2023: Pastor Bakare bids for presidency, seeks a new Nigeria

Overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has declared his intention to run for the presidency in 2023.

Bakare made this known at a Zoom event organised by the PTB4-Nigeria movement to unveil ‘Project 16’ to Nigerians in the diaspora on Saturday.

He said his mission as the 16th president of Nigeria was birthing the new Nigeria, where no one goes to bed hungry and all children have access to education.

“Against the backdrop of the prevailing state of the nation, we need a leader who can reconcile historical and current differences, reintegrate the various ethnic and religious constituent parts into true nationhood, and rebuild the broken walls of federalism while maximising Nigeria’s diverse, geo-economic potential,” he said.

“Project 16 is not just about me. It’s not just about the presidential ambition of any man. In any case, I do not have a self-generated ambition. What I do have is a vision of a new Nigeria that was birthed in me from childhood and an honest aspiration to serve as the 16th president of my beloved nation, Nigeria.

“Like Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, my childhood, upbringing and life’s journey unfolded across various contexts. I understand that part of God’s purpose for Nigeria is the actualisation of the idea that Muslims and Christians, the north and the south, can come together as one great nation under God.

“Birthing the new Nigeria is the mission of the 16th administration. The new Nigeria is a nation where no one goes to bed hungry and no child is left out of school without access to quality education; where our homes, schools, streets, highways and villages are safe and secure and Nigerians can work, play or travel with their minds at rest and go to bed with their hearts at peace.”