𝗔 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗟𝗘𝗗𝗚𝗘. KNOWLEDGE: THE TRUE BACKBONE OF A RISING NATION 🇳🇬 Let that sink in. ▪️ We’ve built too many pulpits and not enough libraries. ▪️ We attend too many vigils but boycott science fairs. ▪️ We fast for national progress, but we refuse to study policy, technology, and innovation. 📖 Religion is personal. Knowledge is national. Religion gives hope but knowledge gives power. Knowledge builds roads, cures diseases, designs cities, powers industries, strengthens economies, and redefines global standards. South Korea was war-torn in the 1950s. ▪️ They didn’t just pray their way out. ▪️ They invested in education, technology, and human capital. ▪️ Today, Samsung, Hyundai, and LG are global giants. ▪️ Prayer rooms didn’t build them, brains did. Look around Nigeria. 🔸 We have more churches and mosques than tech hubs. 🔸 More religious gatherings than research conferences. 🔸 More pastors than inventors. 🔸 More spiritual warfare than scientific breakthroughs. Yet we import pencils. We import toothpicks. We import knowledge. No nation has ever escaped poverty without investing in education, critical thinking, and innovation. Not a single one. It’s time to redefine our priorities. 🔹 Fund schools, not just crusades. 🔹 Build labs, not just cathedrals. 🔹 Celebrate scholars, not just preachers. 🔹 Elect thinkers, not just speakers. 💡 Let our children grow up seeing that being a scientist, a teacher, a developer, a historian, or a policy analyst is as valuable, if not more than being a pulpit superstar. Religion can help us be good. But knowledge will help us become great. #risewithknowledge #educationispower #grownaija #buildthenation #naijathinkam #mindshift #digitalrevolution #beyondreligion #africarising