Funke Akindele reveals plan to recontest in coming 2027 elections
Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele has revealed her political aspirations, further describing her political experience. The actress turned politician called it a life-changing experience that gave her more confidence and enhanced her knowledge of national development, leadership, and administration.
Recall that the actress served as Abdulazeez Adediran’s running mate in 2023 when he stood for governor of Lagos State on behalf of the Peoples Democratic Party. However, all politically connected posts were deleted from her social media page following their defeat by Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the APC.
Funke Akindele shared her reasons for going into politics and the lessons she’s learnt during her appearance on Chude Jideonwo’s #WithChude Live chat.
She said, “I need to support others, I need to give back. That is why I went to politics. Getting into it, seeing the violence, seeing the shouting, then I started watching female politicians, you know, the way they speak, and the way they command respect and authority. And I’m like, hey, you can do it,”
“I stood, I spoke, I learnt that from there, that you have to be bold, you have to be courageous, you have to be strong, what will be will be, fear will only put you in a place.
“So all this I learnt from doing politics. And I got to know a lot of numbers, I got educated more, acquire more knowledge, you know, I’m reading more now, knowing more about my country, knowing more about my state.
“When I want to speak, I’ll speak with the statistics, you understand, with the data. So I am glad I went to politics. And ask me, am I going to do it again? Oh, yes!” she added.
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