Nigerian Pastor Nims Obunge, 19 Others Jostle To Be London Mayor
He has set out a four-point strategy for safer communities, affordable transport and housing, prosperous business, and healthy, green living.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 07, 2021
Londoners headed to the polls yesterday to elect a mayor.
In the ranks of the hopefuls is Nims Obunge, a Nigerian pastor and politician who prefers to focus on aspiration over the history of the black experience.
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His work with gang members and violent offenders has convinced him that nothing will change without a systemic approach to the root causes of crime.
By the time London voters go to polls to elect the new Mayor of London on May 6, one of the candidates to that exalted seat, a British Nigerian , Nims Obunge will be counting on his campaign against violent crimes and his bridge building efforts in the last 30 years to get votersâ endorsement, reports Festus Akanbi
As 2021 London mayoral election gathers momentum, with all the candidates intensifying their campaigns, analysts said the chance of the incumbent Mayor, Sadiq Khan to carry the day is slim giving the rising profiles of other contenders. One of those jostling for the exalted seat is the Nigerian-born Nims Obunge, an independent candidate, who argues that the city of London has reached a dispensation when the destiny of the people should not be left at the mercy of politicians alone.