Tunde Bakare Knocked For Saying Nigeria Not Importing Rice Under Buhari

General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has been criticized for stating that Nigeria has not imported rice for the past three years.

Bakare, in a recent interview, had also claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari did not appoint ministers for six months because there was no money from previous administration to pay them.

“We are no longer importing rice for three years that is an incredible achievement by Buhari’s government, seventeen local government occupied by Boko Haram no longer an issue,” Bakare had said.

But reacting, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri on his Twitter page described the claims as lies.

He wrote: “Pastor Tunde Bakare should stop LYING that Nigeria under Buhari no longer imports rice. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), rice imports have increased 60% under Buhari and we will be the world’s 2nd largest importer in 2019.

“Pastor Tunde Bakare should stop LYING that Buhari met an “empty treasury”. Jonathan handed over $2.07 billion in the Excess Crude Account, $29. 6 billion Foreign Reserve and $5.2 billion in NLNG dividends for the Buhari govt. Is that ‘empty treasury’?

“Pastor Tunde Bakare should stop LYING that Buhari has cleared Boko Haram from “seventeen local governments” in Borno. As Bakare was granting that interview, Baga, Doron-Baga, Kross Kawwa, Bunduran, Kekeno and Kukawa towns are under Boko Haram/ISWAP control.”