Founding father of the Citadel College of Authorities and Serving Overseer of the Citadel World Neighborhood Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has clarified that his latest remarks linking the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to an airline crash weren’t meant to mock victims of the October 29, 2006 ADC Airways tragedy.
The clergyman not too long ago mentioned he’s below strain to hitch the coalition-backed opposition social gathering, however he’s not keen to hitch the social gathering.
“I’m not going to participate in ADC. The final time I knew about ADC was a few aircraft that crashed. I want them nicely, as a result of we’d like a strong opposition,” he mentioned.
Addressing a information convention on Sunday, Bakare mentioned his assertion on the inaugural version of the Citadel College of Authorities Dialogue Collection on October 4 was taken out of context.
He defined that his reference to the ADC was “purely metaphorical,” aimed toward describing the instability inside some political events in Nigeria, not a reference to the aircraft crash or its victims.
“My feedback didn’t in any approach convey into the highlight the victims of the October 29, 2006 ADC Airline crash. I pray that every one these with lingering ache from that occasion will discover full therapeutic and luxury,” he mentioned.
The cleric was reacting to criticisms that trailed his comment, which some interpreted as insensitive. The 2006 ADC Airways Flight 53 crash, one in every of Nigeria’s deadliest aviation disasters, claimed 98 lives, together with that of the then Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido.
Bakare mentioned the backlash was based mostly on a misunderstanding of his phrases, stressing that his use of metaphors was no totally different from when others confer with occasions just like the Titanic tragedy for instance systemic failure.
“When one takes the ‘textual content’ out of ‘context,’ one turns into a con, noting that he solely determined to reply to guarantee accuracy and equity, he mentioned.
He additionally referenced a comment made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who reportedly joked that “the ADC crashed even earlier than it took off,” mentioning that his personal assertion predated the Senate remark and had no political undertone.
Bakare used the event to induce Nigerians to give attention to the teachings of management, accountability, and repair to the individuals.
“Let this undue controversy surrounding the ADC crash metaphor function a warning. These within the cockpit of our nation’s governance, and people attempting to vary course midair, should be taught from historical past and use energy as a platform for service reasonably than self,” Bakare said.
Reiterating his apolitical stance, Bakare emphasised that the Citadel College of Authorities, which he based in partnership with the College of Lagos Enterprise College, is a “fully non-partisan establishment” targeted on management improvement.
“Citadel College of Authorities has no affiliation in anyway with any political social gathering. It exists to boost transformational leaders who will spearhead the emergence of a knowledge-driven, service-oriented, and globally aggressive Nigeria,” he mentioned.
He additionally mirrored on his long-standing function in nationwide politics and governance, noting that regardless of his political involvement — together with serving because the working mate to former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2011 and collaborating within the formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) — he stays dedicated to nation-building above partisan pursuits.
“I’ve remained a non-partisan nation builder at coronary heart. I’ve engaged leaders throughout social gathering traces, from President Goodluck Jonathan to President Muhammadu Buhari, within the hope that collectively we are able to construct a Nigeria that works for all,” Bakare mentioned.
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