Funke Akindele Discontinues Acting to Join Politics

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Actress, Funke Akindele announced that she will put her acting career on hold, after being chosen as a running for Dr Olajide Adediran  (aka Jandor) for the governorship of Lagos under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); which is clearly a pressing job that is not easy to handle at a time.

According to The Nation, Jandor chose the well-known actress Funke Akindele on Tuesday morning to be his running mate. actress Funke Akindele stated that her acting career must be “necessarily put on hiatus” when revealing her candidacy for deputy governor. She claimed she had to make a sacrifice in order to “save” the residents of Akindele. She stated in a video posted on her Instagram page on Tuesday,

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“I am not naive of the cost of this assignment on my thriving career, which I now must put on pause.”

“It’s a huge personal sacrifice.” My resolve is that no sacrifice is too great for the actualization of the urgent mission to rescue our people and our dear state. “In response to a question about why she decided to take the position, Akindele stated:

      “I saw it as an opportunity to help liberate and improve the wellbeing of our people, particularly the deprived youth, women, and children.”

“My decision is not just to accept this huge responsibility but to also work tirelessly and complement Jandor’s burning desire to see our dear Lagos live up to its full potential.”

The Lagos native, who was born in Ikorodu, left out the name of her husband, Bello when she gave her name at the end of the video.

Her announcement comes two weeks after that her spouse, Abdulrasheed Bello, better known by his stage name, JJC Skillz, announced their separation.

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