Media personality Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, has claimed that religion is hindering Nigeria’s development.
Speaking on The Honest Bunch Podcast, he argued that religion does not produce measurable results and questioned its impact on the country’s progress.
“How is religion working for us?,” he asked.
“My problem with religion is – it has no results. Where is the prosperity? Where is the love? You say God loves us because we are religious so how come the Japanese are the ones enjoying their own heaven on earth? They are developed.
“We don’t have anything but we have this ‘God that favours us.’ However, when we truly list the things what we say favour is – prosperity, health… Did you know Nigeria has the shortest life expectancy in the world according to the 2026 statistics -54 years?
“We pay more tithes than taxes in this country yet our prayers and sacrifices don’t seem to reflect on the condition of our nation,” he said.
Daddy Freeze also compared Nigeria with countries like Japan, which he described as less religious but more developed with better living standards.
His comments have sparked conversations online about the role of religion in national development and governance.
