The founder of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has accused President Tinubu of nurturing a motor park brand of politics that has led to legislative rascality and the erosion of constitutional governance.
Penpushing reports that Bakare former presidential candidate, who earlier predicted that the immediate past President will hand over to him, made the accusation during his Easter Sunday state-of-the-nation broadcast in Lagos, in a critique of Nigeria’s leadership
The cleric, however, called for a change in leadership approach, warning that Nigeria is too delicate for the current brand of politics, and equally urged Tinubu to reflect on the dangers of unlimited power and to stop playing God.
Penpushing further reports Bakare who in 2022 who obtained the N100 million presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress, and scored zero votes at the party’s presidential primaries, was critical in his easter sermon
The known outspoken clergyman who was a former Vice-Presidential candidate to Muhammadu Buhari during the 2011 elections under the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) specifically referenced the Senate’s handling of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Penpushing also reports that he described the behavioir of Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi towards Oby Ezekwesili as street-level vitriol, however, highlighted the country’s dire economic situation under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
The cleric pointed out that, the government’s economic reforms have triggered unprecedented hardships, including excruciating food inflation, fuel price hikes of over 430%, and the worst cost of living crisis in a generation.
Penpushing reports that Bakare citing data from the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, noted that Nigeria now boasts one of the world’s highest misery indexes, with tens of millions pushed deeper into poverty.
The Pastor emphasised the need for empathy, methodology, transparency, and responsibility in driving reforms, and while acknowledging some successes, including a $5 billion increase in reserves, urged the administration to reimagine Nigeria’s economic path and end the suffering of its people.
‘The stampede deaths in several cities at the end of 2024 were the most horrific climax to the economic hardships experienced by Nigerians. The heartbreaking reports of parents throwing their children over a fence in Ibadan to ensure access to charity food distribution, leading to the deaths of over thirty-five children, were tragically almost reminiscent of the biblical famine in Samaria during which parents resorted to eating their children for survival,” he said.
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