Super Eagles and Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, has said he formed the habit of paying tithe right from his secondary school days.

According to the 27-year-old, whenever someone gave him money as little as N5 in those days, he ensured he paid 10 per cent of the money in church.

Awoniyi made this known during an appearance on the Rash 4 Christ podcast, hosted by Super Falcons player, Rasheedat Ajibade.

He said, “For me, most things that I do, I do them from my perspective. I’m an individual who knows what he wants. For the things that were written aforetime, he says they are for our knowledge and they are for our doctrine. But when we look at the Bible, what does it say about tithing?

“For me, I’ll be honest with you, when I was in my secondary school days, if someone dashed me N5 or N20, you know how small that is, I’ll pay the tithe in church. When I didn’t even know what millions are like, dash me N5,000 or N10,000, I’ll pay the tithe in church. That’s a gift that you gave to me. That’s what I’ve been taught, and that’s what I’ve been doing growing up.”

Awoniyi further stated that his commitment to tithing cannot be affected by the idea that some pastors often misuse the money gotten from the act.

He said, “But people have come to the knowledge of ‘when you pay tithe to the pastor, he will spend it’. It’s between the pastor and God. It’s none of my own business. My own truth is that I’ve been doing it before I even became Taiwo Awoniyi of today.”