By Temidayo Akinsuyi
The presiding pastor of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has challenged President Bola Tinubu to go after subsidy thieves who have plundered the treasuries of Nigeria in the name of fuel subsidy if truly he is serious about fighting corruption.

He also admonished Tinubu to kill corruption and not Nigerians.

The cleric cum politician made these observations on Sunday while delivering his State of the Union address at his church in Lagos which was monitored by QUESTTIMES.

Recalled that the president in his nationwide address on Monday, July 31 had said subsidy monies are being funneled into the deep pockets and lavish bank accounts of a select group of individuals over the years.

In his words “For several years, I have consistently maintained the position that the fuel subsidy had to go. This once beneficial measure had outlived its usefulness. “The subsidy cost us trillions of Naira yearly. Such a vast sum of money would have been better spent on public transportation, healthcare, schools, housing, and even national security. Instead, it was being funneled into the deep pockets and lavish bank accounts of a select group of individuals,” he said.

While addressing the congregants, Bakare who asked the president some salient questions on the subsidy removal also wondered why the president has not taken any action to go after the fraudsters and recover the monies from them.

Bakare said, “Fellow Nigerians, what is further clear concerning our domestic challenges is that by imposing hardship on Nigerians, without going after those corrupt individuals, corporations, and government officials who have plundered Nigeria over the years in the name of subsidy, the president has picked the wrong fight”.

“In his Monday, July 31 2023 address to the nation, the president stated that the vast sum of money which could have been better spent on public transportation, healthcare, schools, housing, and even national security was been funneled into the deep pockets and bank accounts of some select few individuals. The president further stated that the subsidy removal policy was to stop the smuggling of money by fraudsters”.

“This compelled us to ask the following salient questions: Who are these groups of individuals into whose pockets our national treasuries have been funneled? Who are the fraudsters and smugglers that have been defrauding our nation in the name of subsidy? Who are these nameless characters that have fed fat at the expense of the poor?”

“Mr. President, are they your business partners or are they all sacred cows? Mr. President, if you are truly on the side of the poor, if you are serious about the welfare of the people, if you truly want the poor to breathe as you once said, then kill corruption and not Nigerians”.
https://thequesttimes.com/tunde-bakare-to-president-tinubu-are-subsidy-thieves-your-business-partners/

He's asking like he doesn't know.

Can a chief thief arrest or prosecute small thieves? We are not serious yet in this country. We are still living in pretency in this country.

When will Nigerians learn that the so-called subsidy thieves/cabal are boogeymen politician
uses to justify hike in petrol prices?
The reason they can't mention the names of the so-called cabal is because it is all made up.

Any politician talking about subsidy thieves is either foolish or lying.
Companies involved in importing petrol are not secret, any decent journalist
can get their list.

I know some people will start blabbing about corruption.
Is there no corruption in road construction, salary payment(ghost workers),
education and health sector?

Instead of this dubious politicians to say they want to remove subsidy because
they need more money, they lie about cabals and corruption.

They claimed subsidy is a "scam", yet the economy is crashing after removing
the so-called "scam".

I have always suspected this man to be IPOB. Now it is confirmed.

Indeed, they are his business (cocaine) partners , if not, he would have named them for the world to see...





An illegitimate president can't act beyond his spectrum!

Tinubu handle every section with cares and wiseness. Imagine he unified naira and world Bank are already praising him for it.

He Removed subsidy and we all see how IMF are also praising him for it predicting that our economy will grow faster than before.

He has paid back some loans that Jonathan borrow.

Now, he has doubled the allocations that every states receive. ( If nothing changes in your state, hold your governor responsible)

Light has been good in my area, if it's not good In Your area, hold your governor for it.

I'm very sure he is cooking new minimum wages for civil servant too.

Yoruba to Yoruba.

Watch how an!mals will start attacking Obi and Igbos

Lagos landlord miscrant will soon come here to tag this man IPOB. Very pathetic miscrants

No arrest or prosecutions until now.

Nvestor02:
Tinubu handle every section with cares and wiseness. Imagine he unified naira and world Bank are already praising him for it.

He Removed subsidy and we all see how IMF are also praising him for it predicting that our economy will grow faster than before.

He has paid back some loans that Jonathan borrow.

Now, he has doubled the allocations that every states receive. ( If nothing changes in your state, hold your governor responsible)

Light has been good in my area, if it's not good In Your area, hold your governor for it.

