Nigerian singer, filmmaker and politician Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has opened up about how losing the 2023 election prompted him to seek God’s direction and reflect on his purpose, as he marked his first anniversary in pastoral ministry in the United States.
Banky W, in a Thursday post on his Instagram page, @bankywellington, said the election defeat left him heartbroken but eventually led him to reconsider how his interests in leadership, entertainment, business and ministry could coexist.
“In 2023 I lost an election. And while the experience inspired me in many ways, it also broke my heart into a million little pieces,” he wrote.
The singer said that after the election, he turned to God for direction and surrendered his plans, asking what his next assignment should be
He recalled asking God whether his future lay in leadership or ministry, entertainment or business, and the marketplace or ministry.
Banky W said he eventually realised that he had been treating the different aspects of his life as mutually exclusive, even though he believed God had not asked him to choose between them.