April 25, (THEWILL) – It is no more business as usual at the Evelyn Joshua-led Synagogue Church of All Nations, also known as SCOAN as traders, hoteliers and businesses are gradually closing down in the once busy and bustling environment. The area, which is usually busy and traffic-prone, has gradually become a shadow of itself, following the decline of businesses due to low patronage triggered by the death of the founder of the church, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua.
All the hotels, eateries, stores, petty traders round the church are in the same situation. Many of their customers, including foreigners who used to visit the church before the death of its founder, have all left. Some members left as a result of the demise of the founder and the controversy over the church’s succession plan. It was gathered that many landlords had converted their buildings to hotels when business was booming. Some even collected loans and used them to erect state-of-the-art structures and hostels, which they rented out to worshippers who loved to live close to the church. Now that traffic has waned drastically, some landlords have put up their properties for sale while others divided their structures into smaller units, which they have now put under lease.
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