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| D-One listens to a question from the GDA |
Getting World famous
On-Air-Personality and Grammy Awards visitor, Otunba Dayo Adeneye (D-One) to talk after his December 2nd
fate with Nigerian politics has remained a very herculean task in the last one
month as the famous Radio and Television star has been deeply busy with several
political engagements in Ogun state after the sour experience at the poll. D-One who issued a Press statement
after the December 2, 2014 election to re-assure fans of his unalloyed loyalty
to APC, his party had equally been engaged with series of activities to boost
the chances of the party and that of Governor Ibukunle Amosun (FCA, MON) come February 14.
After several visits
to his Magodo GRA office and Mile 12 Estate home on mainland Lagos, our
team was near lucky on Sunday January 3rd when we reached his Lagos home and
his aides told us he would see us. But unknown to us, the TV buff turned
politician has left for an emergency meeting at Ijebu early in the day. We were
advised to wait “Oga will like to see you guys tonight” a clerical staff of his
campaign office assured this blog. Two hours later, information filtered in
that Otunba Dayo Adeneye has been
appointed as a member of the Governor
Ibikunle Amosun Campaign Organization (Media and Publicity). The news
elicited some celebration among his private staff and our team quickly caught
the euphoria. The Former Director of Marketing and Programs, DAAR
Communications PLC is expected to bring to bear his cognate experience in media
business and his information dissemination expertise of over two decades to
steer the campaign strategy of Governor
Amosun and the APC to garner success at the February Gubernatorial and
Presidential elections. Four hours later, the media baron turned politician
arrived with his retinue of aides from Ijebu
and one of his private staff led us from a private hotel where we were given a
room to rest into his posh apartment where his beautiful and ever cheerful
wife, Chief (Mrs.) Caroline Adeneye
(Nee Negbenebor) welcomed us and later directed us into an inner sitting room
where we had the encounter with the United Nations Ambassador of Peace and
Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) goodwill ambassador. D-One for the first time reacted to
series of issues that characterized his experience at the poll and what the
impression the experience left on him as a Nigerian. He equally told us his
very sad experience with the “United Angry Youths of Nigeria” during his
campaign tour and equally advised young people not to sell their votes come
February 2015. Enjoy the exclusive only on your Africa’s Number 1 Celebrity
encounter blog Asabeafrika.
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye with Celebrity Blogger, Gbenga Dan Asabe after the evening encounter at D-One’s Lagos appartment |
The Morning after…
D-One opened up with his next line of
action after it was discovered that the poll didn’t favor him telling Asabeafrika what actually transpired “Well,
I issued a press statement regarding my political journey so far and like I
told people I am in it for the long haul. Although events left sour taste in my
mouth like I said but I am a team player and I liken the game of politics to
the game of football; everybody is assigned a role to play; you have goal
keepers, you have defenders, you have mid-fielders, you have strikers and you
have to listen to your coaches and your team managers. The team manager picks the
team, tells the team where they want you to play; so, as a player in as much as
you might be the best striker in the world if the coach feels ‘I want you to
play left wing or I prefer you play mid-field’ that is what you do and if you
don’t play according to the team rules that means you are not a team player.
So, I am a team player and like I said, no matter what happens at the primaries,
life continues. And I also let people know the clear truth, I didn’t lose at
the primaries; no, but there was an understanding and I believe in the greater
good of the party. Party comes first before individual interest but the main
thing is that I am in it, I am not quitting politics. My life has always been
about service. Everything I have done in life had always revolved around
service, I have been a teacher, I have been on radio, I have been on TV, it has
always been about service and this time around, we have gotten a continuity
which is public service.”
action after it was discovered that the poll didn’t favor him telling Asabeafrika what actually transpired “Well,
I issued a press statement regarding my political journey so far and like I
told people I am in it for the long haul. Although events left sour taste in my
mouth like I said but I am a team player and I liken the game of politics to
the game of football; everybody is assigned a role to play; you have goal
keepers, you have defenders, you have mid-fielders, you have strikers and you
have to listen to your coaches and your team managers. The team manager picks the
team, tells the team where they want you to play; so, as a player in as much as
you might be the best striker in the world if the coach feels ‘I want you to
play left wing or I prefer you play mid-field’ that is what you do and if you
don’t play according to the team rules that means you are not a team player.
