{"id":87572,"date":"2021-10-25T16:27:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T15:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=87572"},"modified":"2021-10-25T16:27:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T15:27:42","slug":"anyone-who-wants-to-lead-nigeria-must-negotiate-with-north-bakare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/anyone-who-wants-to-lead-nigeria-must-negotiate-with-north-bakare\/","title":{"rendered":"Anyone who wants to lead Nigeria must negotiate with north \u2014Bakare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1714605470465535452\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, has said that anyone who wants to lead Nigeria must negotiate with the northern part of the country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bakare who spoke to\u00a0<em>ThisDay<\/em>\u00a0stated that the \u201cnorth has a way of giving you the crown and holding the scepter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clergyman, however, said this can only change if the Nigerian Constitution, which he described as a \u201cglorified death certificate,\u201d goes through a rejig.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, \u201cThe way our country is constituted right now, no matter who wants to lead this country. Anyone that wants to lead this country right now will have to negotiate with the north and the north has a way of giving you the crown and holding the scepter and if that\u2019s going to change, our glorified death certificate called the Nigerian constitution must have to go through a rejig.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-vid-container0\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-avantisContainer0\" data-width=\"600px\" data-minwidth=\"\" data-maxwidth=\"\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-avntsPlayer0\">\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-avntsPlayer0gui\">\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-av-container\" data-width=\"600px\" data-minwidth=\"\" data-maxwidth=\"\">\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-av-inner\" data-width=\"600px\" data-minwidth=\"\" data-maxwidth=\"\">\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-slot\" data-width=\"600px\" data-minwidth=\"\" data-maxwidth=\"\">\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-videoslot\" data-width=\"600px\" data-minwidth=\"\" data-maxwidth=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-gui\">\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-timeline\">\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-timeline-buffer\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-timeline-moveto\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-timeline-progress\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-buttons\">\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-left\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-right\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-8669836611667278086gmail-anibid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI honestly will say, almost all the things that were going for the north in the days of Ahmadu Bello are no longer there. The textile industries where they dominated are not there anymore. The groundnut pyramids, etc. And what they have is what they hold. They have power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNigeria is structured in such a way that no section can win an election by itself. The southerner cannot win an election without reaching out to the north and the northerner cannot win the election without reaching out to the south.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bakare lamented that things have gone worse despite the promises made by this administration before coming into power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOur expectations were very high. Sometimes, I have sat down to think that, ah, as president, has Buhari not demystified himself, because the expectations of Nigerians were very high when he was coming to power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTo start with, the kind of ill health he had, he had never had such a thing and that affected grossly the first term. That ill health was a major thing. That he is still alive today is a miracle. If you put all the six years he has spent, other than infrastructure development, the promise he made to the public concerning Boko Haram or security, we know it has gone worse, as far as I am concerned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThey say it\u2019s not as bad as we think. But I need to be convinced. The rail track to Kaduna, a few days ago, they bombed. When my brother, Nasir el-Rufai said I should take the train to Kaduna, I said I will wait. They are trying their hardest, but no matter from which angle you\u2019re looking at it, whether it is economic, whether it is politics, whether it is security, you will have something negative to say. But it is easier to be critical than correct. I will not beat my chest until I sit on that seat and do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, has said that anyone who wants to lead Nigeria must negotiate with the northern part of the country. 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