- Safiu Kehinde
Popular Nigerian clergyman, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu.
The former Presidential candidate visited the President at his Lagos residence.
Bakare’s visitation is coming barely two days after Tinubu hosted Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, who visited the President alongside his brother, Deji Adeleke, and Nigerian Afrobeat singer, (David Adeleke) Davido.
While the Adelekes visit was attributed to the ongoing political unrest in the state with speculations on the governor’s possible defection, the motive behind Bakare’s visit appeared unclear with the clergyman refusing to disclose what transpired between him and the President.
Speaking to newsmen after the visitation, the clergyman, who had recently criticised the Tinubu-led administration, held that what transpired during the discussion remains between him and the President remain.
“My personal vision is to see a nation that works in my lifetime. Those things I’ve discussed with Mr. President, they are not hidden things. But I’ve learnt that when you discuss with the person in charge.
“I’ve heard a private conversation with Mr. President and I’m glad he receives me well. And I trust that God will help our nation.
“What transpired in my discussion with him stays with me and with him. God guiding him and giving him wisdom will help this nation not to go down the drain but to bounce back so that he can leave a mark that cannot be erased.” He said.
On his expectations from the administration in the next two years, Bakare expressed his desire to see a peaceful nation, good collaboration between the North and the South as well as predictable progress in the nation amongst others.
“I’ll like to see a peaceful nation. I’ll like to see Nigerians being their brothers keeper. I’ll like to see good collaboration between the best of the North and the best of the South to stir Nigerians in the right direction.
“I’ll like to see predictable progress in our nation. We have danced around too many subjects for a longer time.
“It’s time to take concrete action to ensure that the masses of our country do not leave in abject poverty.” He said.