Renowned Maser of Ceremony and Managing Director of Doxas Digital Nigeria, Mrs Adedayo Benjamin Laniyi, has said she is in the race o represent the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the senate because of her desire to pursue the course of unity among all residents of Abuja and actualize the widely held notion that the FCT is the centre of unity for all the diverse ethnic groups.
Speaking with newsmen Thursday after obtaining her Expression of Interest and Nomination form on Thursday, Laniyi explained that the unity of all Nigerians living in the FCT is non-negotiable, and pledged to give the FCT the best representation at the upper chamber of the National Assembly.
She said: “I bought my form for the whole price of N3 million, which is the rate of reference for any woman running for Senate in the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of the APC. I thank the leadership of the party for intervening on behalf of women aspirants by granting the form to us at N3 million, instead of the N20 million the party pegged it.
“I appreciate what has already been paid forbby way of the leadership of the party and through Her Excellency, the First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, who has been a strong advocate of female representation in politics for all women in Nigeria.”
Laniyi noted that she was in a good position to represent the FCT very well at the National Assembly, adding “I have raised and built skills, institutions, teams by power of leadership and distinction, and not just by leading but by working with a team to effectively deliver on expectations and results.
“The fact of my presence on this platform and running for the Senate is homage to every woman who has ever run and encouragement for any woman who has never run and for every woman who will ever like me take the gauntlet and come into the political arena.
“As a senator I shall pursue the course of unity among all residents of the FCT. The unity of all Nigerians living in the FCT is non-negotiable unity. We shall make the FCT the true center of unity for all the diverse ethnic groups living here. That translates to taking the diversity of indigenous and non-indigenous statuses and making these into a national reference of unity, faith peace and progress from everyone here in the FCT.
“I Adedayo Benjamin Laniyi, I’m in it to win it., yes I am that people’s candidate. You don’t just need a candidate; yes, I am. You don’t just need connected candidate; yes I am. You don’t just need a candidate with a visible popularity that can be tested on resilience and delivery in this FCT; yes, I am.”
