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We’ll Not Force Kemi Badenoch To Identify With Nigeria -Dabiri-Erewa
The Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa says the leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch has shown no interest in identifying with her Nigerian roots.
Dabiri-Erewa made this known on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme on Wednesday.
The NIDCOM chairperson said attempts to convince Badenoch to identify with Nigeria proved abortive.
“We have reached out to her once or twice without any response. So, we don’t force people to accept to be Nigerian.
“If you appreciate the Nigerianness in you and you want to work with us, we are open to everybody. But we cannot force you to appreciate the Nigerianness in you. You remember Miss Universe Nigeria in South Africa.
“Until she got into a little problem with South Africa, she identified with Nigeria, came back, and we hosted her. As long as that blood is in you, you are a Nigerian.
“So, it depends on Kemi to decide whether she appreciates the Nigerianess in her. Whether she wants to work with Nigeria, but we cannot force anybody,” Dairi-Erewa said.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Badenoch was elected as the leader of the UK’s Conservative Party on November 2 and she became the first black person to become the leader of a major party in the UK.
It was gathered that she was born in the UK to Nigerian Yoruba parents in January 1980.
After her birth, she returned to Nigeria, where she grew up and then went back to the UK at the age of 16.
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