended you didn't know.

Nig has been ruled by both muslims and christian individuals, I didn't base the failure of their regimes on religion. Get me. 

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oneolajire:




You didn't seem to get the tone of my article. The words "christians, churches and tithes" were used as collective nouns. I didn't mention any leader as either christian or muslim. Check the nation's I mentioned in the article, I didn't mention their religious beliefs. Let me assume you pretended you didn't know.

Nig has been ruled by both muslims and christian individuals, I didn't base the failure of their regimes on religion. Get me. 

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issorite bros.
But Christians, churches and tithes can voluntarily help to alleviate Nigeria’s underdevelopment problems with the abundant blessings of Abraham they currently enjoy. Abi

what exactly is the purpose of this epistle?

stonemasonn:
issorite bros.
But Christians, churches and tithes can voluntarily help to alleviate Nigeria’s underdevelopment problems with the abundant blessings of Abraham they currently enjoy. Abi

According to my post, christians are contributing immensely to the development of this nation. The government should rise up and set the pace and not leave her job undone. The church too should do more

babyfaceafrica:
what exactly is the purpose of this epistle?

The purpose is in the epistle when you read it

asuustrike2009:
cc: oneolajire
I must say you are intelligent. I don't know why the moderators rarely point your work on front page.

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