Pastor Paul Adefarasin Says Nigeria Was Not Created By God

Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, has sparked debate after declaring during a sermon that he does not believe Nigeria was created by God.

Addressing his congregation, Adefarasin argued that Nigeria was a product of colonial interests rather than divine design.

“I don’t believe Nigeria was created by God. This nation was created for the business of the British purse so they wouldn’t have to bear the bill for the less prosperous parts of the region,” he said.

He claimed Nigeria’s name was coined by a British woman — the girlfriend of a colonial official — while Lord Lugard and other administrators formalized the union, rather than by indigenous leaders.

According to Adefarasin, Nigeria’s so-called founding fathers — Obafemi Awolowo, Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello, and Nnamdi Azikiwe — were not the true originators of the country. He insisted its creation was engineered by “some men from Whitehall” in Britain.

The preacher also lamented Nigeria’s lack of industrial growth, arguing that the country should already be “the factory of Africa,” but has instead become a dumping ground for second-hand goods.

Adefarasin called for urgent reforms in education, especially in technical training, to prepare citizens for invention and manufacturing, citing China as a model.

“We have people poorer than their laborers. Nigeria must rise to become the factory of the world. But it will take men of justice and equity who devote themselves to nation-building,” he charged.