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| Kenny Saint Best |
Popular music artiste and Vice-President of Kennis Music, Kenny St. Best has hit the ground running as regards her political career.
The “Turn Me Around” crooner at a parley with media executives on Tuesday, October 28th, 2014, unveiled what she called the ‘KSB Transformation Galore’ which encompasses her four-point agenda, and political manifesto.
According to the gospel singer and entrepreneur, her brand of ‘KSP Politics’ is not the usual, but ‘transformation galore in her immediate community, state, and the nation.’
She also stated that her passion is to ‘put to use all talents, connections, and network of relationships God has endowed her with to transform her environment, lives of youths by empowering them to be self-sufficient financially, socially, spiritually, economically, and even politically.’
On her four points agenda, she stated, “There are myriad of problems and social issues confronting out polity as a nation at this point in time, however I understand that to be effective in executing her ‘transformation galore’ agenda, she needs to focus on a few key but critical issues that are foundational to a lasting transformation.”
She further highlights the four-point agenda as revolving around: Youth Empowerment, Women Participation in National Development and Woman in Business Support Funds, Entertainment Development, and lastly, Accountability and Probity in Government.
According to the enigmatic single parent, Youth Empowerment remains the ‘catalyst for transformational change in any country/state or community, and youths must be empowered for a sustainable socio-economic development,’ though sadly this has not been the case in Nigeria where the youths are often ‘neglected and left un-empowered’ thus making them stagnated.
KSB also pledged to champion the cause of women, every step of the way. According to her, “I’m a woman so why wouldn’t I fight for women. Women are very good managers; we go through a lot of things to make the home stand. As a matter of fact, many women even do demeaning jobs just so that they can help their husbands to shoulder responsibilities when things get too tough,” she said.
Promising to give the entertainment industry pride of place in her political pursuit, KSB wonders why successive governments have not recognized entertainment as a unique tool that can transform not just the image of the country, but also as a means of giving the GDP Revenue a base beyond the nation’s sole reliance on oil.
KSB also stated her commitment to Accountability and Probity as hallmarks of good governance as she believes that not only those who serve in government are accountable in government but should also be accountable to the people they serve.
On whether she entertains any fear due to the murky nature of politics, KSB replied with a vehement ‘No.’ she said, “My confidence is in God; it’s in the ability, grace and compassion I have to serve. My confidence is also in the service I’ve rendered in the past to the people. My confidence also lies in COSON, an association that has thousands of members and raised my hands up. There are a lot of entertainers behind me, who say they can vouch for me. It’s not just about me; I’m representing a whole lot of people, and I’m just the face,” she stated.
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