The cleric made the remarks while reacting to a lady’s account of how she left a farmer who helped establish her aesthetics business because she considered him stingy, only to later regret her decision.
The lady said her former boyfriend provided her with almost everything she needed and even discouraged her from working. However, she became frustrated when he began asking her to account for how she intended to spend money she requested from him.
According to her, the farmer had asked about her weekly earnings before helping her set up the business but later started calculating her proposed expenses whenever she asked him for money.
Reacting to her experience, Pastor Dolapo argued that dating older and wealthier married men could influence how young women view money and relationships.
“When you are a young girl and you begin to date married men that are older and richer, it will do something negative to you. One of the things it will do, it will expand your appetite,” he said.
He explained that such experiences could make women consider large sums of money insignificant, even when they were still young and financially independent.
“You don’t know, you will just say, ‘What is one million?’ You are just 26, one million is a lot of money in this country to you,” he added.
The pastor also questioned the expectations of young women who wanted partners capable of buying them expensive cars such as Range Rovers, asking how many eligible single men preparing for marriage could afford such luxuries.
The lady, meanwhile, admitted that she regretted leaving the farmer and was still searching for someone like him. She also revealed that her uncle had questioned her decision, asking whether she had walked away from a man who could help her calculate the profit she made from her business capital.
When some church members responded by shouting, “Men dey,” Pastor Dolapo laughed and remarked, “You preach somewhere and they don’t accept a message, you dust your shoe.”
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