On this episode of Outside The Box Podcast, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo opens up with bold, unfiltered insights about Nigeria’s …
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I agree with everything he said except what he said about Tinubu. In what world is Tinubu trying for Nigeria??. What plan did he have for Nigeria while campaigning? Why are Yoruba people so tribalistic? Why cant they just call a spade a spade when it comes to their own tribe?
I appreciate Pastor Mathew so much for summoning the courage in providing a truthful analysis of the mess and horrendous acts of injustice being carried out in Nigeria for decades and championed by the fulanis and how much it is destroying Nigeria and Nigerians up until today and have to be uprooted for Nigeria to start healing and growing as a state of numerous people.
I believe Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo is one of the most educated mind in Nigeria’s Christian Community, and one of the broad-minded Nigerian to be part of any rebuilding panel: Nigeria needs his kind of wisdom and understanding needed at this stage of Nigeria’s journey towards the reality of a desired greatness.
He's known to be a knowledgeable pastor and orator since 90s. The concerned leaders should take notes of the highlights of podcast because they are inevitable.
Host, kindly extend a second time invitation to him on the podcast. Thanks.
I can't get what he is saying. Nigerian leaders don't allow the system to work. In This is in obvious. The president appoints his cronies IneC, IG, Immigration,Effcc, DSS,CBN, chief of Army staff. It's all about leadership.
Tinubu does not mean well for Nigeria! I n I can stand a lot of things. What I man cannot stand is lies, liars, and deceivers. While on a road trip recently, I n I listened in to a long interview conducted with Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo of KICC Church, London as guest. Everything seemed to be going fairly well until he started saying that what Nigeria needs currently is not perfect personalities as leaders, but good operating systems. I am paraphrasing him here. This is debatable because Nigeria needs both actually, but like a chicken and egg-problem, which comes first? With the benefit of Nigeria's experience, I n I will strongly argue that good personality for leaders should come first in order to set up the good system for all. But his contrary view is pardonable, if driven by good intentions, and can be backed up by solid facts and data. What infuriated I n I completely, and made me classify the pastor as totally unserious, presumably tribalistic, very likely nepotistic, like Tinubu and the late Buhari, is when he claimed without any basis or justification, that he is convinced that Tinubu means well for Nigeria. That is a baseless fabrication, totally fallacious, with zero merit. That was how Nigerians were drip-fed propaganda that Buhari meant well for Nigeria. A total lie, because Buhari meant well only for the Fulani, but factually set them back by his partiality, nepotism, and bias. It is an irrefutable lie to claim that Tinubu means well for Nigeria. Tinubu means well only for Tinubu's wallet. I n I say this with zero apology and with all the emphasis I man can muster. He does not mean well for the Yoruba, as they will later find out, if they have not already, not to talk of other Nigerians. To claim otherwise is a lie from the pits of hell, maybe excusable for someone based in London, not Nigeria. Coming from a Christian pastor, who nevertheless is entitled to his own views, this is a highly regrettable assertion that diminished, and did not elevate assessment of his critical judgement faculties. As they say, Pastor Ashimolowo should go and ask questions, before airing grossly uninformed views, unbefitting of a man of his presumed theological, ecumenical, religious, and spiritual stature. Let us charitably ascribe this failing solely to the human in him, and nothing else of any consequence besides.. We are 👁 👁.
There was no hastiness by Ojukwu. But there was an underestimated belief by him to think that the so called illiterate Nigerian Soldiers like Gowon would be able to understand a simple treaty. Especially, given the fact that he was a puppet being controlled by the British.
Fantastic interview. Well done pastor Ashimolowo for being down to earth on these delicate issues. May the Lord continue to increase your wisdom in Jesus name. Amen.
Thanks to you sir once again, my thought is that if Nigeria breaks up along the line of ethnicity, it doesn't mean that people leaving in areas different from their places of origin have to leave, we can still relate with each other but they have to abide under the constitution of the country. Period.
Without any ambiguity or disrespect to the intelligence of Pastor Ashimolowo, I think the system he's struggling to clearly defined is restructuring. The current unitary structure is not ideal for a multicultural society like Nigeria, that is why the regional system we used to have worked fantastically well before it was suspended in 1966 by the military. Unfortunately the unitary system is responsible for everything that is wrong with Nigeria today. Nigeria must be restructured!
Beloved brother and Pastor Matthew A. Thanks for your concern and outstanding communication on Nigeria Church and the dynamic character change impacted by the Churches in Nigeria.
Please, Mr NIX host, Femi ,when you do interviews like this, provide a glass of water for your quest to freshen their throat and yourself too. Pastor, thank you for your knowledge and contributions of your wisdom.
We want still to be free from nigeria government chains jihadist herdsmen terrorists extremists and mignialization of Ndigbo, let us go to our promised Biafra land freedom. Thanks.
To enable the country to function effectively, first fix the broken system, the systems are rots,. If the systems are effective and efficient, then the country will be easily run even with a dummy,, not educated leader, but the question is, who is gonna fix the broken systems?
The “south” isn’t close to ideal either. Insurgency in the SE, militants in the Niger Delta and mass social inequalities. Bayelsa is just as badly governed as Borno
What Uthman dan Fodio laid down affects Nigeria till today. The metaphysical structure in place since the Socoto Caliphate's hay day has put on various facades over the centuries but still expresses itself in the same way. We have a system.
I agree with everything he said except what he said about Tinubu. In what world is Tinubu trying for Nigeria??. What plan did he have for Nigeria while campaigning? Why are Yoruba people so tribalistic? Why cant they just call a spade a spade when it comes to their own tribe?
I appreciate Pastor Mathew so much for summoning the courage in providing a truthful analysis of the mess and horrendous acts of injustice being carried out in Nigeria for decades and championed by the fulanis and how much it is destroying Nigeria and Nigerians up until today and have to be uprooted for Nigeria to start healing and growing as a state of numerous people.
