including Covenant and Landmark
universities, owned by the church are
often criticized for being too
expensive for average Nigerians to
afford. Oyedepo suggests that the
complaints on fees are as a result of
misplaced priorities.
He explains that in his view many
Nigerians complain about the cost of
education in private universities
because they have got their priorities
misplaced. He said the average
Nigerian can spend N1m on burial
but to spend N200,000 on education
(is a problem), because of wrong
priorities.
He reportedly also said that on a
yearly basis, we have N1.5trn that
Nigerians spend to overseas
universities.
Nigerians spend N463bn a month on
recharge cards, how much are they
paying for schools fees? So it's all a
matter of priority. This is the largest
market for telephone in the world.
Now, to pay N500,000, some people
have only one son, they have huge
business and houses all over the
places, they will never pay it."
The founder of the Living Faith
Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, has
defended the tuition fees charged,
describing the provision of quality
education as an expensive venture
while addressing journalists in
commemoration of his 60th birthday
coming up on September 27, 2014.
To all the criticisms he said, "Life
essentially is full of challenges, it is
those challenges that make
champions. You can't emerge a heavy
weight boxing champion except you
receive punches. You can't change
classes in school except you write
exams.
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