So, I am a team player and like I said, no matter what happens at the primaries,
life continues. And I also let people know the clear truth, I didn’t lose at
the primaries; no, but there was an understanding and I believe in the greater
good of the party. Party comes first before individual interest but the main
thing is that I am in it, I am not quitting politics. My life has always been
about service. Everything I have done in life had always revolved around
service, I have been a teacher, I have been on radio, I have been on TV, it has
always been about service and this time around, we have gotten a continuity
which is public service.”
“So, I want our leaders and our elders to know that the youths are very angry and come February 14 and 21 they are going to speak. They (Leaders) will hear them, they are going to vote, trust me, their voices will be heard and they will protect their votes. They will speak, I mean go on any social media; you can see the anger out there. They want “Change”, they want it now, not in four years, not in six years they want it now”.
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| The G D A and D-One gisting before the commencement of the interview |
My aim is to change how people
perceive politics…
perceive politics…
A lot of
people were quite surprised and equally displayed their surprises on twitter,
facebook and other social media platforms on how D-One treated the entire scenario of his election without making
any rancor. Some described him as a great leader while some called him a
philosopher king, The TV buff turned Politician told Asabeafrika why his action was a difference from the norm “Part of
the reason I got into politics is to actually change the way it is perceived”
D-One narrated “A greater percentage of Nigerians still believe that politics
is a dirty game, it is dirty, it is unscrupulous and unhealthy and part of that
is why I got into it; one of the reasons I got into it is to make change. Part
of that change is being able to accept the way situations are, of course things
might not go your way. Just like I said it is a team effort. I mean, look at it
this way, on any football team, there are always twenty two players but only
eleven are on the field at any given time but when that team wins, all twenty
two players get medals don’t they? All twenty two gets to lift the trophy and
that is the way I see it. You could also liken it to a boxing match, you can be
down. As long as you don’t stay down, you get up. The referee cannot count you
out. So, you are only defeated once you stay down. So, you just keep trying
until you get up. So, my goal was to just keep that perception of ‘look, accept
things and move the party forward. Move your life forward. Play politics
without bitterness, without acrimony, if you win I will say ‘congratulations to
you’ and I will support you, if I win I will be magnanimous in victory. That is
the way it supposed to be and if we don’t start doing that, we will continue to
see politics as being dirty, politics as being unhealthy and I choose to tow
that part of honor. I am a gentle man at all times and they say the true
measure of a man is not how he behaves when everything is going well but how he
behaves when all chips are down. So, I consider myself a positive role model
and I have to continue to project that, weather it is in entertainment or in
politics”.
people were quite surprised and equally displayed their surprises on twitter,
facebook and other social media platforms on how D-One treated the entire scenario of his election without making
any rancor. Some described him as a great leader while some called him a
philosopher king, The TV buff turned Politician told Asabeafrika why his action was a difference from the norm “Part of
the reason I got into politics is to actually change the way it is perceived”
D-One narrated “A greater percentage of Nigerians still believe that politics
is a dirty game, it is dirty, it is unscrupulous and unhealthy and part of that
is why I got into it; one of the reasons I got into it is to make change. Part
of that change is being able to accept the way situations are, of course things
might not go your way. Just like I said it is a team effort. I mean, look at it
this way, on any football team, there are always twenty two players but only
eleven are on the field at any given time but when that team wins, all twenty
two players get medals don’t they? All twenty two gets to lift the trophy and
that is the way I see it. You could also liken it to a boxing match, you can be
down. As long as you don’t stay down, you get up. The referee cannot count you
out. So, you are only defeated once you stay down. So, you just keep trying
until you get up. So, my goal was to just keep that perception of ‘look, accept
things and move the party forward. Move your life forward. Play politics
without bitterness, without acrimony, if you win I will say ‘congratulations to
you’ and I will support you, if I win I will be magnanimous in victory. That is
the way it supposed to be and if we don’t start doing that, we will continue to
see politics as being dirty, politics as being unhealthy and I choose to tow
that part of honor. I am a gentle man at all times and they say the true
measure of a man is not how he behaves when everything is going well but how he
behaves when all chips are down. So, I consider myself a positive role model
and I have to continue to project that, weather it is in entertainment or in
politics”.
“You drive towards Ijebu-Ode, drive towards Abeokuta, see the changes, see the road networks that have changed despite those limited resources and he is not a man known to flamboyance. If you go around you wont see any poster or bill board that ‘we erected this or I have done this or done that borehole’. The man just goes about execution and doing the job without asking for accolades. And that is what I admire most about him and that is what I admire about the administration”.
