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  • Edo 2024: Patience Key emerges PRP governorship candidate

    Edo 2024: Patience Key emerges PRP governorship candidate

    Patience Key on Saturday emerged as the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate to fly the party’s flag in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.

    Key was adopted by the party members and delegates in the primary election that took place at the PRP secretariat in Benin, and witnessed by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    In her acceptance speech, Key expressed her profound gratitude to the PRP for entrusting her with the monumental responsibility.

    She said that their confidence in her vision and capabilities was an honour and a call to action.

    “As we stand on the cusp of historic election, I am reminded of the immense responsibility that comes with this trust.

    “We envision an Edo state where economic diversification will fuel our growth in agriculture, technology and tourism.

    “We envision an Edo state where every child will have access to quality education and every citizen will have access to quality healthcare and economic opportunities,” she said.

    Key, who said the empowerment of women and Youth would be critical to her human capital development strategy, added that there would be an opportunity for women to participate in governance.

    She, however, promised to leverage on Diaspora expertise by tapping into the wealth of knowledge and expertise of the diaspora community to develop the state.

    According to her, “As we gear up for the governorship election, I call upon each one of you to stand with us.

    “Together, we can realise a vision of Edo State that is not only rich in natural and economic resources but also in the talents and potentials of its people,” she added.

    Patience Ndidi Key is a healthcare professional, an entrepreneur, a strategist and President, Nigerians in Diaspora Chamber of Commerce.

    She was a former chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisations, Americas (USA) and she hails from Igueben local government area of Edo State.

  • Edo 2024: I am in race to add value – PRP aspirant declares bid

    Edo 2024: I am in race to add value – PRP aspirant declares bid

    Madam Patience Key, a female aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), on Saturday formally declared her intention to run for the 2024 Edo governorship election in the state.

    Key, who announced her intention at the PRP secretariat in Benin, said she joined the race to add value to the state through collective engagement with the people.

    She disclosed that human capital development will be one critical area her administration would focus on to better the lives of every Edo citizen if elected.

    She said “human capital development is one critical area I will focus on. The human capital development will be by treating human beings right.

    “Still on human capital development, we will look at Education and build vocational skills which I call professional academy because in America, skills drive wealth.

    “My human capital development policy will start from when a child is born because that is when you shape them.

    “We need to build talents and create an enabling environment for Small businesses to thrive because business of government is to create enabling environment.

    “I will be running a model of government that would work with the private sector, SMEs to grow the Edo economy.

    The Aspirant said she wants a situation where there will be a little divide between the rural and urban economy in the state.

    Key, a former chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora, United States of America, noted that there was no reason to seek greener pastures abroad, adding that there are greener pastures here in Edo.

    “Edo gave me everything I needed to grow in life before I left for the United States. So there are greener pastures and enjoyment here too,” she added.

    Also Speaking, the State PRP Chairman, Dr. Greg Igbinomwahia, stated that Edo needed a change of Party, having been governed by APC and PDP without the desired development.

    According to him, Edo people have to take a position and vote PRP, the right party that will give the people hope.

  • 2023 Election: Former chairman NIDOA joins presidential race

    2023 Election: Former chairman NIDOA joins presidential race

    The former Chairman, Board of Directors, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA) Patience Key, has joined the presidential race by purchasing the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) expression of interest and nomination forms.

    Key, who was speaking to newsmen shortly after obtaining her nomination forms at the party national secretariat on Thursday in Abuja, said that she would prioritise tackling insecurity, poverty and injustice.

    She was accompanied to the party secretariat by her supporters from different states.

    Key said that the three agenda were in line with PRP’s constitution and programmes.

    “Number one is peace. Why I say peace is because with the chaotic situation we see ourselves, security is basic. To be able to gain peace, we need to look at the root causes of this problem.

    “We need to put together structures to be able to tackle and erase poverty in our country through education, healthcare and building structures.”

    Key, who was the first to obtain the party’s presidential nomination form, also pledged to address inequality in the country, especially gender bias facing women and marginalisation causing some parties in the country to be demanding for secession.

    “The third one is wealth creation. A nation that does not produce anything cannot grow.

    “Yes, we are the giant of Africa in terms of our population; the population alone is not going to make us what we need to be if we don’t produce; if we are not industrialised, if we don’t build capacity.

    “I believe that the number one thing is wealth creation, building the potential because Nigerian has talents.

    “We have great population and with our population, we do not need other country to survive. We just need to do the right thing and so on.”

    Key said that she decided to contest on the platform of PRP because the party had ideology and structures in the 36 states, the FCT and 777 local governments needed to win elections.

