Private schools in the country, 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.
Source Osun Defender