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| D-One to Asabeafrika ‘Politics can be liken to the game of football, that your team loses a match doesnt warrant you to jump team’ |
The biggest lesson the experience
taught me…
taught me…
Having gone
through the rigors of campaign and series of encounters, this blog asked D-One to tell us what is his biggest
lesson after his encounter with people outside the tube? “I have learnt to
listen more, I have learnt to listen. You know in my job we do the talking.
Everybody must listen, when you are on radio, you are the one doing the
talking, when you are on TV you are the one talking to the people and most
times they don’t get a chance to talk back. But this time around I had to be
the listener. When you tour your constituency, you will understand the enormity
of the problems at hand. When I toured my constituency, all fifteen wards, I
got to listen to the young, the old, the poor, the rich; everybody had
something to say. And as somebody offering him or herself for service, you have
to listen because that is the reason you are there, you are asking for their
votes, they will tell you their needs, they will tell you their wants, what
pains them, what ails them.
through the rigors of campaign and series of encounters, this blog asked D-One to tell us what is his biggest
lesson after his encounter with people outside the tube? “I have learnt to
listen more, I have learnt to listen. You know in my job we do the talking.
Everybody must listen, when you are on radio, you are the one doing the
talking, when you are on TV you are the one talking to the people and most
times they don’t get a chance to talk back. But this time around I had to be
the listener. When you tour your constituency, you will understand the enormity
of the problems at hand. When I toured my constituency, all fifteen wards, I
got to listen to the young, the old, the poor, the rich; everybody had
something to say. And as somebody offering him or herself for service, you have
to listen because that is the reason you are there, you are asking for their
votes, they will tell you their needs, they will tell you their wants, what
pains them, what ails them.
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye to Asabeafrika ‘My experience showed me that a lot of young people are angry with the leadership of this country and they are ready to speak angrily with their vote on February 14’ |
So, I have learnt to listen, I have learnt to
listen a lot coupled with a lot of patience. But of course people don’t know
that some things are beyond your control. What they want is what they want and
you have to understand that Nigerians have been very, very patient people, we
have been independent for over fifty something years now and we are still
looking towards the promise land. So, there is a lot of poverty out there,
there is a lot of hunger, there is a lot of anger and Nigerians want change.
So, I have learnt to become a very, very good listener. That is one of the
things politics have taught me and also I have made a lot of friends and I have
learnt that in politics, there are no friends, there are no enemies we all just
have common interests. The Yoruba says “To
ba ragba to n sare, ti ko ba le nkankan, nkankan n le” (An elder that is
running fast on his two legs must either be chasing something or something is
chasing him) so, it has taught me a lot of tolerance, a lot of patience. It has
been very interesting”
listen a lot coupled with a lot of patience. But of course people don’t know
that some things are beyond your control. What they want is what they want and
you have to understand that Nigerians have been very, very patient people, we
have been independent for over fifty something years now and we are still
looking towards the promise land. So, there is a lot of poverty out there,
there is a lot of hunger, there is a lot of anger and Nigerians want change.
So, I have learnt to become a very, very good listener. That is one of the
things politics have taught me and also I have made a lot of friends and I have
learnt that in politics, there are no friends, there are no enemies we all just
have common interests. The Yoruba says “To
ba ragba to n sare, ti ko ba le nkankan, nkankan n le” (An elder that is
running fast on his two legs must either be chasing something or something is
chasing him) so, it has taught me a lot of tolerance, a lot of patience. It has
been very interesting”
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye (D-One) cracking a joke during the course of the encounter |
The 7 year dream I didn’t tell anyone
On how his
decision to join politics came so sudden to friends and foes, D-One said
joining politics has been a long time dream “To people it might seem like
something sudden but I can tell you right now that it is something I have been
contemplating for the past seven years. I have been working towards it for the
past seven years; I have been asked severally to come and contest but just been
putting it off but the way the country is going is great concern to all and a
major reason for one to think twice. We cannot all fold our arms and sit in our
living rooms and continue to lament. Somebody has to go out there and do
something about it and my coming out is just to encourage other Nigerians be
you professional or whatever. Weather you are entertainer, a lawyer or a
business man, Nigeria is a Nigerian of ours. We all own it collectively, it is
our constitutional right to vote and be voted for. So, don’t just sit in the
beer parlor and keep complaining, the roads are bad, the light is not working,
you have a constitutional duty to go and influence that change either by voting
or by running for office, and it is your right. So, let us stop being a nation
of complainers and become a nation of doers. Go and do. So, that is what I hope
my coming out has been able to do to young people and I saw quite a lot of
them, co-aspirants and younger politicians. I saw a lot of young ones that came
and rallied round me, they said ‘Wao, we are so proud of you that you could
come around to show interest, we look up to you as you have encourage us to
stick around and do it. So, it has been really rewarding for me in that sense.
