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The Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as the Latter Rain Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has urged President Bola Tinubu to tackle corruption that has ravaged Nigeria’s economy and not Nigerians.
Pastor Bakare spoke on the the fuel subsidy removal and its harsh economic impact on Nigerians
“Mr President, kill corruption, and not Nigerians. No economy can thrive on impunity.”
“Mr President, even though you have announced some palliatives, let me remind you that palliatives cannot address the root cause of the problem,” Bakare said in an ideologically charged “State of the Nation” address broadcast on Sunday.
“Therefore, we demand that you address the root cause of the problem. Take the yoke off the neck of the poor, go after the loot, recover the loot, and retool it to the benefit of Nigerians. In simple terms, Mr President, kill corruption, not Nigerians.”
Pastor Bakare also spoke on the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, noting that he may have made wrong judgement calls in the management of Nigeria’s monetary policy, he must not be made a scapegoat by the Federal Government.
He said that considering the provisions of the CBN Act 2007, there is every possibility that the erstwhile CBN governor did not act without presidential authorisation.
While the cleric maintained that Emefiele should be prosecuted if found guilty of any crime, he noted that events before the 2023 presidential election pointed to the direction of political vendetta against the suspended CBN governor by Tinubu.
Expressing optimism that God will move in Nigeria after his state of the nation broadcast, he said: “We must share what the Lord has said to us and what he has shown to us. Today’s state of the nation broadcast is a by product of what we have seen and what we have heard.
“You’re going to see God’s move in our nation after this state of the nation broadcast. Today will mark the time, day and season that God intervened in Nigeria’s affairs.”