Bakare, who stated this in a speech he delivered in Lagos yesterday titled “Roadmap to successful change” delivered by him in Lagos yesterday, said: “The promise of true federalism is contained in Article 14 of the Nigerian Charter for National Reconciliation and Integration, which was unanimously adopted and signed by the delegates to the 2014 National Conference, including myself, as the basis of our union.

“I appeal to Mr. President not to ignore the report of the 2014 National Conference.
 
“The All Progressives Congress (APC) may have refused to participate in the 2014 National Conference, but the report of that conference is completely in tandem with the APC’s manifesto. The APC’s manifesto and the report of the 2014 National Conference are a tag team in waiting, not a thesis and antithesis. Just as this government adopted the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) and the Treasury Single Account (TSA), which were conceived by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the Buhari-led government should embrace the report of the 2014 National Conference.

“That report may have been produced under a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government but it is not a PDP document. It is a Nigerian people’s document. All the delegates to the 2014 National Conference, East, West, North, and South endorsed the report without a single vote on any issue.”

Besides, he emphasised the need for Nigerians to change their ways of thinking and doing if we must witness and experience any positive change in the country.

The cleric, who said only transformed people could transform nations, faulted the present system of government, which he described as severely.

According to him: “We need to change our governance structure. The present system is severely wasteful and it will continue to generate a syndicate of scams and profligacy at all levels of government.”