And like you noted the interactions and commendations on the net, social media
platforms like facebook, twitter everywhere; people were saying ‘look, we need
more people like you to come out”. D-One went ahead to congratulate other
celebrities who dared to go for the soap box “I want to use this opportunity to say
‘congratulations to people like Desmond
Elliot, I say congratulations to Kate
Henshaw, congratulation to 9ice
and everybody who took part in the electioneering process. I mean it takes a
lot of courage; it takes a lot of time to leave your job, to leave your work
and offer yourself for public service. Sure, people will say all sorts of
things, they will say ‘oh, they are going in their for monetary gratifications
and all that’ but hey, you are talking of people who are already accomplished,
is it a person like Kate Henshaw, is
it D-One or is it Desmond Elliot that you say they are
hungry? People should stop that notion and start to think progressively. Of course
we all have our objectives and reasons for doing something but just give us
(Celebrities) an open mind. Approach things with an open mind, we have tested
other people, why not your celebrities? People you have known, you have seen
their pedigree; you have seen their track record, why not give them a chance?”
decision to join politics came so sudden to friends and foes, D-One said
joining politics has been a long time dream “To people it might seem like
something sudden but I can tell you right now that it is something I have been
contemplating for the past seven years. I have been working towards it for the
past seven years; I have been asked severally to come and contest but just been
putting it off but the way the country is going is great concern to all and a
major reason for one to think twice. We cannot all fold our arms and sit in our
living rooms and continue to lament. Somebody has to go out there and do
something about it and my coming out is just to encourage other Nigerians be
you professional or whatever. Weather you are entertainer, a lawyer or a
business man, Nigeria is a Nigerian of ours. We all own it collectively, it is
our constitutional right to vote and be voted for. So, don’t just sit in the
beer parlor and keep complaining, the roads are bad, the light is not working,
you have a constitutional duty to go and influence that change either by voting
or by running for office, and it is your right. So, let us stop being a nation
of complainers and become a nation of doers. Go and do. So, that is what I hope
my coming out has been able to do to young people and I saw quite a lot of
them, co-aspirants and younger politicians. I saw a lot of young ones that came
and rallied round me, they said ‘Wao, we are so proud of you that you could
come around to show interest, we look up to you as you have encourage us to
stick around and do it. So, it has been really rewarding for me in that sense.
And like you noted the interactions and commendations on the net, social media
platforms like facebook, twitter everywhere; people were saying ‘look, we need
more people like you to come out”. D-One went ahead to congratulate other
celebrities who dared to go for the soap box “I want to use this opportunity to say
‘congratulations to people like Desmond
Elliot, I say congratulations to Kate
Henshaw, congratulation to 9ice
and everybody who took part in the electioneering process. I mean it takes a
lot of courage; it takes a lot of time to leave your job, to leave your work
and offer yourself for public service. Sure, people will say all sorts of
things, they will say ‘oh, they are going in their for monetary gratifications
and all that’ but hey, you are talking of people who are already accomplished,
is it a person like Kate Henshaw, is
it D-One or is it Desmond Elliot that you say they are
hungry? People should stop that notion and start to think progressively. Of course
we all have our objectives and reasons for doing something but just give us
(Celebrities) an open mind. Approach things with an open mind, we have tested
other people, why not your celebrities? People you have known, you have seen
their pedigree; you have seen their track record, why not give them a chance?”
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye (D-One) to Asabeafrika ‘In Ogun state we have a Governor that goes about turning around the state without asking for accolades’ |
3 Opposition Parties offered me
ticket but….
ticket but….
