Nigerian entertainers have delved into politics and now one of them is eyeing the governorship position. Contemporary folklore singer Beautiful Nubia also known as Segun Akinlolu has expressed his desire to go into politics and make a change in Nigeria.In an interview with The Nation, the Eji Owuro singer said that he will most likely run for governor in the next elections.
He revealed this when asked if he will go into politics like other entertainers have done in the past. Read excerpts of the interview below:
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Like some entertainers, will you also delve into politics someday?
I have thought about it a lot. I don’t even like the idea of politics. I like the idea of nation building because politics has this negative connotation now, but politics is not supposed to be a negative word and that’s not my thing. I like to think of myself that if I become a politician I will be a politician that will be seen as a statesman, as a nation builder. My interest will be to find other people who are like me, who want to do something in their life time that they will be remembered for forever, who want to leave a legacy of progress through change. We started a social political movement designed to do what I have been talking about, reach the people who take care of children to tell everyone that we need to invest in our children, give them the courage they need so that in twenty years from now we can develop a new generation of leaders who can be strong.
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I think about politics all the time but I always think like: ‘where do you go?’ You will probably seems there in the next elections trying to do something, to be governor of some state or something. I am working on it because I don’t believe in just talking for the sake of talking.
There is a much respected place for somebody that is like a prophet who guides the people, a musician, writer or artist whose words beam a light on our paths. There’s a place for that and I know that is a high place and I could just stay there but I don’t think that’s going to be enough for my kind of person. If I am talking and they are listening, then great, but if you are talking and you don’t see the changes then maybe you need to get involved yourself and maybe then you will realise that you are talking nonsense or maybe then they (politicians) will realise that it can be done this way. So, I am looking at spending four years in politics and I have said it many times it won’t be more than four years because I cannot give my life to politics. If I could get a position even at the smallest level to lead some kind of change and document it and show our people what is possible. When you have honest leadership that is not focused on taking but on totally giving selflessly. Leadership is about not having so that your people can have. And at the end of the day you will be able to walk among some people freely, you may not have anything but the love in their hearts is more than all the houses in the world and that is the kind of true leadership I am saying. We have never had it in Nigeria and it pains me because our people deserve it. I think so many people there go through such a harrowing experience in their lives and it is our duty to ensure that we fix this place. So I am going to make an effort and if by fortune I get into that position, you will see a difference and you will see something that you’ve never seen before and nothing is going to seduce me to stay on. I would just like a chance to prove people wrong that certain things are not possible in this country.
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The 48-year–old singer also revealed that he would like to serve for just a single term of four years during his tenure. He also noted that he has no plans to cut off his dread locks if he eventually wins. “We vote for the guy who has nice posters because the other one doesn’t have money to make all the billboards. I keep saying it even in my music that when our people are ready for change, they will start looking beyond the surface and see the true human being. I am not going to cut my hair because of anything and you have to see the substance in the man.”So Nigerians should prepare their mind to have a rocking dreadlocks wearing governor. In December 2015, ace movie producer and director, Lancelot Imasuen charged his colleagues to be policy makers and not only entertainers used by politicians to entertain during political campaigns.
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The 48-year–old singer also revealed that he would like to serve for just a single term of four years during his tenure. He also noted that he has no plans to cut off his dread locks if he eventually wins. “We vote for the guy who has nice posters because the other one doesn’t have money to make all the billboards. I keep saying it even in my music that when our people are ready for change, they will start looking beyond the surface and see the true human being. I am not going to cut my hair because of anything and you have to see the substance in the man.”So Nigerians should prepare their mind to have a rocking dreadlocks wearing governor. In December 2015, ace movie producer and director, Lancelot Imasuen charged his colleagues to be policy makers and not only entertainers used by politicians to entertain during political campaigns.
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