I'm very sure he is cooking new minimum wages for civil servant too.

I'm sorry, do you do drugs?

BoldBrainz:


I'm sorry, do you do drugs?

ivolt:
When will Nigerians learn that the so-called subsidy thieves/cabal are boogeymen politician
uses to justify hike in petrol prices?
The reason they can't mention the names of the so-called cabal is because it is all made up.

Any politician talking about subsidy thieves is either foolish or lying.
Companies involved in importing petrol are not secret, any decent journalist
can get their list.


I know some people will start blabbing about corruption.
Is there no corruption in road construction, salary payment(ghost workers),
education and health sector?

Instead of this dubious politicians to say they want to remove subsidy because
they need more money, they lie about cabals and corruption.

What is stopping you from getting the list?! Are you also afraid?

The advocacy for the removal of subsidy has been on for ages. It didn't start today. IMF, World Bank, and other reputable economic and financial institutions have advised for the removal so many times before now. This institutions have no political affiliation other than stating the obvious. You are pointless with your narrow perspective.

BoldBrainz:


I'm sorry, do you do drugs?

He does. But he took the wrong ones this time around

Zxcvbnmghtr:


What is stopping you from getting the list?! Are you also afraid?

The removal of subsidy has been on for ages. It didn't start today. IMF, World Bank, and other reputable economic and financial institutions have advised for the removal so many times before now. You are pointless with your narrow perspective.

You failed to get the point of his opinion.
You failed

As regard Tunde Bakare, lol...it seems his God has stopped talking to him or he is the one that has stopped hearing from his God. Fake Prophesy pastors.

Kukutente23:

He does. But he took the wrong ones this time around

Because my brother, the matter reach to ask o!

Zxcvbnmghtr:


What is stopping you from getting the list?! Are you also afraid?

My post was not for lazy folks.
The list of oil importers is actually public! You won't die if you search for it.

Tinubu said he could have asked for his own share of subsidy "scam".
Who exactly was he referring to? He must think we are all fools.

The removal of subsidy has been on for ages. It didn't start today. IMF, World Bank, and other reputable economic and financial institutions have advised for the removal so many times before now. You are pointless with your narrow perspective.

So because fuel subsidy removal has been on for ages, that must make it right?


IMF, "World Bank" are all profit-making loan companies who make recommendations based on their personal interests.
A loan company is interested in repayment of loans and profit for shareholders!

No country has ever developed by blindly following external advice like mumu without thinking about
domestic issues first.

ivolt:

My post was not for lazy folks.
The list of oil importers is actually public! You won't die if you search for it.

Tinubu said he could have asked for his own share of subsidy "scam".
Who exactly was he referring to? He must think we are all fools.




So because fuel subsidy removal has been on for ages, that must make it right?


IMF, "World Bank" are all profit-making loan companies who make recommendations based on their personal interests.
A loan company is interested in repayment of loans and profit for shareholders!

No country has ever developed by blindly following external advice like mumu without thinking about
domestic issues first.

You have only succeeded in repeating your narrow perspective in a different way.

Nobody is prosecuting Boko Haram sponsors talkless of subsidy thieves

ivolt:

My post was not for lazy folks.
The list of oil importers is actually public! You won't die if you search for it.

Tinubu said he could have asked for his own share of subsidy "scam".
Who exactly was he referring to? He must think we are all fools.




So because fuel subsidy removal has been on for ages, that must make it right?


IMF, "World Bank" are all profit-making loan companies who make recommendations based on their personal interests.
A loan company is interested in repayment of loans and profit for shareholders!

No country has ever developed by blindly following external advice like mumu without thinking about
domestic issues first.

“I warned that the politics of entitlement; the ’emilokan’ type of politics would breed an imperium presidency, one that would slide towards dictatorship and would be intolerant of dissent.”

Xscape1993:
Can a chief thief arrest or prosecute small thieves? We are not serious yet in this country. We are still living in pretency in this country.

Nigerians are not ready.

ivolt:
When will Nigerians learn that the so-called subsidy thieves/cabal are boogeymen politician
uses to justify hike in petrol prices?
The reason they can't mention the names of the so-called cabal is because it is all made up.

Any politician talking about subsidy thieves is either foolish or lying.
Companies involved in importing petrol are not secret, any decent journalist
can get their list.

