THE Presidency has said the recent rhetorics by UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, won’t have any effect on Nigeria.
This was stated by the Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communications, Daniel Bwala, when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday monitored by News Point Nigeria.
Bwala spoke a few days after Badenoch said she doesn’t want the UK to become like Nigeria where the government is terrible.
When asked about the effect of Badenoch’s words on Nigeria, the presidential spokesman said, “I don’t think it would have 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.”
Earlier, Bwala acknowledged Badenoch’s achievement in the UK but stated that she’s riding on the wave of populism which feeds on people’s anger.
“So, she’s building a rhetoric of demarketing Nigeria so she can probably win the acceptance of the rights in her party, and that to me is counterproductive,” he added.
The presidential spokesman urged Badenoch to learn from former UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, who despite having roots in India, never denigrated the country for having a rape crisis all in a bid to promote himself.
He added, “There is a part of her that is a product of Nigeria, apart from the fact that she was born to Nigerian parents. Secondly, Nigeria is not the problem of the United Kingdom.
“Recently there was a report about gang rape in the UK that spanned close to 20 years, where the police were held culpable for not reporting it because they thought if they did that it was going to be considered as profiling.
“Do you know she has not talked about that? There are crimes in the United Kingdom and you can count several things you can use to demarket the United Kingdom.”