    “Also the way Nigerians are looking at the next election, it is no more just about party. They are looking at individuals. They are looking at what this person or group has for us.

    “And for the 18 political parties that we have, you see that PRP has the oldest ideology and the best identity. We have stayed on course, since inception, we have not shifted.

    She said that these and many other characteristics were presently attracting many great Nigerians to the party.

    Key commended Nigerians both within the country and those in the Diaspora for contributing toward the purchase of her nomination forms, said such gesture had energised her to join the race, adding “nothing can stop me’’.

    The Party National Secretary, Babatunde Ali assured all the aspirants of free, fair and credible primaries from where the party’s presidential candidate would emerge.

    “Our circular is already out. Our guideline is already out and it is going to be by indirect voting. Delegates are going to vote and whoever wins, I can guarantee you, PRP will give it to that person.

    “In our party, the first principle is value and quality of human beings. It does not matter if she is a woman. If she wins she will have it.”

    Ali advised aspirants running on the platform of the party not to run manifestoes that were not in line with the party’s documents.

    The documents, according to him include its constitution, programmes and principles, “which are always together’’.

    He also advised the aspirants that the party supremacy must also be honoured at all times.

    “In the Constitution of PRP, the president, the governors, elected officials and others are members of the National Working Committee and the chairman of the party is the leader,” he said.

  • 2023: Why I am running for President of Nigeria – PRP president aspirant

    2023: Why I am running for President of Nigeria – PRP president aspirant

    Mrs Patience Key, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) has opened up on why she is running for President of Nigeria in the 2023 general elections.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Mrs Key, a presidential aspirant of PRP based in the diaspora made this known in an interview in New York on Tuesday.

    Key revealed her administration will implement a 3-point agenda of peace, equity, and wealth creation (PEW) if elected in the 2023 election.

    She said as president, she would give Nigerians the room to hold her accountable for the delivery of the agenda.

    “From my vast experience, juxtaposing successful national development models across the world with Nigeria’s peculiar situation today, I have identified three core interwoven concepts.

    “I believe the concepts should constitute the focal points of the desired roadmap to Nigeria’s redemption and rapid transformation, namely, Peace, Equity, and Wealth Creation (PEW),’’ she said.

    The aspirant said she would use her leadership experience of more than 15 years in the U.S. to provide the right kind of leadership for the country.

    “As a community leader and the former Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation in the United States, I worked with fellow Nigerians and other Nigerian professionals, ethnic, religious, and business organisations.

    “I related with the government in power by virtue of my office. These interactions have given me better insights into the Nigerian nation, the issues, and governance.

    “I was equally opportune in the intervening period, to interact with individuals and groups of people from other developed nations including the United Kingdom, France, Canada, New Zealand, and Germany to name a few,’’ she said.

    She added that her leadership experience and exposure had afforded her the opportunity to critically study how nations develop, and to have an understanding of what life is like for the citizens of the developed nations.

    “I was very mature before leaving the shores of Nigeria, and I have returned home on countless occasions. That has given me the dual benefit of being in touch with the realities of our times back home.

    “That is probably why I am utterly discontented with the situation in Nigeria,’’ Key said.

    Key said the economic and security challenges in the country inspired her to declare her intention to run for the presidency in a male-dominated country as Nigeria.

    “Since our independence from the colonial masters, there have been unrests in the system which makes it look as if we are still under colonialism as opposed to freedom.

    “Nigeria has seen various leaders. And these leaders have served the country to the best of their abilities.

    “But you see, there is room for improvement in all things – leadership inclusive,’’ she said.

    She urged Nigerians to make wise, conscious, and constructive decisions as they vote in a new president in 2023 towards overcoming poverty, hunger, and the prevailing security challenges.

    “I am not a regular politician. I am a leader who understands great management. I also know that the office of the president in any nation is not gender-specific, Nigeria inclusive.

    “I see impoverishment in a nation with so much abundance, I see people die of preventable diseases, I see so much chaos and insurgency in friendly and happy communities.

    “I see communities agitating for self-determination, separatism, and referendum because the people feel marginalised, secluded, unprotected, and disrespected.

    “I see a vibrant and huge population of unemployed and brutalised youths, I see a nation whose human talents remain subservient, and a nation whose rich natural resources are used to develop the western world.

    “I see an abundantly rich nation wrongly tagged the poverty capital of the world.

    “All these and more are what inspired me to run for the President of Nigeria,’’ she said.

    Key declared her intention to run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Nov. 23, 2021, at her ancestral home, Ekekhen in Igueben Local Government Area, Edo State.