I decided to run for office because the people who were running our affairs over several decades were not doing a good job of it. We were living thro… - Remi Sonaiya

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I decided to run for office because the people who were running our affairs over several decades were not doing a good job of it. We were living through a shameful and incongruous situation where we were known to be a country with huge resources, but where the overwhelming majority of the people lived in abject poverty... It weighed on my heart that the students I was teaching could not enjoy the same standard of education I had.

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About Remi Sonaiya

Oluremi Comfort Sonaiya (born March 2, 1955) is a Nigerian politician, educationalist and writer. She was Nigeria's only woman presidential candidate in the 2015 general election under the platform of the KOWA Party.

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Alternative Names: Olúrẹ̀mí Comfort Sónáìyà, Oluremi Comfort Sonaiya
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