2023 Presidency: Why Buhari Should Hand Over To The South – Pastor Bakare

The Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to handover to a southerner in 2023.

The cleric told The Sun that the north cannot be left alone to dominate the rest of the nation forever.

Tunde Bakare noted that the south should be zoned the 2023 presidency by the two major political parties for the stability of Nigeria.

He said: “A Nigerian president is possible. It can be from the South, it can be from the North.

“For peaceful arrangement and for the stability of our country, even those in the North had conceded in times past when it was the southerners’ turn.

“When Obasanjo came and Yar’Adua died, a southerner still took over. A Northerner is there now. It cannot be one part of the country dominating the rest of the nation forever.

“It will not augur well for the nation. Whoever that person is, I pray he will be a pan- Nigerian to plan progress and who will think about how to move our nation forward.

“It is no brainer that someone from the North had eight years of uninterrupted tenure. Then, someone from the South should also do it.

“Fair is fair. But again, it depends on the party that will produce the president. We seem to have two major parties and that was because of the merger that took place in 2012 that produced Buhari’s presidency in 2015.

“In 2023, depending on the party that is producing who because if your party is not strong like those small parties there is no headway.

“They are just wasting time. If we are going to have two strong parties, usually you cannot determine forehand which party will win.”