As the 2023 general election draws near, Joy Olabisi Akpaida, Head of Benin Network Centre, DAAR Communications – owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power, has shown interest to contest the Akoko- Edo constituency II, in the Edo State House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Akpaida made her intention known over the weekend while meeting with party leaders in her ward 9 and later Akoko-Edo PDP leaders where she urged leaders of the party to support her ambition and to consider the United Nations General Assembly resolution on 30% for women in leadership position.
She said that Governor Godwin Obaseki too had been an advocate of this.
Akpaida said Akoko-Edo needed someone who could attract development to the area, stressing that she was poised to develop the area and make a difference if given the opportunity to serve.
The media professional who said as a journalist with a wealth of experience, she had closely worked with the system (politics) and understood how things were being done.
She added: “As a media professional who had covered politics and closely worked with them for years, I don’t think anything is new to me. I know how the system operates; so it is for me to hit the ground running, because nothing will be strange to me. I’m
determined to bring the desired development to Akoko-Edo constituency II.”
She was thereafter prayed for by her ward 9 PDP leaders to clinch ticket of the party and in the long run win in the general election in 2023.
No fewer than four persons are jostling for the PDP ticket for Akoko-Edo constituency II with Akpaida as the only female.
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