Tunde Bakare to Nigerians: Reject ‘Emilokan’ Brand of Politicians *Warns against politics of entitlement *We haven’t had it this bad; ensure you vote, Catholic Bishop of Lafia tells Nigerians Segun James and Di
*We haven’t had it this bad; ensure you vote, Catholic Bishop of Lafia tells NigeriansAs Nigerians prepare to elect a new president next month, the Presiding Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church , Pastor Tunde Bakare, yesterday advised them to shun those promoting ‘emilokan’ and politics of entitlement.
The former Lagos State governor had assigned Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State to speak on how his government would address insecurity and asked the Director of Strategic Communication of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Aleke, to respond to the question on oil theft, while he delegated a former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Wale Edun, to respond to a question on how he would boost the economy if elected.
He also asked Nigerians to reject vote buyers in the 2023 elections and called for entrenchment of good politics which focuses on issues of development. “Entitlement politicians set low performance benchmarks for themselves when they secure power and are content with projecting molehills as mountains of achievement.
Bakare said politics of entitlement was not based on any ideological leaning and could lead to a dictatorship. “The agents of divisive politics do not hesitate to throw equitable representation and inclusion out the window because politics is a game of numbers to them, while a sense of inclusion is secondary.
“In addition to false premises, deceptive politicians also deploy false promises; promises they have no intention of fulfilling designed to lure unsuspecting voters. “Manipulative politicians are masters at the art of mind control. They deploy various means, from the hypnotic to the philanthropic, to maintain loyalty to such an extent that defies rationality. Such politicians are adept at state capture and the weaponisation of poverty. They loot the treasury and use the looted funds to win loyalty through acts of generosity.
“It is also common to find exploitative politicians denying the opposition legitimate use of facilities. The politics of exploitation erodes confidence in institutions. It depletes patriotism, fosters corruption, and sabotages critical sectors of the economy. “Five decades after the end of the civil war, unanswered questions that border on national reintegration continue to stare us in the face even as the true political inclusion of the south east remains a strong imperative in our quest for nationhood. “The momentum around the candidacy of the Labour Party’s Mr Peter Obi has further brought this to the fore, reminding us that, as a nation, we cannot face our future with the structural imbalances and inequities that defined our past.
“Those who adopt such a retrogressive religious paradigm that relegates development and good governance to the background have failed to see the link between the massive poverty and underdevelopment in northern Nigeria on the one hand and their brand of Islam on the other hand which is different from the type practiced by forward-thinking nations like the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.”Meanwhile, the Catholic Bishop of Lafia Diocese, Most Rev.
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