“She never sold sachet water,” Prof Akinyemi counters UK’s Kemi Badenoch

• Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, criticized UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch for distorting her privileged Nigerian upbringing to advance her political career
• Akinyemi dismissed Badenoch’s narrative of struggling in Lagos, emphasizing her background as the daughter of a university professor and medical doctor
• Akinyemi urged Badenoch to stop exploiting negative stereotypes about Nigeria for political gain and instead concentrate on her leadership responsibilities in the UK

Professor Bolaji Akinyemi tackles UK’s Kemi Badenoch for talking down on Nigeria.
Photo credit: @Prof_Akinyemi/Dan KitwoodSource: UGCI came back to the UK aged 16 with my fathers last 100 in the hope of a better life. She further claimed that Nigeria destroys lives, using these narratives to caution against similar governance in the UK. Akinfemi: Bedenoch distorting her Nigerian backgroundHow can the daughter of a professor of UNILAG her father was a medical doctor a girl who went to the international school at UNILAG, make it sound like she was selling groundnuts and water in Lagos to advance her political career? Akinyemi asked. She would soon learn that you dont throw your people and your culture under the bus in order to advance your career, Akinyemi said.Akinyemi dismisses poverty claimsShe is making a mistake, but she would soon learn, Akinyemi warned. Badenoch slams Shettima

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