On why
unlike other politicians, D-One refused to dump APC for another party since he
waws popular and didn’t actually lose the vote in the real sense, the Ogun
state born media entrepreneur reacted to the question like this “That is
equally part of the image that we are trying to change, politics without
acrimony. If you have a philosophy you will never suffer fools gladly. You
joined this party because you believe in their manifestoes, just like you play
for a football team. You cannot say I am a member of Manchester United and
just because the team lost a match today, you now say you are going to play for
Arsenal
tomorrow, no, you are a part of the team, you have to show loyalty and
dedication to that team. So, weather they win or lose, weather they are up or
down; weather you get the ticket or you didn’t get it, you have to show some
sense of loyalty and that is the bane of our politics today; our politicians
have no loyalty to anything. It is always to their selfish interest; if I don’t
get it from APC I will get it from PDP, if I don’t get it from PDP I will jump
to LP, it is about selfish interest. That is part of what we need to change and
like I said in an earlier interview, I thought thoroughly before joining
APC. Their manifestoes matches my
aspirations and I have always supported the party; I have always been a part of
the family from the days of AC to A.C.N, we just have to change that notion of
people jumping about because of their own selfish objectives and how can you
convince me as a voter to vote for you when you are not loyal to A, how could
you be loyal to B, if you are not loyal to C how could you now be loyal to D? How
would you now be loyal to me as a voter? Yes, to answer your question properly,
I was approached. Don’t get me wrong, I was approached by two, three opposition
parties that ‘come, we will give you the ticket’ and I said ‘no’ because it is
not a do or die venture for me; I am offering to serve and I want to do it
under a certain platform and under that platform I will be able to get more
mileage for the work that I want to do. If it was about D-One or just a Dayo Adeneye
I will jump to any political party but that is not my character that is not my
personality”.
unlike other politicians, D-One refused to dump APC for another party since he
waws popular and didn’t actually lose the vote in the real sense, the Ogun
state born media entrepreneur reacted to the question like this “That is
equally part of the image that we are trying to change, politics without
acrimony. If you have a philosophy you will never suffer fools gladly. You
joined this party because you believe in their manifestoes, just like you play
for a football team. You cannot say I am a member of Manchester United and
just because the team lost a match today, you now say you are going to play for
Arsenal
tomorrow, no, you are a part of the team, you have to show loyalty and
dedication to that team. So, weather they win or lose, weather they are up or
down; weather you get the ticket or you didn’t get it, you have to show some
sense of loyalty and that is the bane of our politics today; our politicians
have no loyalty to anything. It is always to their selfish interest; if I don’t
get it from APC I will get it from PDP, if I don’t get it from PDP I will jump
to LP, it is about selfish interest. That is part of what we need to change and
like I said in an earlier interview, I thought thoroughly before joining
APC. Their manifestoes matches my
aspirations and I have always supported the party; I have always been a part of
the family from the days of AC to A.C.N, we just have to change that notion of
people jumping about because of their own selfish objectives and how can you
convince me as a voter to vote for you when you are not loyal to A, how could
you be loyal to B, if you are not loyal to C how could you now be loyal to D? How
would you now be loyal to me as a voter? Yes, to answer your question properly,
I was approached. Don’t get me wrong, I was approached by two, three opposition
parties that ‘come, we will give you the ticket’ and I said ‘no’ because it is
not a do or die venture for me; I am offering to serve and I want to do it
under a certain platform and under that platform I will be able to get more
mileage for the work that I want to do. If it was about D-One or just a Dayo Adeneye
I will jump to any political party but that is not my character that is not my
personality”.
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye (D-One) to Asabeafrika….’Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result’ |
How my friends reacted to my
political dream…
political dream…
“Yes, with a
bit of surprise” D-One responded when we this blog asked him to tell us how
friends took his action. He continued “But it is something we have always
talked about over the years because we talk about the challenges of our
political environment and people say ‘why don’t you just go ahead and do it?’
and we will say ‘aahhh, no, no, no’. So, my friends were not that surprised, a
lot of them just put words of encouragement; a lot of them offered their
support which I can’t thank them enough for. A lot of them gave gifts, posters,
stickers and all kinds of supports and of course they were bit disappointed
that we didn’t get the ticket but still just the fact that we made that
venture, what we accomplished in three months some aspirants didn’t accomplish
in three years. so, I want to say a big thank you to all my friends, my media
friends, Dr. Seye Kehinde, Kunle Bakare, Bashorun Dele Momodu, Gbenga
Dan Asabe, Azuh Arinze, Biodun
Kupoluyi and the list goes on; the support was tremendous and I am very
grateful to all of them for the words of encouragement and everything they did
for us during our campaign”
bit of surprise” D-One responded when we this blog asked him to tell us how
friends took his action. He continued “But it is something we have always
talked about over the years because we talk about the challenges of our
political environment and people say ‘why don’t you just go ahead and do it?’
and we will say ‘aahhh, no, no, no’. So, my friends were not that surprised, a
lot of them just put words of encouragement; a lot of them offered their
support which I can’t thank them enough for. A lot of them gave gifts, posters,
stickers and all kinds of supports and of course they were bit disappointed
that we didn’t get the ticket but still just the fact that we made that
venture, what we accomplished in three months some aspirants didn’t accomplish
in three years. so, I want to say a big thank you to all my friends, my media
friends, Dr. Seye Kehinde, Kunle Bakare, Bashorun Dele Momodu, Gbenga
Dan Asabe, Azuh Arinze, Biodun
Kupoluyi and the list goes on; the support was tremendous and I am very
grateful to all of them for the words of encouragement and everything they did
for us during our campaign”
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye (D-One) |
What the action cost me….
