Our reporter/ Leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, Nigeria born Kemi Badenoch has resumed her criticism of the country, stating that she does not want the consequences of “terrible governments” like Nigeria to play out in Britain.
Badenoch spoke on Thursday while delivering her first speech of the year at an event organised by Onward, a British think tank producing research on economic and social issues.
Speaking on the importance of building trust and touting the Conservative Party as the right group to fix Britain, the politician likened a possibility of the UK becoming like Nigeria if the system is not reformed.
“And why does this matter so much to me? It’s because I know what it is like to have something and then to lose it,” Badenoch told the audience.
“I don’t want Britain to lose what it has.
“I grew up in a poor country and watched my relatively wealthy family become poorer and poorer, despite working harder and harder as their money disappeared with inflation.
“I came back to the UK aged 16 with my father’s last £100 in the hope of a better life.
“So I have lived with the consequences of terrible governments that destroy lives, and I never, ever want it to happen here.”
Badenoch’s criticism of the country has provoked disapproval from Nigerian leaders, including a rebuke from Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who accused Badenoch of “constantly denigrating” her homeland.
Badenoch had earlier described Nigeria as a socialist nation brimming with thieving politicians and insecurity.
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