With Cooking, Adedoyin Beats Stress

Date: 2014-03-01

Two-time minister and daughter of multi-billionaire industrialist, Chief Samuel Adedoyin, Miss Funke Adedoyin reduces the effects of stress by spending time in the kitchen.

In Kwara State, not very many women are famed in politics. But, obviously, the likes of Gbemisola Saraki, Madam Sarah Jibril and Ms Funke Adedoyin are more than prominent. They've all attained both national and international recognition, even having started from the local portal of politics.

Adedoyin, daughter of a front-line industrialist, Chief Samuel Adedoyin of Doyin Group of Companies, who served Nigeria twice as minister during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007, is notable as a political force in Kwara South.

Although some had contended that she was simply leveraging her father's philanthropy by riding on his coat tail, she has also carved a niche for herself as one of the rare Kwara women with a rather relentless commitment to the well-being of the masses, especially the women folks.

This, she has shown through her numerous empowerment schemes that have further endeared her, not only to the women folk, but to the entire people of her senatorial district and the state in general. Adedoyin, a grassroots mobilser, who has continuously maintained inter-personal relationship with her people, was appointed minister twice on the recommendation of her people.

Though some had insinuated at the time that she was not prominent in the intrigues and ongoing realignment of forces in the state where she was meant to be a factor, she readily disagreed with such assumption. For her, this is not a time to relent and as such, she is not relaxing but consolidating to ensuring that any decision taken would represent the wish and aspiration of her people.

To affirm this, she has been going between Abuja and Kwara, not just for anything but a comprehensive consultation. She would not say specifically what she may be aspiring to in later elections; she has always insisted that the wish of her people would determine her political future. But what seems obvious is that Adedoyin is already warming up to some political activities ahead of 2015.

Given this scenario, it speaks to common sense that she may not have been finding it easy, navigating the political process as well as her personal engagements. But a smart woman that she is, she has invented her own ways of unwinding. To satisfy this urge, she seems to combine a number of elements to beat stress. One, she is an avid reader of books as pastime. She claims to read all kinds of books- fiction, non-fiction, magazines, amongst others. She also loves to watch films. But not just any kind of film, she prefers the Yoruba home videos which she patronises as a form of support for the Yoruba movie industry.

She also does Zumba which is dance and a lot of aerobic. But the clincher, according to her, is cooking. This, she considers her greatest pastime.

"Cooking is my favourite form of relaxation. When I'm tired, I bake. The process of creating something to cook relaxes me," she said. Whilst it is easier to dismiss this as a pastime since the kitchen is considered the first office of every woman, Adedoyin is certainly not in the kitchen doing one thing or the other because it is incumbent on her to do so, she is there to have fun, strangely and this, she confirmed, goes a long way moderating the degree of stress she may have accumulated on the political front. Thus, baking, she was quick to say, has been part of her life. "I've been baking almost all my life- since I was in secondary school. Sometimes, I want the people to come around and eat with me and on some other occasions, I bake and send it to people."

Source

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Roseline Oni Aremu     Idofin     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Anilelerin     Buari Edun     TIIDELab     KwaraLearn     Yoruba     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Funmilayo Oniwa     Dan-Kazeem     Cassava Growers\' Association     Government High School Adeta     Kola Bukoye     Isiaka Alikinla     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Azeez Bello     Ahmed Bayero     Al-Adaby     Kawu Baraje     Garba Idris Ajia     Erubu     Aminu Ado Bayero     Kamoru Kadiri     Kwara State Polytechnic     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Kayode Zubair     Folashade Omoniyi     Chikanda     General Hospital, Ilorin     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Kwara Pdp     Taiwo Joseph     Michael Nzekwe     Kale Ayo     Buhari     Kolawole Akande     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Photo News     Awodun     Isau     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Kwha.gov.ng     Vasolar Consultoria     Alaiye     Ilorin East     Ibrahim Oniye     Elekoyangan     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Ibrahim Jawondo     Olatunde Olukoya     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Azeez Salawu     Salaudeen Oyewale     Yaru     AbdulRauf Keji     Sheikh Alimi     NFAI     Sabitiyu Grillo     Awoye     Funmilayo Zubair     Ahmad Ali     Kola Shittu     Obayomi Azeez     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Ekweremadu     Bukola Saraki     Salman Alada     Sarah Alade     KWASEIC     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Budo Egba    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

GGDSS Pakata     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Yusuf Arowosaye     Rotimi Atere     07039448763     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Eleja     Oke-Ode     Ilorin Curfew     Asa LGEA School     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     UITH     Afolayan     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Hauwa Nuru     Sabitiyu Grillo     Abiodun Oyedepo     Bolaji Abdullahi     Muhammed Akanbi     Monthly Sanitation     Emir Of Shonga     KWATMA     Saliu Ajia     Haliru Dantoro     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     AIT Ilorin     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Jawondo     Ibrahim Oniye     RTEAN     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Kola Bukoye     Abatemi-Usman     Abdulwahab Oba     Umar Saro     ER-KANG Mining     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Abdulkareem Alabi     Dan Iya     Kwara State University Of Education     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Kwara State Polytechnic     Alfa Belgore     Muhammadu Gobir     Baba Idris     John Obuh     Elections     Aliyu Adebayo     Isau     Tunji Oyawoye     Aminu Adisa Logun     Yusuf Aiyedun     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Alimi     Oyedepo     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Mahee Abdulkadir     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Charcoal     AGILE Programme     Bashir Badawi     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Okedare     Suleman Abubakar     Sola Saraki University     Grillo     Jide Ashonibare     Omoniyi     NYSC     Folorunsho Erubu     Noah Yusuf     Dan Masanin