Money Is Not My Aim For Going Into Politics - Dayo Adeneye

Leading showbiz personality, Dayo Adeneye
popularly known as D1 has said the last thing
he wants to get in politics is money, but
instead he is ready to make a CHANGE! D1
who has expressed his desire to represent
Odogbolu Constituency at the Ogun State
House of Assembly come 2015, says change
is the only thing on his mind and he is
prepared to see it happen.
“Anybody who knows me will testify that I
made money when I was young. I was a
millionaire in my 20s. I have built my houses.
Kenny and I were among the first people in
Nigeria to own Hummer Jeeps. We were also
among the first to own the latest models of
the Range Rover Sport Utility Vehicle. This is
not about boasting; I have made my mark. I
am not looking for money. Everybody knows
my pedigree. I am a hardworking person and I
have businesses in communication and
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“My campaign is funded from my private
savings account. I am not depending on
anybody to bankroll it. I am not begging
anybody for funds, though my friends and my
relations are willing to help. I am funding my
campaign from my pocket. I am going into
politics to serve. I have decided that, since my
children are in the university, now is the time
to help build my country. What future am I
going to leave for my children if they have no
country to come back to? So I am not going
into politics for money.”                              
Real reasons he is contesting;               
“Look at the rot in this country. We cannot all
just sit back in our sitting rooms and continue
to complain that the country is not good, the
roads are bad and the power sector is not
working. Somebody has to come out and do
something about these things. Now is the
time to help solve the problems in my country.
And this is why I am running for a seat in the
Ogun State House of Assembly.”
Having made an impact in the private sector
and driven by an urge to give his best to his
country, especially at the grass roots level,
Adeneye believes that he is sufficiently
qualified and equipped to lead his people.
“Anybody who knows my antecedents will tell
you that my real interest has always been to
serve this country. I came back to Nigeria at a
time most people were planning to leave. I left
a plum job in the United States to contribute
my quota to the development of the country
through the private sector. I became a part of
the change that gave birth to the African
Independent Television and Raypower FM
radio station. That was when nobody believed
in 24-hour broadcasting in Nigeria.
“When Kenny Ogungbe and I came into the
entertainment industry, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
was the highest paid musician and he was
collecting only N25,000 per show. But, today,
through our efforts we have artistes like P-
Square and Tuface Idibia who are collecting
about N10m and more, per show. If we did
these things with our own funds, imagine
what we can do if given the mandate to serve
the people.
“If we can take unemployed youths, people
like the Edrees Abdulkareem and the Tony
Tertuilas of this world from the unknown and
turn them into Nigeria’s mega-super stars
and mega-millionaires who are contributing
their quotas to nation-building and they pay
taxes, we are stimulating the economy and
creating people who are also stimulating the
economy in their own ways. Imagine that we
have the machinery of governance in our
hands, how much more that we can do for this
country. That is why I have acceded to the
requests of my people to contest for an
elective office in 2015,”