Tunde Bakare: It’s a shame on our n’assembly that US congress held hearing on Nigeria’s insecurity

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Tunde Bakare, founder of Citadel Global Community Church, has criticised the national assembly for “busying itself with politicking” while the US congress convened a hearing on the country’s worsening insecurity.

Speaking on Sunday during his state of the nation address in Lagos, Bakare said elected representatives have failed to take charge at a time citizens needed them most.

He spoke on the heels of the redesignation of Nigeria by US President Donald Trump as a ‘country of particular concern’ and the recent congressional hearing on November 20 about the rising insecurity in the country. The cleric criticised the national assembly for lacking initiative and allowing foreign legislators to lead discussions on Nigeria’s insecurity challenges. “It is a shame on our national assembly that it took the United States Congress, not the representatives elected by Nigerians, to convene a hearing on the lived experiences of citizens suffering under insecurity, while those in Abuja were busy with politicking, posturing for political relevance, and defecting from one political party to another in their desperate manoeuvres to secure their seats ahead of the 2027 elections.”

Bakare said comments made by Trump were “the most despicable language ever used by a world leader” in describing Nigeria as a “now-disgraced country”. Thecable