Grace Amah Opens Up About Her Relationship With Jimi Agbaje

Nollywood actress and mother of one Grace Amah has been off the Nigerian movie scene for a while.

In a recent interview with Encomium, she addressed reports that she is dating the Lagos PDP governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje.

Read excerpts from the exciting interview below:

What is your level of involvement in Mr Jimi Agbaje’s campaigns?
What you see drumming support for Jimi Agbaje with me and other artists is borne out of long time desire for alternative government in Lagos state.  We did not just start campaigning for Jimi Agbaje because of this election.  We started as a Non Governmental Organisation(NGO) promoting what we vision as a New Lagos where education is not a slogan but a reality.  A state that is not in the pocket of one man but a state that belongs to Lagosians who are Nigerians from different walks of life and from different parts of the country who live and pay their taxes in the state.

We desire a new Lagos where the dignity of man is of high premium and infrastructure is not only given the due attention it deserves in all nooks and crannies of the state but must be working. Lagos State has the highest internally generated revenue in the whole federation yet many social facilities are not working.

Some parts of Lagos State can be without light for months or weeks and yet nobody takes responsibility. So, our movement FOR NEW LAGOS (#4NL) started before Jimi Agbaje came into the race for governorship of the state, but his vision and manifesto encapsulates the vision of our movement and so we joined his campaign to promote his vision for the state.  So, my involvement in the campaign is as a result of the adoption of the PDP governorship candidate by my organisation #4NL.

You featured prominently in one of his commercials. How were you contracted?
All members of #4NL featured in the commercial. It’s not for one person and nobody was contracted in that sense of contract. We support what we believe will bring good life to Lagosians.  We are not rented by anybody to campaign for Jimi Agbaje. So, the issue of how much I received does not arise.

Were you paid well and can you give us an idea of your fee?
From the background I gave you above, the issue of payment is not involved. We are promoting a cause we believe will help to promote and sustain our democracy. Lagos state desires change from the present government to another government so that Lagosians will live as people with equal stake and have sense of belonging in the state.

So, you chose to work for Agbaje and not APC’s Akinwumi Ambode because he represents the Lagos of your dream?
Yes, Agbaje’s vision and manifesto fall within the purview of the vision of our Movement for a new Lagos state which is an NGO.  APC has ruled Lagos for 16 years even though under different nomenclatures, the drivers are the same. The party has done its best. We do not believe it has new ideas different from what it has promoted in the state in the past 16 years. So, we need new ideas and vision that will guarantee sense of belonging to Lagosians, irrespective of where they come from.  We believe PDP holds that key and we support a man like Jimi Agbaje whose life from childhood typifies an ordinary Lagosian.  He has the ability to drive the new vision in the state.

Some parts of Lagos State can be without light for months or weeks and yet nobody takes responsibility. So, our movement FOR NEW LAGOS (#4NL) started before Jimi Agbaje came into the race for governorship of the state, but his vision and manifesto encapsulates the vision of our movement and so we joined his campaign to promote his vision for the state.  So, my involvement in the campaign is as a result of the adoption of the PDP governorship candidate by my organisation #4NL.

You featured prominently in one of his commercials. How were you contracted?
All members of #4NL featured in the commercial. It’s not for one person and nobody was contracted in that sense of contract. We support what we believe will bring good life to Lagosians.  We are not rented by anybody to campaign for Jimi Agbaje. So, the issue of how much I received does not arise.

Were you paid well and can you give us an idea of your fee?
From the background I gave you above, the issue of payment is not involved. We are promoting a cause we believe will help to promote and sustain our democracy. Lagos state desires change from the present government to another government so that Lagosians will live as people with equal stake and have sense of belonging in the state.

So, you chose to work for Agbaje and not APC’s Akinwumi Ambode because he represents the Lagos of your dream?
Yes, Agbaje’s vision and manifesto fall within the purview of the vision of our Movement for a new Lagos state which is an NGO.  APC has ruled Lagos for 16 years even though under different nomenclatures, the drivers are the same. The party has done its best. We do not believe it has new ideas different from what it has promoted in the state in the past 16 years. So, we need new ideas and vision that will guarantee sense of belonging to Lagosians, irrespective of where they come from.  We believe PDP holds that key and we support a man like Jimi Agbaje whose life from childhood typifies an ordinary Lagosian.  He has the ability to drive the new vision in the state.