It is a
general notion that political campaigns don’t come cheap in this clime, so how
much did the entire venture cost D-One? “It is an expensive venture I won’t
deceive you; it is expensive. Quite expensive, it is an expensive process
really. We spend quite a fortune but like one of the party leaders told me,
don’t spend money you cannot afford to lose. But I don’t see it that way, what
we spent on was to impact lives. We didn’t spend it with the mentality to go
win an election. We spent it changing lives, impacting lives and that alone
make me to sleep at night and equally wake up with a smile on my face because
those people still call me till today, they call me and send me text, thanking
and appreciating my gesture. I have no regret, we are still doing it”
general notion that political campaigns don’t come cheap in this clime, so how
much did the entire venture cost D-One? “It is an expensive venture I won’t
deceive you; it is expensive. Quite expensive, it is an expensive process
really. We spend quite a fortune but like one of the party leaders told me,
don’t spend money you cannot afford to lose. But I don’t see it that way, what
we spent on was to impact lives. We didn’t spend it with the mentality to go
win an election. We spent it changing lives, impacting lives and that alone
make me to sleep at night and equally wake up with a smile on my face because
those people still call me till today, they call me and send me text, thanking
and appreciating my gesture. I have no regret, we are still doing it”
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye to Asabeafrika…..’I have always served humanity as a teacher, Radio man, On-Air-Personality and today Public Service’ |
Nigerian Youths must change their
destiny on February 14
destiny on February 14
The veteran
broadcaster cum entertainment guru gave his February 14 message to Nigerian
Youths by saying “As a concerned Nigerian, first and foremost I don’t see how
we cannot effect change. We have had the same party ruling for 16 years and
everybody sees the way the country has gone despite the enormous resources at
our beck and call. The job has not been done, all the promises they have made,
is it electricity generation? The roads, the rail system, everything has gone
bad. And look at how much we are buying the dollar as of today. So, I don’t
think any reasonable Nigerian can survive another four years of this government.
It is preposterous for anybody to contemplate keeping the status-quo. Albert Einstein once said “Insanity
is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
a different result”. So, if you keep voting this same crop of
politicians and you think something is going to change, it won’t change. So I
don’t see how any reasonable Nigerian won’t want to enact that, at least let’s
try something else. Even If it is just
four years, let’s try something else. If we try this one over and over and it
is not working, we need to try something else. So, I don’t see how any
reasonable Nigerian, any sane Nigerian will not vote for change on February 14”.
broadcaster cum entertainment guru gave his February 14 message to Nigerian
Youths by saying “As a concerned Nigerian, first and foremost I don’t see how
we cannot effect change. We have had the same party ruling for 16 years and
everybody sees the way the country has gone despite the enormous resources at
our beck and call. The job has not been done, all the promises they have made,
is it electricity generation? The roads, the rail system, everything has gone
bad. And look at how much we are buying the dollar as of today. So, I don’t
think any reasonable Nigerian can survive another four years of this government.
It is preposterous for anybody to contemplate keeping the status-quo. Albert Einstein once said “Insanity
is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
a different result”. So, if you keep voting this same crop of
politicians and you think something is going to change, it won’t change. So I
don’t see how any reasonable Nigerian won’t want to enact that, at least let’s
try something else. Even If it is just
four years, let’s try something else. If we try this one over and over and it
is not working, we need to try something else. So, I don’t see how any
reasonable Nigerian, any sane Nigerian will not vote for change on February 14”.
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye poses with some of his award plaques at home |
Now let us ask you this question, if
you are given a hundred billion naira by PDP would you vote for President
Goodluck Jonathan on February 14?
you are given a hundred billion naira by PDP would you vote for President
Goodluck Jonathan on February 14?
That does
not even come into question, in which country would I spend that hundred
billion naira? I am a Nigerian; I am going to live in this Nigeria (Countenance
Changes)
not even come into question, in which country would I spend that hundred
billion naira? I am a Nigerian; I am going to live in this Nigeria (Countenance
Changes)
Hope you are not embarrassed with the
question?
question?
