Nigerian singer Timi Dakolo has called out popular clergy man and general overseer of Sphere of light church, Apostle Femi Lazarus over his recent comments on gospel ministers charge for ministration in church events.
Recall that there has been conflicting opinions over whether gospel artists should have a flat rate charge to minister in churches. The debate began after Apostle Femi lazarus shared an invoice allegedly from a gospel singer, revealing extravagant demands including a $10,000 fee, a 50% non-refundable deposit, luxury travel, accommodation, which he believed were extreme for ministry work.
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In response to this, Timi Dakolo probed the credibility of the invoice , urging Nigerians to be mindful of misinformation. He wrote “Nigerians, you should not believe everything you see. Nobody has a 40-man crew in Nigeria. Name the artist in order to justify capping 😂,” he wrote on Instagram.
Following this, on March 24, Timi Dakolo took to his Instagram page to call out Apostle Femi Lazarus , criticizing his perspective and revealing that the clergy man Apostle Femi Lazarus himself charges $150 for his school of ministry which is equivalent to an estimated N 230,000 .
The singer also shared screenshots of the emails he received after applying to the school.
Taking to his social media page, he wrote “All this was said in love and with respect, sir. I am not a gospel artist but a Christian raised in church. Let’s not shift the goalpost. By your definition, if anyone charges to minister, they are not gospel artists; they are performers. And by that definition, if any preacher charges to teach and minister, they are merchants of hope and motivational speakers too.”
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“Sir, you are charging as low as 150 dollars per person for your school of ministry. Teaching and preaching Jesus. Probably having as much as 1000 students . Let’s do the maths. You even have premium and standard for God house? Are you not selling the Gift and revelation freely given to you? Again let’s not keep shifting the goal post.”
“Such hypocrisy, The school of ministry has expenses and Music creation doesn’t. Running cost important, production / promotion cost unimportant. Una well done. Most of you don’t know how much a producer charges, then the marketing, the promotion. The amount of hours it takes to finish a song. Keep shifting the goal post guys.”
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