Re: Nigeria Deserves A Woman For President in 2023 – Amina Mohammed

A SHORT PROFILE OF AMB. PROF. FUNMILAYO ADESANYA-DAVIES

A report by Desmond Okon on April 19, 2019 on Female Presidency in Nigeria in 2023 was titled, “Nigeria deserves a woman for president in 2023”. In the account, Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s former Minister of environment and current Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, has reportedly said that Nigeria deserves a woman for president in 2023.

“She said this at the Mo Ibrahim foundation weekend in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, during an interview with the convener, Ibrahim, when she was asked if she would consider running in the next election.

When asked when we would have a female president, she said, “In 2023…Insha Allah.” She said. On considering whether to run, Mohammed said: “Here we go again. Look, all of my life has been as a public servant, as one that serves, so that’s not a problem for me. But let me be truthful here, I have always thought that I’m appointable and not electable.

“I’m speaking as a Nigerian, not as a DSG. I think the political system that we have in our country, I believe in Democracy, but the model where we are is an incredibly difficult environment to say you would come to office through the will of the people. I think the manipulation of democracy in our countries is a very issue. I believe we have a population, as I said, with a level of literacy that can be manipulated. That’s not right.

“I think the fact that we got president Buhari in office this time was somewhat of a miracle, really, it is not easy to do it straight and narrow.” She said. In addition, Amina says “I think this is a work in progress. Democracy in my country is a work in progress. We have three arms of government, we have a federal system of government, it’s incredibly difficult, and that is why I think, I will make a really good campaign manager for the next woman president.

“Because it’s very important, we need to start from today to get a woman in power in 2023. I think there are competent Nigerians, I think that they should be mobilised to see that a woman gets into power next time. Nigeria deserves a woman, deserves a leader that can take 180 million people to the place they should be and that I can say ‘yes I know my Nigeria is the number one country in the world’ but it needs to earn it as well. And that ‘earning’ needs good leadership, and that good leadership is a Nigerian woman” she stated.

On whether there is a glass-ceiling for women given the current political system, Amina said; “I don’t think there is a glass ceiling for women. I think there is a concrete one. And we need to consistently chisel away until we find the crack and we get through it. Then we can truly say that our representation is genuine, is credible and is just.”

Reading through this account and in agreement with Amina Mohammed that, “Nigeria deserves a woman for president in 2023…Insha Allah;” may I introduce and present to you a short profile of an Amazon and the only female Presidential aspirant on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. She was the Presidential candidate (flag bearer) of Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA) in the 2019 election. We believe she is both appointable and electable.

Amb. Prof. Mercy Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies (PMA) is an household name in the annals of Nigeria politics whose exploits in the game of politics actively dominated by men could not be swept underneath. Having paid her dues in humanity services and to the nation as a whole, she has decided to venture into race for the topmost position in the Nigeria political realm being dominated mainly by men.

She is a frontline female Presidential aspirant on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the forthcoming 2023 Presidential Election in the country.She is usually being known and popularly referred to on Socio-media as PMA-CHOICE!.

A SHORT PROFILE OF AMB. PROF. FUNMILAYO ADESANYA-DAVIES

AMB. FUNMILAYO ADESANYA-DAVIES, a linguist educationist public servant since 1988, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, has served as a University lecturer and administrator for thirty-six (36) years, 1985 to-date as a consultant, researcher and activist to-date. Mercy Olufunmilayo, a multi-talented teacher of teachers is a member of POLAC Int’l Peace Advocate, who currently serves as the Country President, International director, as well as, the Deputy Chairperson on the board, serving humanity towards achieving ECOWAS millennium goals. POLAC – Positive Livelihood Award Centre, alias UN-POLAC ‘s mandate is to enhance the effectiveness of the UN millennium development goals and UNESCO Culture of Peace Programme particularly the maintenance of peace and unity in diversity.

Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies hails from Ira, Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. In the political parlance, once an ardent Member of ACCORD Party in Kwara State over the years, then a prominent People’s Democratic Party (PDP) member, and presidential aspirant in 2019, she later emerged as the presidential candidate of Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA) in the 2019 election. She is the editor and co-author of the celebrated and popular presidential endorsed book, Jonathan/ Sambo Presidency in Nigeria: A Symbol of Peace, Unity and Progress, placed by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in every University and National libraries of the Country, in line with the Commission’s continued efforts to promote publications, research quality and global visibility of academic staff in the Nigerian University System.

A credible woman of impeccable character, she believes in determination, professionalism, excellence, accomplishment and experience. One who cherishes the ideals of a democratic, free and egalitarian society, she thus emerged as the ticket bearer of MAJA and a female candidate in 2019. She is known for her leadership prowess and competence, strategic mind, ability and skills, vocal audacity, strong presence and personality. She demonstrates resilience as well as versatility, locally, nationally and internationally and political interest, education, humanitarian activities, general experience in administration, in over three decades.

Mercy Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davies with her B.A (Ife), M.A English (Ilorin), Ph.D Applied Linguistics & Communication Studies (Port Harcourt) and P.G.D.E (Port Harcourt) holds a Doctor of Divinity (D.D) and Professor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) of Northwestern Christian University, USA. She is also working currently on her second Ph.D in Clinical Linguistics and Psychology at TBU-GE, New York, USA, where she serves as an adjunct professor and consultant.

Mercy is an academic and educational consultant, on professorial cadre, at Rivers State University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, where she has lectured in language, linguistics and communication studies in the past thirty-two years. She also facilitates courses in Language and General Studies at the National Open University, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and has served on sabbatical, as Deputy Provost at Life gate College of Education, Ilorin; Kwara State, Nigeria; Dean at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Regent University of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana and a Visiting Professor to the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. Mercy, an international educationist, is an External Examiner, supervisor of Doctoral dissertations, for the School of Postgraduate Studies of one of the African number One Universities, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Mercy Davies facilitates Seminars and Workshops for Longman Pearson, Nigeria and Cinefores, Brainfriend Project, Lagos, Nigeria.

She has over one hundred national and international published articles, books and poems to her credit and has delivered several scholarly, professional and public lectures in Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, United States, Canada, etc. Mercy is a member of; The British Association for Applied Linguistics (UK), Internationale de Linguistiquee (AILA), International Phonetics Association, UK., Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN) Nigeria, The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), and Teachers Registration Council (TRC) Nigeria etc. She also serves as External Examiner supervising Doctoral dissertations for the School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Passionate about the transformation, development, progress and unity of Nigeria, she is an accomplished educationist, who believes she can boost Nigeria’s Human Capital Development Index and its Competitiveness in the area of skills and talent management. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, the Chairperson of Princess Mercy Ade-Davies International Foundation (PMADIF) is the newly appointed Country President of POLAC vying for the position of Nigeria President as the only Amazon Aspirant of Nigeria’s largest party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023.