Pastor Tunde Bakare has kicked against religious sentiment in politics, calling on Nigerians to prioritise nation building over ethnicity and religion.
The pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church Serving stated this during a sermon on Sunday.
Bakare, who was one of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirants, said what Nigeria needs is leadership that would work for both Christian and Muslims.
He stated this while reacting to the controversy surrounding the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s choice of running mate.
According to him: “We dream of a Nigeria in which every woman as well as every man will be able to aspire to any political office at any time without playing the ethnic card and without recourse to it’s our turn or it’s their turn.
“What we need is a New Nigeria that works for every Nigerian, Christian as well as Muslim. Nationhood, rather than divisiveness, must be the objective of every engagement.”
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