Why Pastor Tunde Bakare thinks he would make a better president than Buhari
Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder and General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly in his state of the nation address on Sunday, stated why he thinks he would make a better leader than current president Muhamadu Buhari.
According to the clergyman, the administration of President Buhari anchored its policy outlook on three main thrusts, including security, job creation through diversification, and anti-corruption, yet all around us are signs of retrogression.
The following are reasons why Pastor Bakare may likely believe he would make a better president than Buhari:
Pastor Bakare speaks to God directly via prophecies:
Although The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has reacted to the declaration made by Pastor Tunde Bakare, that God has told him to run for the 2019 presidential election.
Bakare has stated that he shared twelve prophecies regarding the nature of the year 2018 as he had received from God.
According to the man of God, the tenth prophecy indicated that there will be an upsurge in the price of mineral resources as well as oil and gas in 2018. Barely had these statements been made when the price of oil topped $68 for the first time since 2015.
Bakare stated that he warned President Buhari in 2016 of the possibility of a horrendous genocide:
Pastor Bakare in his speech stated that “Mr President you ignored my advice in my private memorandum to you dated 30th July 2016. I had warned you of the possibility of a horrendous genocide in Benue, Plateau, Taraba, Southern Kaduna, and Southern Adamawa States. I asked you to be proactive and stop the genocide that has been ongoing but which would burst out in the open and shock the world within 18 months. Your office replied my letter…thanking me “immensely” and giving me the assurances that the advice would be heeded…I regret to now inform you that it is seventeen months since my warning and prediction and your government did nothing to pre-empt or prevent the genocide.
Unemployment:
Bakare could have proffered solutions to the high unemployment rate in the country.
Bakare stated that as at June 2015, the unemployment rate was 8.2% of a labour force of 74 million, meaning that about 6 million Nigerians were unemployed. By September 2017, despite such efforts as N-Powe and a range of policies aimed at improving enterprise development and facilitating job creation, the unemployment rate had risen to 18.8% of a labour force of 85.1 million[xiv], indicating that between 2015 and 2017, the number of unemployed Nigerians rose from about 6 million to almost 16 million.
Diversification: Oil continues to dominate Nigeria’s exports revenue:
Bakare spoke negatively on diversification, and on reports why oil continues to dominate Nigeria’s exports revenue, leading to the shortfall in foreign currency in the first half of this administration
According to him. Nigeria has been unable to export much beyond crude, as oil still accounts for over 90% of total exports revenue.
Ineffectiveness of the anti-corruption war:
Bakare said that “the ineffectiveness of the anti-corruption war is seen in the loss of crucial corruption cases”
“For instance, in April 2017, the federal government lost four high profile corruption cases in ninety-six hours”
“These losses are in addition to bizarre developments such as the failure of the government to confirm a substantive Chairman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), despite the fact that the same political party controls both the executive and the legislature, not to mention the public showdown between EFCC and Department of State Services (DSS) officials, or the opposition of the Director-General of the DSS to the confirmation of the Acting Chairman of the EFCC”
