2019 Elections: Female Presidential Aspirant To Contest Under PDP

File Photo: Prof. Olufumilayo Adesanya-Davies,

A presidential aspirant, Prof. Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davies, who is a Professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State University of Education, has said she will contest under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Adesanya-Davies, who hails from Ira, Kwara State, revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Ilorin, the State capital, pleading with the National Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, to ensure that candidates emerge through free, fair and credible primaries.

She said such primaries should have credible processes to allow for quality outcome, so that PDP will not lose out but produce popular and credible candidates and emerge victorious in 2019.

She therefore, advised party delegates and electorate to concentrate on the background, personality, integrity and credibility of the individual contestants/candidates rather than on money politics, ethnic, religion, gender or even political platform, in choosing their candidates.

On the poor state of the economy, Adesanya-Davies said, “On the deteriorating state of our economy, to transform the country, proper consultation and co-ordination toward industrialisation and diversification are the way forward for the country.

“We need to fix power to be at par with oil. Nigeria, a very blessed, rich and enviable country currently being a consuming economy would have to stop. Entrepreneurship, mind-set skills to strengthen the youths and encourage skills acquisition for women, with a view to empowering the nation, is vital.”

She said further, “Again, when the woman, the mother is empowered, the whole nation prospers. I am aspiring to be the next president of Nigeria. I am out to put laughter and joy on the faces of all Nigerians. The tension is getting too much. The agenda is almost fully mapped out.

“Moreover, we have paid the price in Kwara State as the ‘State of Harmony’ and it is going to happen from the North Central by the grace and mercy of the Almighty God.”