No, it is a
good question because the tendency is that most of us sell our votes. But
remember that this is the same country that you will live in to spend that
money and what legacy, what country would you leave for your children? Where
are your children going to spend that hundred billion and you are selling your
birthright, you are selling your constitutional right. Let that money be used
to develop Nigeria so I can sleep well at night, I can have electricity at
night, I can have good roads to drive my nice car on. So, when I take that
hundred billion and I go and buy a Rolls Royce, on which road am I going to
drive it? And I get to the house and I have to be buying diesel everyday? That
is just insanity and that is what our leaders have been doing with all these
lootings and corruption and stealing money, you forget that you are still going
to drive on this same bad road with you and I, you are still going to fly
through the same bad airports like everybody else. So, no my brother, I
wouldn’t sell my vote for a hundred billion naira.
good question because the tendency is that most of us sell our votes. But
remember that this is the same country that you will live in to spend that
money and what legacy, what country would you leave for your children? Where
are your children going to spend that hundred billion and you are selling your
birthright, you are selling your constitutional right. Let that money be used
to develop Nigeria so I can sleep well at night, I can have electricity at
night, I can have good roads to drive my nice car on. So, when I take that
hundred billion and I go and buy a Rolls Royce, on which road am I going to
drive it? And I get to the house and I have to be buying diesel everyday? That
is just insanity and that is what our leaders have been doing with all these
lootings and corruption and stealing money, you forget that you are still going
to drive on this same bad road with you and I, you are still going to fly
through the same bad airports like everybody else. So, no my brother, I
wouldn’t sell my vote for a hundred billion naira.
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye ‘We must stop being a nation of complainers to a nation of doers’ |
Gov Amosun is a conscientious worker
D-One gave us an account of his tour
experience in Ogun state and gave a pass mark to his Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (FCA, MON) “Well,
let me tell you the truth, that administration is a workaholic administration.
The administration of Senator Ibikunle
Amosun (FCA, MON) is doing the very best they can given the limited
resources at their disposal. Ogun state happens to have one of the lowest
federal allocations but they managed to increase Internally Generated Revenue
(IGR) Ogun as a matter of fact has surpassed Lagos in terms of
industrialization. Ogun state has more industries than Lagos state now, go and
check. So, something must be working
well in Ogun state, somebody is doing something right. And our governor is doing the very best he
can given the limited resources. You drive towards Ijebu-Ode, drive towards Abeokuta,
see the changes, see the road networks that have changed despite those limited
resources and he is not a man known to flamboyance. If you go around you wont
see any poster or bill board that ‘we erected this or I have done this or done
that borehole’. The man just goes about execution and doing the job without
asking for accolades. And that is what I admire most about him and that is what
I admire about the administration”.
experience in Ogun state and gave a pass mark to his Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (FCA, MON) “Well,
let me tell you the truth, that administration is a workaholic administration.
The administration of Senator Ibikunle
Amosun (FCA, MON) is doing the very best they can given the limited
resources at their disposal. Ogun state happens to have one of the lowest
federal allocations but they managed to increase Internally Generated Revenue
(IGR) Ogun as a matter of fact has surpassed Lagos in terms of
industrialization. Ogun state has more industries than Lagos state now, go and
check. So, something must be working
well in Ogun state, somebody is doing something right. And our governor is doing the very best he
can given the limited resources. You drive towards Ijebu-Ode, drive towards Abeokuta,
see the changes, see the road networks that have changed despite those limited
resources and he is not a man known to flamboyance. If you go around you wont
see any poster or bill board that ‘we erected this or I have done this or done
that borehole’. The man just goes about execution and doing the job without
asking for accolades. And that is what I admire most about him and that is what
I admire about the administration”.
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye to Asabeafrika ‘Politics is not dirty, it is our approach to it that is dirty’ |
The Youth are very angry
On what D-One noticed during his campaign tour
of 15 wards in his Odogbolu constituency
and how he gauged the mood of the youths, he replied sharply “They are angry”.
The TV buff continued “The young people, the youth are very angry. They feel
our leaders have forsaken them, they have let them down, and they have not
fulfilled all the promises made to them. How can you ask someone to go to
school; primary, secondary up to university and graduate, serve the country
through NYSC for one year? Risk their lives in all theses dangerous states and
still come back no job. I met people who have graduated four to five years ago
and they are working on farms with their parents. I met engineers, graduates in
engineering working on farms in Ijebu
but on seeing me, some of them were delighted that “Wao”, at least somebody who
can relate to our plight is here and they said ‘please when you get there,
remember what you saw here, when you get there, remember us don’t forget us’.
