BEVERLY HILLS, August 19, (THEWILL) – The Serving Overseer of the Later Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari saying any change for good normally takes time.
Bakare, who was the running mate to Buhari during the 2011 Presidential Election under the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), spoke with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after he met behind closed doors with President Buhari for about forty-five minutes.
“I will like to appeal to all Nigerians that we should just excise a bit of patience. This change will not become chain that will tie all of us down. Change for good takes time and we should just exercise a little bit more of patience,” he said.
“We trust that government is listening and the leaders are listening too and they will respond to the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians.
“When you are driving on a wrong direction, for example, you are going to Ibadan and you face Badagry and you get to Cotonu and you realize you have gone in the wrong direction for too long a time, then you turn back and make a U-turn, there will be some suffering you have to go through.
“Pain is part of gain. No pain, no gain. The years of wastage and all that we have done wrong has finally caught up with us. All we are praying for is wisdom for this government to do things right and to do the right things. So that gradually, we can begin to come out of the woods.
“If there is anything I know about Mr. President, it is that he has a good heart. He loves this country and he wants the country to run well. But it takes time. I know we are all impatient and in a hurry and I trust we will come out of the woods.
“I just returned to the country last Friday. I am reading about it (padding controversy). I will make my decision when I have checked both sides. And I will definitely speak on that.
“That’s your opinion, not mine. And it is Mr. President’s. He can do what he likes when he likes it. He knows what he has given them (cabinet members).
“For example, I have not given any appointment to anyone so I can’t judge their performance. But if there are yardsticks and standards given to them and if they have performed below par, definitely, the president would not mind at the right time to do those things.
“I came to see the President and he is doing very well health wise. That’s all I came to do.”
Story by David Oputah.
