Actress Funke Akindele puts acting career on hold

<h4><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">Nollywood actress&comma; Funke Akindele&comma; popularly known as Jenifa&comma; has announced she is putting her acting career on hold&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-28788 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;images-2022-07-12T114159&period;557-1&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Funke Akindele puts acting career on hold " width&equals;"407" height&equals;"384" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">This is coming after she was announced as the deputy gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">Taking to her Instagram page&comma; the actress explained that she is putting her acting career on hold as she wants to venture into politics to cause a change to improve the welfare of Lagosians&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;I am a Lagosian born out of Ikorodu so when the PDP gubernatorial candidate asked me to be his deputy governor I saw it as an opportunity to help liberate and improve the welfare of our people&comma; particularly the deprived youth&comma; women&comma; and girl child&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--c-contrast-800&rpar;&semi;">My decision is not only to accept this huge responsibility to see our dear Lagos live up to its full potential with the people as its immediate beneficiaries&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Over the years a lot of youths have been ignored victimised for daring to have a dream so I use this opportunity to call out all well-meaning residents of the nation&comma; especially the youths&period; It’s indeed time to use our numerical strength to our full advantage and time to rally ourselves and support our own&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;I’m not unaware of the cost of this assignment on my vibrant acting career which I must now necessarily put on hold its a huge personal sacrifice but my resolve is no sacrifice is too much for the actualisation of the urgent mission to rescue our people and dear state&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is a call I take with reverence and utmost sense of responsibility&period; Indeed we can achieve a Lagos for all our residents&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;