Speakers at a lecture commemorating the 65th birthday of the General Overseer of the Dominion Chapel International Church, Archbishop JohnPraise Daniel, Thursday, were unanimous in endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office in 2027.
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, former presidential candidate, Pastor John Dara and Archbishop JohnPraise Daniel were emotional that the president deserves a second term in order to actualise the benefits of the ongoing reforms in the country.
Dogara, who spoke in an interview on the sideline of the event said: “This is a time for governance. Let’s give this man an opportunity to perform again for some time, and then we can make our judgment.
“But you know, entirely, it’s a political environment, so people have their own feelings or opinions about it, and you cannot stop them, because that is democracy.
“So if they feel it is time for them to endorse the president for a second time, from President Tinubu to candidate Tinubu, it’s fair enough.
“But for me, you know, I want a situation where the president can win by the power of his example, not by the example of his power; to say that I’m forcing myself because I have my hands on the levers of the coercive apparatus of state. No, but he should win on account that he has done very well, and that a lot of people in this country support him.”
A preacher of the gospel cum politician, Pastor John Dara, was blunt and described the Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration as a reformist government that needed more than four years to make his policies sustainable.
According to Dara, President Bola Tinubu has shown that he is a visionary, courageous and competent leader, calling on Nigerians to unite as a nation to renew his mandate and make it stronger and more convincing through a landslide evictory in 2027.
He said Tinubu had been very successful in containing the armed banditry in the north, and however acknowledged that there were people who think his success would confer advantage on him and are willing to put the lives of Nigerians in jeopardy with the hope of undermining his candidature.
The celebrant, Archbishop Daniel, who just clocked 65 years, said,
“I personally feel that with the steps the president has taken with a number of things going on, we believe that if given another four years, he will fulfill his dream and purpose.
“He is just two years into his government. And we are still expecting a lot more right now a bag of rice has come down to N50,000 plus, again we can see what we never saw.
“Our children in Area 1 never saw infrastructure for almost 40 years that Abuja existed, but now we have roads we are now seeing highways and insecurity are now being curbed. Now you do not have vagabond people around, the place is being developed. Not just there, all around Abuja the infrastructure is being put. So the question is why has that not been done all these years?”