Tunde Bakare, general overseer of
the Latter Rain Assembly, says it is too early to judge President
Muhammadu Buhari’s performance in office.
Appealing to Nigerians to exercise
patience, Bakare said there is no pain without gain.
He expressed confidence in the
abilities of Buhari to turn the country around for the better, and bring the
country “out of the woods”.
President Buhari and Pastor Bakare in Aso Rock during the Latter Rain Assembly's Pastor's visit. Photo: Vanguard |
The pastor was speaking at the
presidential villa in Abuja on Friday after holding a closed-door meeting with
Buhari.
“It’s too early and just too soon to
begin to judge. 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,”
he said.
“But it takes time. I know we are all
impatient and in a hurry and I trust we will come out of the woods.
”When you are driving on a wrong
direction, for example, you are going to Ibadan and you face Badagry, and you
get to Cotonou and you realise you have gone in the wrong direction for too
long a time, then you 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.”
When asked if the idea of cabinet
reshuffling would be necessary, the preacher said: “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. 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.”
Bakare was Buhari’s running mate in 2011 when the president
contested on the platform of the then Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
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