And that image still hunts me till this moment. So, I want our leaders and our
elders to know that the youths are very angry and come February 14 and 21 they
are going to speak. They (Leaders) will hear them, they are going to vote,
trust me, their voices will be heard and they will protect their votes. They
will speak, I mean go on any social media; you can see the anger out there.
They want “Change”, they want it now, not in four years, not in six years they
want it now”.
of 15 wards in his Odogbolu constituency
and how he gauged the mood of the youths, he replied sharply “They are angry”.
The TV buff continued “The young people, the youth are very angry. They feel
our leaders have forsaken them, they have let them down, and they have not
fulfilled all the promises made to them. How can you ask someone to go to
school; primary, secondary up to university and graduate, serve the country
through NYSC for one year? Risk their lives in all theses dangerous states and
still come back no job. I met people who have graduated four to five years ago
and they are working on farms with their parents. I met engineers, graduates in
engineering working on farms in Ijebu
but on seeing me, some of them were delighted that “Wao”, at least somebody who
can relate to our plight is here and they said ‘please when you get there,
remember what you saw here, when you get there, remember us don’t forget us’.
And that image still hunts me till this moment. So, I want our leaders and our
elders to know that the youths are very angry and come February 14 and 21 they
are going to speak. They (Leaders) will hear them, they are going to vote,
trust me, their voices will be heard and they will protect their votes. They
will speak, I mean go on any social media; you can see the anger out there.
They want “Change”, they want it now, not in four years, not in six years they
want it now”.
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye with his lovely family of wife, Barrister Caroline Adeneye, son Bryan and 2 daughters Nicole and Ashley |
Last message to people of Ogun
“Well, as a
concerned Nigerian I want to say ‘thank you’ to my people in Ogun state for
supporting the government of APC, for your patience, your diligence and your
understanding, knowing the situation in Ogun. When you engage any Ogun state
indigene they will tell you ‘yeah, we know time has been tough and this
administration is not getting enough from the center but we can see
development, we can see what they have done. So, we have to say ‘thank you’ to
the people of Ogun state for that understanding. Like the governor said ‘It is
a mission to rebuild’ and rebuilding he is doing. And we pray and ask that the
good people of Ogun will give him that mandate to continue that re-building
process. He is doing a fantastic job of it and I dare anybody to go to Ogun
state and come back to tell me that it is not so. And for our youth, we need change at the top that is just the
simple truth. Don’t sell your votes; let your voice be heard. For all those who
went for the Abuja Immigration work exercise and lost their lives, for all
those who have graduated and gone through NYSC and have not been able to get
jobs, parading the streets everyday, the Ogogoro addicts, the lotto addicts,
this is your time, this is your chance to change your fortune forever. Don’t be
disenfranchised, don’t lose courage, and don’t lose hope. This is the time you
need to go out and let your voice be heard. Let’s not keep repeating the
process, let’s not vote on sentiments, we have tried the Ph-D holder it has not
work; we have tried religion it has not worked. Vote for change. Vote for
experience not experiment. Vote for integrity. Vote for CHANGE and APC stands
for CHANGE”.
concerned Nigerian I want to say ‘thank you’ to my people in Ogun state for
supporting the government of APC, for your patience, your diligence and your
understanding, knowing the situation in Ogun. When you engage any Ogun state
indigene they will tell you ‘yeah, we know time has been tough and this
administration is not getting enough from the center but we can see
development, we can see what they have done. So, we have to say ‘thank you’ to
the people of Ogun state for that understanding. Like the governor said ‘It is
a mission to rebuild’ and rebuilding he is doing. And we pray and ask that the
good people of Ogun will give him that mandate to continue that re-building
process. He is doing a fantastic job of it and I dare anybody to go to Ogun
state and come back to tell me that it is not so. And for our youth, we need change at the top that is just the
simple truth. Don’t sell your votes; let your voice be heard. For all those who
went for the Abuja Immigration work exercise and lost their lives, for all
those who have graduated and gone through NYSC and have not been able to get
jobs, parading the streets everyday, the Ogogoro addicts, the lotto addicts,
this is your time, this is your chance to change your fortune forever. Don’t be
disenfranchised, don’t lose courage, and don’t lose hope. This is the time you
need to go out and let your voice be heard. Let’s not keep repeating the
process, let’s not vote on sentiments, we have tried the Ph-D holder it has not
work; we have tried religion it has not worked. Vote for change. Vote for
experience not experiment. Vote for integrity. Vote for CHANGE and APC stands
for CHANGE”.
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| Otunba Dayo Adeneye talks to a fan on phone few minutes to the interview |
