Politics
Bakare Urges Buhari To Rise Above Partisanship, Says No Ethnic Group Has The Autonomy To Rule
The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has advised president Buhari to rise above partisanship ahead of the next presidential elections.
Bakare also stressed that no particular ethnic group in Nigeria has the autonomy to rule.
The pastor said this on Sunday shortly after his address of state of the nation in Ogba area of Lagos state.
Bakare said “Time has come to sit on a table of brotherhood and that’s why I said a President like President Muhammadu Buhari must rise up above partisanship and above petty ethnic sentiments, like Abraham Lincoln, like George Washington, to say let’s sit down, Nigeria must move forward. It is bigger than any of us and it will be better for us to work together by getting the best of the North and the best of the South to think through the road path for the greatness of this nation.”
He noted that he detests the notion that persons from a particular ethnic group can not be trusted with power.
He said “I detest the saying that a particular section of this country must not be trusted with power; no! Then, we cannot live together because nobody is going to be servant of anybody.”
Bakare stressed the need for all ethnic groups to collaborate for the development of Nigeria.
“This is not time for mutual suspicion; this is a season for collaboration. All the infighting must stop; it is like father and mother are fighting and the children are confused. The season cannot afford this; let’s mend the fences. Let’s come together and let us begin to pursue a strategic objective that will set Nigeria on the path of predictable progress,” he said.
Bakare also noted that Buhari meant well for Nigeria and was not opposed to restructuring.
He said “I don’t think Buhari is against restructuring. If he is, then I wonder what legacy he wants to leave behind.
“He means well for Nigeria; he wants to leave a legacy and he is doing and trying his hardest within the available resources.
“We are trusting that he will be surrounded by capable men and there will not be mutual suspicion and mistrust among those who are closest to him so that he can focus and get the job done.”
Meanwhile, the pastor has also declared that he would succeeds Buhari in office come 2023.
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