Ezekwesili Is Best Alternative To Buhari, Atiku, Tunde Bakare Announces!
The Serving Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly,
Pastor Tunde Bakare, has described the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of
Nigeria,
Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, as the best alternative to the incumbent
President Muhammadu Buhari
and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who are the foremost contenders in the February 16
presidential election.
According to the cleric, among the new crop of presidential candidates seeking
to upset the status quo, Ezekwesili has unmatched attributes needed to salvage
Nigeria.
This was contained in Bakare’s state of the nation address delivered during
the Sunday service in his church in Ogba, Lagos.
In the address, titled, ‘The prophetic portrait of Nigeria in her latter
days,’ Bakare observed that things were so bad in the country that no one,
including soldiers, would be willing to lay down their lives for the country.
Analysing the frontline candidates in the forthcoming presidential contest and
the choice before Nigerians, Bakare said, “We have heard the incumbent
(President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress) insist that Nigeria’s
current problems were created within the 16 years of the previous
administrations and that, little by little, they are working to rewrite the
narrative.
“On the other hand, we have heard the ‘Atikulated’ side of the contest argue
that the 16 years argument is now stale news. We have seen former
Vice-President
Atiku Abubakar
and his running mate, Peter Obi, of the Peoples Democratic Party downplay the
achievements of the current government.
“We have read the so-called ‘Atiku Plan,’ spanning a competitive and open
economic system, public institution reform, reduction of infrastructure
deficit, economic diversification, and human capital development. We have also
heard Atiku Abubakar’s promise to restructure the polity with a focus on
devolution of powers.”
He added, “We have seen a new generation challenging the old order and
insisting that Nigerians do not have to choose between six and half a dozen.
“We have seen Kingsley Moghalu of the Young Progressives Party project his
experience in economic management at national and international levels as he
promises better economic management and a geo-economic restructuring of
Nigeria.
“Meanwhile, Fela Durotoye of the Alliance for New Nigeria has eloquently
promised a new Nigeria where the cost of living is reduced, power, security
and health care are guaranteed, jobs are created, and law and order are
maintained.”
He went further to review the performance of
Omoyele Sowore, saying, “We have seen the likes of Omoyele Sowore of the African Action
Congress criss-cross the nation, mobilizing the young, especially students, in
his drive to take our country back.
“However, of the new breed seeking to disrupt the political space, none gives
me as much hope for the near future as does my sister,
Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili, of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria.”
Bakare identified attributes which, he said, placed Ezekwesili ahead of others
as “her brilliance, experience, sacrificial service to our nation, antecedents
at championing and executing pro-people and pro-good governance reforms,
compassionate yet dogged belief in the Nigerian potential, and her faith in
the God-ordained plan for Nigeria.”
The cleric added, “I salute her for jumping into the fray despite her
seemingly limited chances and as I have said to her in times past, come what
may, one day, and that day will come soon, we will fix this nation. One thing
is very clear in my mind: with her candidacy, no Nigerian can reasonably say
after the election that there was no credible alternative to the status quo in
2019.”
Posted in Nigeria News
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