Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, has appointed popular Nollywood actress, Laide Bakare, as his Senior Special Assistant on Entertainment, Art, Culture, and Tourism.
Gatekeepers News reports that the actress received her appointment on Thursday.
Expressing her gratitude to the governor in a post shared on her official Facebook page, Bakare described the appointment as the beginning of her political career.
“To my new boss, Governor Ademola Adeleke Imole Osun, thank you so much for the trust and opportunity to serve. I promise to deliver my best. So help me God.
“The entire good people of Osun and Nigeria at large. It’s actually a new dawn for me starting my political career from here,” she said.