Pastor enter house
I believe Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo is one of the most educated mind in Nigeria’s Christian Community, and one of the broad-minded Nigerian to be part of any rebuilding panel: Nigeria needs his kind of wisdom and understanding needed at this stage of Nigeria’s journey towards the reality of a desired greatness.
Stop being tribalism and say the truth.
He's known to be a knowledgeable pastor and orator since 90s.
The concerned leaders should take notes of the highlights of podcast because they are inevitable.
Host, kindly extend a second time invitation to him on the podcast.
Thanks.
when intelligent men speak there is a difference
A good leader, point others in the direction to go/grow. The leaders are their to build the system.
Wao God bless Ashimolowo. This is true expository
I can't get what he is saying. Nigerian leaders don't allow the system to work. In This is in obvious. The president appoints his cronies IneC, IG, Immigration,Effcc, DSS,CBN, chief of Army staff. It's all about leadership.
I am always proud of my Pastor. He is excellence personified!
Tinubu does not mean well for Nigeria!
I n I can stand a lot of things. What I man cannot stand is lies, liars, and deceivers. While on a road trip recently, I n I listened in to a long interview conducted with Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo of KICC Church, London as guest.
Everything seemed to be going fairly well until he started saying that what Nigeria needs currently is not perfect personalities as leaders, but good operating systems. I am paraphrasing him here.
This is debatable because Nigeria needs both actually, but like a chicken and egg-problem, which comes first?
With the benefit of Nigeria's experience, I n I will strongly argue that good personality for leaders should come first in order to set up the good system for all.
But his contrary view is pardonable, if driven by good intentions, and can be backed up by solid facts and data.
What infuriated I n I completely, and made me classify the pastor as totally unserious, presumably tribalistic, very likely nepotistic, like Tinubu and the late Buhari, is when he claimed without any basis or justification, that he is convinced that Tinubu means well for Nigeria.
That is a baseless fabrication, totally fallacious, with zero merit.
That was how Nigerians were drip-fed propaganda that Buhari meant well for Nigeria.
A total lie, because Buhari meant well only for the Fulani, but factually set them back by his partiality, nepotism, and bias.
It is an irrefutable lie to claim that Tinubu means well for Nigeria.
Tinubu means well only for Tinubu's wallet.
I n I say this with zero apology and with all the emphasis I man can muster.
He does not mean well for the Yoruba, as they will later find out, if they have not already, not to talk of other Nigerians.
To claim otherwise is a lie from the pits of hell, maybe excusable for someone based in London, not Nigeria.
Coming from a Christian pastor, who nevertheless is entitled to his own views, this is a highly regrettable assertion that diminished, and did not elevate assessment of his critical judgement faculties.
As they say, Pastor Ashimolowo should go and ask questions, before airing grossly uninformed views, unbefitting of a man of his presumed theological, ecumenical, religious, and spiritual stature.
Let us charitably ascribe this failing solely to the human in him, and nothing else of any consequence besides..
We are 👁 👁.
He was Assistant Commissioner not Area commander.
There was no hastiness by Ojukwu. But there was an underestimated belief by him to think that the so called illiterate Nigerian Soldiers like Gowon would be able to understand a simple treaty. Especially, given the fact that he was a puppet being controlled by the British.
Great conversation
This was a master class on Nigerian history, leadership and National Strategy. Thank you so much Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo.
Fantastic interview. Well done pastor Ashimolowo for being down to earth on these delicate issues. May the Lord continue to increase your wisdom in Jesus name. Amen.
Thanks to you sir once again, my thought is that if Nigeria breaks up along the line of ethnicity, it doesn't mean that people leaving in areas different from their places of origin have to leave, we can still relate with each other but they have to abide under the constitution of the country. Period.
Talk about energy issue in Nigeria
Without any ambiguity or disrespect to the intelligence of Pastor Ashimolowo, I think the system he's struggling to clearly defined is restructuring. The current unitary structure is not ideal for a multicultural society like Nigeria, that is why the regional system we used to have worked fantastically well before it was suspended in 1966 by the military. Unfortunately the unitary system is responsible for everything that is wrong with Nigeria today. Nigeria must be restructured!
Beloved brother and Pastor Matthew A. Thanks for your concern and outstanding communication on Nigeria Church and the dynamic character change impacted by the Churches in Nigeria.
Biafra is that Only Catalyst to an Egalitarian African Society.
Support the Actualization and the Recognition of the United States of Biafra "USB"
Please, Mr NIX host, Femi ,when you do interviews like this, provide a glass of water for your quest to freshen their throat and yourself too.
Pastor, thank you for your knowledge and contributions of your wisdom.
We want still to be free from nigeria government chains jihadist herdsmen terrorists extremists and mignialization of Ndigbo, let us go to our promised Biafra land freedom. Thanks.
To enable the country to function effectively, first fix the broken system, the systems are rots,. If the systems are effective and efficient, then the country will be easily run even with a dummy,, not educated leader, but the question is, who is gonna fix the broken systems?
Oh Lord I Tap From the grace on the life of Your Servant.
Honestly we need to forgive one another.
Nigeria has not healed.
The “south” isn’t close to ideal either. Insurgency in the SE, militants in the Niger Delta and mass social inequalities. Bayelsa is just as badly governed as Borno
Non sibi!
What Uthman dan Fodio laid down affects Nigeria till today. The metaphysical structure in place since the Socoto Caliphate's hay day has put on various facades over the centuries but still expresses itself in the same way.
We have a system.
Please bring Mr Dele Farotimi
48:38 Johnson's grandfather is Turkish.
I am Turkish, too 😀
Hello from Istanbul