Tunde Bakare, the serving overseer of the Citadel Global
Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, says no nation can
make considerable progress when mediocre people are at its helm of affairs.
Bakare was speaking at The Platform, an annual conference
organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, on Thursday.
The virtual event was hosted by Poju Oyemade, its convener,
and was in commemoration of the nation’s 60th independence anniversary.
According to Bakare, there was a need to ensure that the
right people are in positions of leadership in order to put the country on the
right track.
“If you compare our
performance with the nations that began this journey with us — nations like
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Korea — they’ve left us behind. We are
still in the woods and are yet to come out,” he said.
“We thank God we are still a nation and we trust God that as
we dialogue this afternoon and others bring their ideas to the table, those
that are leading us will begin to put the best of us in strategic positions to
move our nation forward.
“No nation anywhere can survive or embark on predictable
progress when mediocres are in charge.
“I’m not sure and I’m not limiting the Almighty and I hope
this will not be seen as blasphemy; I’m not sure the Bible contemplates
Nigerian leadership, because the Bible says when the blind leads the blind,
they all end up in a ditch. But we’re in a nation where the blind leads the
seeing.”
When asked what could be done to address the challenges
bedevilling the country, he explained that there was a need for a change of
orientation.
“I think we put the cart before the horse and whenever you
put the cart before the horse, there is motion backwards. We need to put the
horse before the cart. We need urgent national redemption and until that takes
place, we are just wasting our time,” he said.
Bakare also berated President Muhammadu Buhari for failing
to deliver on his campaign promises.
“The present government led by President Muhammadu Buhari
announced three critical things as their focus or agenda as they were coming
into power: security, diversified economy and fight against corruption,” he
said.
“If you look at the security archictecture, you will know
something is wrong when our soldiers from the battle line are releasing videos
of ‘we’re tired.’
“When he took the mantle of leadership and he relocated as
it were, he took the power base of the military to the war front and we all had
a sigh of relief that something was going to happen, but today, there’s so much
bloodletting and bloodshed. I’m not sure we have really won the battle against
terrorism in our country.”
On why he has not led a protest against the recent fuel
subsidy removal as he did during the previous administration under Goodluck
Jonathan, he said the protest at the time was for the “voiceless”.
“I’m not an activist.
I did not campaign against subsidy removal during Jonathan’s time; I campaigned
against oppression of the poor. We give voice to the voiceless,” Bakare said.
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