Pastor Tunde Bakare, senior pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, stated on Friday that despite losing his campaign for president at the APC convention, he was not saddened by the setback.
Bakare, who spoke at the Gathering of Sons and Daughter event, organised by the CGCC Diaspora Fellowship, on Friday, August 19, 2022 in Atlanta, USA observed in his sermon, “Global mission and globalisation: Avenues for expressing the dominion mandate,” that dispersal and migration were not a “brain drain” to the country but rather an extension of its capacity to develop, exhibit, and showcase its abilities on the international arena.
While advising them to forge partnerships without compromising their morals, he advised Nigerians abroad to act honourably and to avoid disparaging Nigeria and Nigerians at home.
He emphasised that Nigeria would become the 22nd member of the G20 once she got its act together and after May 29, 2023, God’s plans for the nation would be revealed.
“I saw the train pass a second time at the APC convention, there was no name written on it. When I asked God what it meant, he told me ‘it is not over. I will be ready for you and I to face God on May 29 until then stay calm’.
“You will score zero and you will wear it as a badge of honour, you must gain strength and you must build and increase the investment in your relationships without compromising your faith. So, that when you speak against certain things, people will listen”
“Don’t look down on yourself. The G20 will have to become G22. You cannot ignore Nigeria when it turns around for good. We will sit among the brotherhood of the world.”
“I don’t call it brain drain, they will be back. They have gone to learn something and they will be back. Some will die there just as some Israelites died in the wilderness. They would have learnt something that would have let their children be better off,” he said.
