Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Sunday, Bakare said all that the current administration does in terms of policies and programmes are tailored towards fostering corruption.
On the implementation of the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), he said the programme was another drain pipe on the nation’s economy saying it was put together to enrich members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to him, rather than build necessary public institutions that would safeguard the fight against corruption and impunity, the country has further slipped into the cesspit of the scourge as he stated that government and its functionaries look the other way rather than punish those found culpable of engaging in corrupt practices.
“The situation that we find ourselves today can be likened to that of Ali Baba and the forty thieves, in Nigeria today, it is the case of the more you steal the bolder you become to face the system which has become comatose to deal with the scourge,” Bakare said.
Bakare based his assertion on the controversy generated by the recent presidential pardon accorded former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Diepreye Alamesieghah by the National Council of State, saying it was a tacit approval that the current government supports and encourage corruption.
While refraining from making further comments on the issue, Bakare who promised to formally make the position of the group known later stated however that “It is not a question of whether Alamesieghah has stolen but what has become the lots of Bayelsa State since then.”
Lamenting the sorry state of the country, he however stated that the current political elites have demonstrated its lack of capacity to bring about the needed change that the country deserves saying, rather, what the country needed was a total cleansing of the system.
“With the way things are now, I cannot see any hope anywhere in the country except through total and thorough cleansing of the present system. It will come but the form it will take I don’t know, show me any country that has developed without such things happening, the same thing will happen here.” He said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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BAKARE, ARE you TRULY A MAN OF GOD?. SHAME ON YOU. YOU ARE PREACHING JONATHAN/BAKARE KINGDOM?.FAKE man of GOD.
ReplyDeleteAllah (God) be with you Bakare. People keep criticizing you, but that should not deter you from saying the truth. This country needs thorough cleansing by really eliminating the very bad, corrupt ones. I was somewhere this morning when I saw the younger one of one the very notorious Niger Delta militant came visiting with three (3) armed MOPOL escorts in his entourage, while millions of law-abiding Nigerians go unprotected. One begin to ask - if this government really has the interest of the ordinary Nigerian at heart? Only when you take-up arms or steal big amount of money, you stand out to be recognized. We really need not democratic set-up as it is now, but a purposeful military revolutionist, typical of the Jerry Rawlings of Ghana type, to cleans this rot.
ReplyDeletebakare who is d head of boko harm?bakare i want u to ask ur boss dis question.bakare are u a politcial or a pastor?bakare dont critisize or jurge any body.bakare if u feel dat jona is not doing well go to ur kneel pray to God on his behalf.is better than castigating his name.Gos bless u. Bless nigeria
ReplyDeletebakare who is d head of boko harm?bakare i want u to ask ur boss dis question.bakare are u a politcial or a pastor?bakare dont critisize or jurge any body.bakare if u feel dat jona is not doing well go to ur kneel pray to God on his behalf.is better than castigating his name.Gos bless u. Bless nigeria
ReplyDeletetruth must be said whether we like it or not. Gone are the days when PDP castigate Buhari of religious bigotry to paint him black. The north that normally thwart his success has learn't their lesson. Buhari may not have all it takes to wipe out this mess, but we need diamond to cut this existing diamond of corruption, all other metals will fail. GEJ is only child of circumstance been the head, the entire PDP empire is the problem. The present situation require the like of JERRY RAWLINGS of Ghana
ReplyDeleteYou fools that criticize Bakare how much have you done for this nation? This same Bakare fought for Jonathan to be sworn in as acting president during the late Yaradua's protracted illness, why are you people very unscrupulous and bias? If we should investigate you you may likely be part of those who are defrauding your company if you are employees. Probably you are ones of the government functionaries milking this nation through avarice. Men of God in the Bible rebuked leaders who erred we should drop sentiment and call a spade a spade. If Martin Luther King Jr who was a Baptist pastor didn't do what he did when he said he had a dream that one day the sons of the owners of slaves and the sons of former slaves would sit on the table of brotherhood, Obama the first black man to rule USA would not have emerged. They assassinated Luther just as you are assassinating Bakare today with your bye words, let's wait time will tell.
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