Pastor Tunde Bakare, Superintending Pastor na Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), ya cika shekaru 70 a ranar Litinin, 11 ga Nuwamba, 2024. Shugaban Najeriya, Bola Tinubu, Gwamnan jihar Legas, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, da sauran manyan mutane sun yi ta’arufa da shi a ranar haihuwarsa.
Tinubu ya yabawa Bakare a matsayin wakili na malamin gaskiya, inda ya ce Bakare ya zama abin alfahari ga al’ummar Nijeriya[1]. Sanwo-Olu ya kuma yabawa Bakare a matsayin abin alfahari na malamin addini, wanda ya yi tasiri mai girma a kan al’ummar Nijeriya ta hanyar addini da siyasa.
Bakare ya shahara da kare haƙƙin jama’a da kuma yin magana da iko, inda ya zama abin girmamawa a cikin al’ummar Nijeriya. Ya ki karɓar wasu tarin dalar Amurka da Naira Nijeriya da aka baiwa shi a matsayin tallafin siyasa da kuma tallafin kungiyar Save Nigeria Group[2].
A cikin aikinsa na shekaru, Bakare ya zama malami, mai sharhi kan zamantakewar al’umma, da kuma mai fafutuka. Ya yi aiki a matsayin wakilin Ogun State da Yoruba Elders a taron kasa na 2014, inda ya ki karɓar tallafin N12 million da aka baiwa shi[2].
Sanwo-Olu ya ce Bakare ya zama alama na ƙarfin imani da kuma aminci, wanda ya yi tasiri mai girma a kan al’ummar Nijeriya. Ya kuma yabawa Bakare a matsayin wanda ya yi tasiri a kan addini da siyasa a Nijeriya[4].