I know some people will start blabbing about corruption.
Is there no corruption in road construction, salary payment(ghost workers),
education and health sector?

Instead of this dubious politicians to say they want to remove subsidy because
they need more money, they lie about cabals and corruption.

They claimed subsidy is a "scam", yet the economy is crashing after removing
the so-called "scam".

I'm with you on this. Those people still callect the so called subsidy but not from government anymore, but from the people. THEIR PAYMENT IS INTACT AND IT IS EVEN MORE THAN WHAT THEY USED TO COLLECT FROM THE GOVERNMENT THEN.

Another suffering praise-singer

Nvestor02:
Tinubu handle every section with cares and wiseness. Imagine he unified naira and world Bank are already praising him for it.

He Removed subsidy and we all see how IMF are also praising him for it predicting that our economy will grow faster than before.

He has paid back some loans that Jonathan borrow.

Now, he has doubled the allocations that every states receive. ( If nothing changes in your state, hold your governor responsible)

Light has been good in my area, if it's not good In Your area, hold your governor for it.

I'm very sure he is cooking new minimum wages for civil servant too.

nairavsdollars:
By Temidayo Akinsuyi
The presiding pastor of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has challenged President Bola Tinubu to go after subsidy thieves who have plundered the treasuries of Nigeria in the name of fuel subsidy if truly he is serious about fighting corruption.

He also admonished Tinubu to kill corruption and not Nigerians.

The cleric cum politician made these observations on Sunday while delivering his State of the Union address at his church in Lagos which was monitored by QUESTTIMES.

Recalled that the president in his nationwide address on Monday, July 31 had said subsidy monies are being funneled into the deep pockets and lavish bank accounts of a select group of individuals over the years.

In his words “For several years, I have consistently maintained the position that the fuel subsidy had to go. This once beneficial measure had outlived its usefulness. “The subsidy cost us trillions of Naira yearly. Such a vast sum of money would have been better spent on public transportation, healthcare, schools, housing, and even national security. Instead, it was being funneled into the deep pockets and lavish bank accounts of a select group of individuals,” he said.

While addressing the congregants, Bakare who asked the president some salient questions on the subsidy removal also wondered why the president has not taken any action to go after the fraudsters and recover the monies from them.

Bakare said, “Fellow Nigerians, what is further clear concerning our domestic challenges is that by imposing hardship on Nigerians, without going after those corrupt individuals, corporations, and government officials who have plundered Nigeria over the years in the name of subsidy, the president has picked the wrong fight”.

“In his Monday, July 31 2023 address to the nation, the president stated that the vast sum of money which could have been better spent on public transportation, healthcare, schools, housing, and even national security was been funneled into the deep pockets and bank accounts of some select few individuals. The president further stated that the subsidy removal policy was to stop the smuggling of money by fraudsters”.

“This compelled us to ask the following salient questions: Who are these groups of individuals into whose pockets our national treasuries have been funneled? Who are the fraudsters and smugglers that have been defrauding our nation in the name of subsidy? Who are these nameless characters that have fed fat at the expense of the poor?”

“Mr. President, are they your business partners or are they all sacred cows? Mr. President, if you are truly on the side of the poor, if you are serious about the welfare of the people, if you truly want the poor to breathe as you once said, then kill corruption and not Nigerians”.
https://thequesttimes.com/tunde-bakare-to-president-tinubu-are-subsidy-thieves-your-business-partners/

To whom it may concern, how him dey raise PRESIDENTIAL FORM MONEY ,every 4 + 4 ?

Nvestor02:
Tinubu handle every section with cares and wiseness. Imagine he unified naira and world Bank are already praising him for it.

He Removed subsidy and we all see how IMF are also praising him for it predicting that our economy will grow faster than before.

He has paid back some loans that Jonathan borrow.

Now, he has doubled the allocations that every states receive. ( If nothing changes in your state, hold your governor responsible)

Light has been good in my area, if it's not good In Your area, hold your governor for it.

I'm very sure he is cooking new minimum wages for civil servant too.

You seem inconsiderate, selfish and sensele*". What concerns governors with light? Electricity is the business of FG and private partnership.

Tunde Bakare is MAD He has always been. But his followers Madness is worse than his. I cannot imagine going to a Business Center called Church after the head used 100 Million Naira of Tithes and Offerings to buy Zero votes at APC Convention after his "god" told him that Buhari will handover to him.

What a useless thief