An aspirant for office of Prime Minister of the Great Britain Kemi Badenoch has ridiculed Nigerian politicians in a speech announcing her candidacy.
Mrs Badenoch, who is of Nigerian descent, said on Tuesday that she left Nigeria in search of a better life after she saw how politicians in Africa’s most populous country fail to serve the public.
She said, “I’m ambitious for our party and our country. I chose to become a conservative MP to serve and I chose this country because here, I can be free and I can be everything that I wanted to be.
“I grew up in Nigeria and I saw firsthand when politicians are in it for themselves. When they use private money as their piggybanks, when they promise the earth and they pollute not just the earth but the whole political atmosphere with their failure to serve others.
“I came to Britain, determined to make my way in a country where hardwork and honesty can take you anywhere.”
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The 42-year-old is in the race to replace the disgraced Boris Johnson who appointed her parliamentary under-secretary of state for children and families, an equivalent of a junior minister.
Others in the race to be British prime minister come September 5 are Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Liz Truss and Nadhim Zahawi.
Badenoch is married to Hamish Badenoch who works for Deutsche Bank and they have two daughters and a son.
