Ex-UK PM Rishi Sunak Respects Indian Heritage Unlike Kemi Badenoch Who Denigrates Nigeria –Presidency

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Badenoch made the comments during her first speech of the year at an event organized by Onward, a British think tank, where she warned of the risks of ineffective governance in the UK.

The administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has criticised UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, for her recent remarks likening governance issues in Nigeria to potential risks facing the United Kingdom.

Badenoch made the comments during her first speech of the year at an event organized by Onward, a British think tank, where she warned of the risks of ineffective governance in the UK.

She cited Nigeria as an example, drawing a parallel to underscore the need to build public trust and position the Conservative Party as the solution to Britain’s challenges.

However, the Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communications, Daniel Bwala, during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday, stated that former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is Indian-born and doesn’t denigrate his origin but Kemi Badenoch denigrates Nigeria.

Bwala, accused Badenoch of “denigrating Nigeria” to gain political advantage in the UK. He dismissed the relevance of Badenoch’s remarks to Nigeria’s international relations or its efforts to attract investors.

He argued that her statements would not affect Nigeria, as she is not the head of government in the UK.

Bwala who acknowledged Badenoch’s achievements in the UK, argued that she is capitalising on populism that thrives on public discontent.

He said, “I don’t think it would have an effect because she’s not the government in power.

“Usually, these international relationships or collaborations are dealings between governments. Because she’s not the government in power, it will not have any effect.

“Secondly, because she’s a Nigerian, investors will be smart enough to access what she’s saying, whether it is born out of rhetoric.”

“The only problem we have with Kemi, I think, is the rhetoric because Kemi belongs to the right base in the United Kingdom, which is what you see in this populism around the world; that you can deepen on your support system if you can feed off of the anger of the people,” Bwala said.

“And so she’s building a rhetoric of denigrating Nigeria, demarketing in Nigeria, so she can probably win the acceptance or acceptation of the rights in her party. And that to me is counterproductive because if you look at Rishi Sunak, he is also of Indian origin.

“There has been this issue of gang rape in India. He has never used that as a weapon to promote what he believed to be a departure from what is likely to be believed as hereditary or history of the Indian people, but she has always denigrated Nigeria.”


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