Only poor people will go to heaven – Seun Kuti

• Seun Kuti implied that Christianity and Islam are premised in the present, therefore, those with  savings won’t make heaven because they save for the future,  believing that Jesus is not coming anytime soon
• He stated that those without savings are usually the poor ones who so much believe in heaven and badly want to see Jesus

Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has stirred up controversy with his statement that only poor people will go to heaven.

Sean Kuti argues that those who possess wealth and privilege are often blinded by their affluence, preventing them from truly understanding and acknowledging life from a religious view.

He claims that since Islam and Christianity are grounded in the present, people who have savings and bank accounts will not make heaven because they do not think that Jesus is coming “soon” and will be much concerned with saving for the future.

Kuti stated that with only 48 million out of over 200 million Nigerians having bank accounts, a good percentage of them will make heaven since they are impoverished.

During a recent appearance on the Spill With Phyna podcast, the singer stated:

“When people tried to preach to me, ‘Oh Seun, you’ve to give your life to Christ.’ I always ask them this particular question: ‘Do you have a bank account? If you do, you’re just like me. Anywhere I dey go when I die, is where you’re going.’

“Because to believe in Jesus Christ is not to believe in a man or a personality. There are doctrines behind it. You must believe in the death and resurrection. Christianity and Islam are religions of now, the immediate. Everything is based on the premise that everything will end now: Jesus Christ is coming now. If you don’t believe that Jesus Christ is coming now then you’re not a real Christian. But all of you that believe Jesus Christ is coming now, you now have bank accounts for tomorrow? You’re saving for tomorrow. That means you don’t believe Jesus Christ is coming now.

“Poor people are the ones that will go to heaven. That’s what it means. In Nigeria, it’s only 48 million Nigerians that have bank accounts. The government revealed this during COVID-19 when Nigerians were agitating for stipend to be paid to their accounts as palliatives. The government said that won’t work because only 48 million out of 200 million Nigerians have bank accounts. So, hopefully, many of those that will go to heaven will be Nigerians because they have passed the first criteria.”