Some Nigerians Believe Prayer Can No Longer Solve Nigeria’s Problems, Action Will – Pastor Tunde Bakare

Former presidential aspirant, Pastor Tunde Bakare has come out to warn that Nigeria risks an uprising under President Bola Tinubu.

He recently had his say while addressing worshippers during his Easter State-of-the-Nation broadcast in Ikeja, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, unless the current administration changes course on security and the economy very soon, the rage of the poor might lead to all kinds of political worst-case scenarios that will threaten the peace of our dear nation.

Bakare added that some Nigerians have already concluded that we have prayed long enough, and that unless certain crucial steps are taken with immediate effect, nothing will change.

His words, “Fellow citizens, at the centre of this political banditry, is the motor park brand of politics nurtured by the old brigade politicians and, in recent times, by President Bola Tinubu.

Those responsible for steering the course of our nation lack the humility and character this moment demands…What we have seen since the beginning of the year is a descent into tyranny and the brazen abuse of power.

The stampede deaths in several cities at the end of 2024 were the most horrific climax to the economic hardships experienced by Nigerians.

The heartbreaking reports of parents throwing their children over a fence in Ibadan to ensure access to charity food distribution, leading to the deaths of over 35 children, were tragically almost reminiscent of the biblical famine in Samaria during which parents resorted to eating their children for survival.

People of faith have prayed to the point of weariness, and any call for prayer now appears to be a mere religious ritual.

Some have concluded that we have prayed long enough and that unless certain pragmatic steps are taken with immediate effect, the rage of the poor may engineer social, economic, and political worst-case scenarios

Through its actions and inactions, the National Assembly has, in effect, become the 48th member of the President’s cabinet, while a cabinet minister has, more or less, become a third-term state governor in Rivers State, pampered by the indulgences of the President.

Mr. President, it is through your influence that the Nigerian National Assembly has become a haven for legislative rascality. Mr. President, it is under your watch that the National Assembly has become an extension of the executive, grossly violating the principles of separation of powers and rubber-stamping the whims and caprices of your office, all while singing the international anthem of sycophants: “On your mandate, we shall stand.

Mr. President, thanks to your political machinations, Nigeria is now bedevilled by a captured National Assembly, the most ineffective in its checks-and-balances role since the start of the Fourth Republic. This National Assembly, the Tenth, has by its unconstitutional endorsement of the President’s abuse of powers proven to be the most spineless in our recent history.

Please, stop playing God! Nigeria is too delicate for this kind of politics.”