The actor, who has been making preparations for the 2015 election has stepped up his game by obtaining a PDP nomination form in order to stand for the people of sukka/Igboeze South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives come 2015.
Okonkwo who
is also a lawyer, revealed his political intention some months back but many
did not take him serious considering the strength one has to put into campaigns
and all the behind-the-scene works involved.
However, the
actor has proved every doubters wrong as he happily took to his online campaign
site to post the following:
Join me in
thanking God for assisting me obtain my nomination form of our great party PDP
to contest for the House of Representatives to represent Nsukka/ Igboeze South
Federal Constituency. To Him be all the glory.
The actor who
is set for the political hurdle is said to be respected by all and sundry in
his local government and also in the movie industry.
Kenneth
speaks…………………………..
“My chances are very bright. First, I
believe that I am a child of grace. So by the grace of God, I will win. Second,
I love my people and my people love me. This is one of my greatest assets.
Third, our governor, Sullivan Chime has performed creditably so the people are
solidly behind him. He made a conscientious decision that every member of the
National Assembly that has served two terms should allow his brother to go.
I’m
from Nsukka/Igboeze South constituency which has produced a gentle man, Dr
Patrick Asadu from Igboeze South, as its representative for two terms. It is
now the turn of people from Nsukka Local Government, where I belong, to produce
a candidate. Dr Patrick Asadu, being a gentleman, will not likely fight his popular
governor and when it comes to Nsukka, because of the love of my people, I stand
a chance.
I also have the love of a lot of
prominent members of my party because of my modest achievements in Nollywood
and some live television appearances where we discuss national issues.
On funding,
he said;
So, I am confident I have a God that
will supply all my needs according to His riches by Christ Jesus. I have my
people that are sending me, who are supporting me both morally and financially.
I have great friends and fans supporting me. Nollywood is also behind me. Some
senior members of the bar are supporting me because of their belief that I will
contribute to the development of law if I become a lawmaker. I have some party
big wigs who are supporting me because they believe that my membership of PDP
will add value to the party. So, by the grace of God, I have a large war chest.
It would be
recalled that just recently, seasoned Actress, Clarion Chukwura lambasted all
the performers, especially Nollywood practitioners, joining partisan politics,
calling them sheer hypocrites.
Goodluck
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