The General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community, Pastor Tunde Bakare, believes Nigeria’s economy can bounce back from rock bottom if the gap between Nigeria’s governance challenges and the leadership capacity available to solve them is fixed.

Speaking at the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement, MoA, between the University of Lagos Business School, ULBS, and the Citadel School of Government, CSG, held in Lagos on Thursday, Pastor Bakara assured that a partnership between the CSG and ULBS would bridge such gaps.

He posited that CSG would offer 87.5 per cent subsidised tuition to the pioneer class, reducing the N4 million programme value to N500,000 payable in two instalments.

“Over the years, I have been privileged to lead several strategic interventions in governance-from national protests to policy advocacy; from education sector projects to local governance capacity building; from electoral participation to high-level, behind-the-scenes, political mediation and conflict resolution.

“While ULBS provides top-rated faculty with national and global recognition, we at the CSG will supply practitioners from the world of governance — from political leadership, civil society, public administration, corporate strategy, and more — so that our students are not only taught but shown the path by those who have walked it.” Pastor Bakare said.

Recently, Pastor Bakare paid a courtesy call on President Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa with conversations focused on national development and the future of Nigeria. The clergy added that he looked forward to a peaceful and united Nigeria, calling for collaboration across regions to move the country forward.