Grace Folashade Bent

Grace Folashade Bent nee Makinwa (born 25 October 1960) is a Nigerian senator who was elected in April 2007 on the People's Democratic Party platform in the Adamawa South constituency of Adamawa State.

Quotes

• I believe that humility can take one to any length in life, so I never allowed my position, fame or success to get into my head.
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• There is negative attention as well but there is a lot of positive attention, and that is what I’m focusing on.
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• I have worked for PDP for 21 years now, I left the party because I believe that it is only changed that is constant. It is a new chapter in my political career and I want to move on, I feel my interest is paramount to me.”
  • https://tribuneonlineng.com/senator-bent-dumps-pdp-joins-apc/amp/
• the President needs the support of all to steady the ship of state, warning that doing otherwise would be catastrophic.
  • https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/impeachment-threat-the-alternative-to-jonathan-is-chaos-bent/amp/
• Every discerning Nigerian should be worried about the trend of events in the country within the past few months or one year, as it were.
  • https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/impeachment-threat-the-alternative-to-jonathan-is-chaos-bent/amp/
• just returned to Nigeria from a foreign trip, and I tell you, the rest of the world is worried about the situation of things in our country because the people we met would ask you very probing questions pointing towards their worries about the future of the country. International investors would have been falling over one another to be in Nigeria given the increasing collapse of the economies of their respective countries, but they are being held back because of security breaches reported in Nigeria on daily basis.
  • https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/impeachment-threat-the-alternative-to-jonathan-is-chaos-bent/amp/
• What gladdens my heart now is that everybody, most especially the northern leaders are now up in arms to ensure an end to terrorism in the country.
  • https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/impeachment-threat-the-alternative-to-jonathan-is-chaos-bent/amp/
• You cannot just push out a government like that most especially when the period of another transition is near. All we can do is to wait for 2015 to decide the next set of leaders we want. That is Democracy. Talking about the plot of impeachment in the House of Representatives, I want to see that as a wakeup call to get the attention of Mr. President on certain issues pertinent to the socio-economic development of the country
  • https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/impeachment-threat-the-alternative-to-jonathan-is-chaos-bent/amp/