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| Rev Tunde Bakare |
The Pastor of the Latter
Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, has warned politicians that the legacy left behind
by the late Premier of the old Western Region and founder of the Unity Party of
Nigeria, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, is not for sale and cannot be bought. He said the legacy was
borne out of the late sage’s selflessness and sacrifice to make life more
abundant for his people.
The
fiery pastor said this in his sermon on Tuesday night at the thanksgiving
service held for the late wife of the late sage, Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu, at
her Ikenne country home.
Bakare
said if not for Papa Awolowo’s free education programme, he would have ended up
as a carpenter.
The Punch report continues:
He
said, “If not for Awolowo’s free education, I won’t be here tonight. I am
standing on the legacy of Awolowo. This legacy is not for sale. Due to lack of
fund, I had been withdrawn from school, and I was already an apprentice at a
carpentry shop.
“Then
when Chief Obafemi Awolowo introduced the free education programme in the
Western Region, a teacher who taught me in the primary school, and appreciated
my brilliance came looking for me and took me back to school.”
The
cleric said from all the interactions he had with the late HID Awolowo while
alive, he never heard any bad or hate word from HID against anyone.
Quoting
from Malachi 3:16-18, he urged family members and others at the service, to
fear God and avoid idle words, “because God will judge every idle word.”
He
described the late HID Awolowo as a jewel of God, whose life was spared from
deterioration, adding that she had fought a good fight and finished her course.
Bakare
urged the family members left behind by Mama and Papa Awolowo to keep their
parents’ legacy alive.
The service was attended by
the wife of the vice-president who is a grandchild of HID Awolowo, Mrs. Dolapo
Osinbajo; wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, Afenifere
chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, and Chief Olanihun Ajayi.
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