“There Is No Business Like Church Business” – Popular Nigerian Pastor

A Nigerian entrepreneur has appeared on Dragon's
Den, a reality television programme in which
budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch
their business ideas to five multi-millionaires willing
to invest their own cash.
The eloquent young man who introduced himself as
Pastor Jonah, wanted two hundred and fifty thousand
pounds to start a new Pentecostal church, and
promised returns of 500% within the first three
years.
Producers of the series described the recently filmed
episode as featuring the most incredible idea ever
brought to the show.
They said of the Nigerian entrepreneur, "He was very
confident and very smartly dressed in an Armani
suit. He was charismatic and extremely
knowledgeable of the Bible, and he appeared to have
really done his research."
His opening line was, "Brothers and sister, the Lord
has brought me here today to tell you that there is no
business like church business."
In the episode which will air next season, the
entrepreneur defends his business case by
presenting data gathered from churches in Nigeria
where he plans to setup his own church.
In a tense moment when he is being grilled by Theo
Paphitis, he asks the Dragons a rhetorical question,
"How many of you own private jets? You don't want
to miss this one," a member of the production crew
told us. She however declined to comment on the
outcome of the pitch, saying instead, "Let's just say,
the Dragons know a good investment when they see
one."
OOdera