Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church,
Nigeria, PastorTunde Bakare, has obtained the N100 million presidential
Expression of Interest and Nomination forms of the ruling All Progressives
Congress.
He obtained the forms at the All Progressives Congress headquarters
in Abuja on Thursday.
The pastor would
officially declare his presidential ambition on Monday, May 9, 2022, at the
Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Central Business District in Abuja, according to a
statement,
The statement was obtained by our correspondent on Thursday.
Tunde Bakare was a former Vice-Presidential candidate to
Muhammadu Buhari during the 2011 elections under the Congress for Progressive
Change and he is also the Convener of the Save Nigeria Group.
The statement read, “Having been privileged to serve Nigeria in various nation-building capacities, I intend to take a step further in the service of our beloved country and of you, her worthy citizen, by running for the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“It is with utmost humility, therefore, that I write to
formally inform you – distinguished citizens of our nation, elder statesmen and
stateswomen, political leaders, traditional leaders, overseers of religious
establishments, members of civil society, policymakers, students, public
servants from the national and sub-national levels of government, stakeholders
from the private sector, the intelligentsia, opinion moulders, thought leaders
from various institutions of knowledge, and every Nigerian, home and abroad – of
my intention to contest.
“Propelled by the desire to rebuild Nigeria into a nation
that works for every Nigerian, I have, in the past, engaged in the political
process as running mate to President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2011 presidential
elections under the Congress for Progressive Change, and subsequently, as the
founding member of the All Progressives Congress who moved the motion for the
merger that produced the APC.
“I have also served as a leader in the civic space as the
Convener of Save Nigeria Group, a coalition of civil society groups that
facilitated the rightful recognition of President Goodluck Ebe le Jonathan,
first as Acting President, and then as substantive president, through a
grassroots people movement and high-level advocacy.
“In 2014, it was my privilege to be selected as a South-West
Delegate to the National Conference, where I proposed “The Nigerian Charter for
National Reconciliation and Integration” that was unanimously adopted and
incorporated into the final report.
“Furthermore, I have been actively involved in awakening
collective citizen ownership through the pulpit as the founding Serving
Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as The Latter
Rain Assembly.
“I have, in addition, contributed to engendering social,
political and economic shifts in Nigeria through propositional platforms,
including through such initiatives as the New Nigeria Dialogues, the inaugural
event of a think-tank I founded in 2009. I have also provided pro bono advisory
services to government institutions through key policy inputs, while fostering
coalition-building across divides, in addition to building thriving businesses
in diverse sectors.
“I have remained committed to harnessing my local and international networks, platforms and resources towards the emergence of the New Nigeria. As I offer myself to serve you and to work with you towards the peace, progress and prosperity of Nigeria, as well as the realisation of the enormous possibilities of a great nation in this decade, it would be a great privilege to welcome you as my special guest on the occasion of the formal declaration of intent.”
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