Banky W, a well-known former actor and musician in Nigeria who is now a politician, has said that he entered politics to effect change rather than to uphold the People’s Democratic Party (PDP(past). )’s
This was stated by Banky W in an interview on Wednesday’s episode of “The Morning Show” on Arise TV.
The Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the House of Representatives for the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency said, “I have participated in nonviolent protests much like everyone else I know among my peers. I am passionate about building a better Nigeria.
However, activism and lobbying are meant to bring about betterment, so if you haven’t noticed the change you’re looking for, your activism is insufficient.
“So, for me, the message started changing from just raising awareness via activism and advocacy to saying we have to start moving from protests to politics.
“We have to start taking these energies and channeling them toward getting like-minds into the government and using that consensus of like-minds to get a change and that is where my mindset started changing and in 2018 I started feeling like the problem in Nigeria is top-down and the solution is from the bottom up.
“And I started thinking that if with my education, success, background, audience, following, and voice and I can’t stick my neck out that I can be a part of this system and can bring a solution to the table, who am I waiting for to get involved in the system?
“So, in 2018, I prayed about it and I informed my wife and what she told me was that ‘you know politics in Nigeria is dirty and I know your heart and I know the system is what it is and I don’t want anything that will soil your hands’ and I told her that the truth of the matter is politics will always be dirty and dangerous until good people start to be intentional about putting like-minds in the system.”
