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The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has urged youths in the country not to be discouraged from the political stage despite the “moneybags and bullion van politicians”.
Bakare, who was the vice-presidential candidate to the current president, Muhammadu Buhari, decried the refusal of old Nigerians to leave the political stage for the youths.
According to him, the “moneybags and bullion van politicians” want to be in power without considering the younger ones.
He described as a shame, the attitude of older Nigerian politicians, who he said have refused to give the youth a chance in leadership positions.
The Pastor spoke on Saturday at the launch of an autobiography, “Footsteps of a Rebel’, written by the Babanla Adinni of Egbaland, Chief Tayo Sowunmi, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to mark his 80th birthday.
It is a shame that while younger generations are taking over leadership in other countries, older generation refuses to leave the stage in Nigeria
While delivering a speech tagged ‘Worthy Nation Building Legacies By The Older Generation of Nigerians’, Bakare called for inter-generational re-integration between older and younger generations.
Bakare opined that it is part of efforts to rebuild the Nigerian nation.
He maintained that “It is a shame that while younger generations are taking over leadership in other countries, older generation refuses to leave the stage in Nigeria.”
The Pastor condemned the alleged sidestepping of the youth, saying this has hampered the development of Nigeria.
“The nation’s development has suffered because of the marginalization of the youth and the progressives who abandoned politics,” Bakare said.
While calling for generational reintegration from the households, the Ogun indigene called for the embracing of cultural values to foster nation-building.
He also suggested mentoring and leadership development for the younger generation.
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