Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has slammed UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch over her latest comment regarding Nigeria.

MyNigeria reported that Badenoch recently stated that her children cannot get Nigerian citizenship because she's a woman.

Badenoch made this known while discussing the differences between immigration policies in Britain and Nigeria with CNN.

She said, “It’s virtually impossible, for example, to get Nigerian citizenship.

“I have that citizenship by virtue of my parents, I can’t give it to my children because I’m a woman.”

She used the example to highlight what she described as the imbalance in immigration systems, noting that many Nigerians take advantage of the UK’s more lenient processes.

“Yet loads of Nigerians come to the UK and stay for a relatively free period of time, acquire British citizenship. We need to stop being naive.

“That is why, under my leadership, we now have policies to make it harder to just get British citizenship. It has been too easy,” she said.

When asked if she would support the idea of a Nigerian immigrant recreating a “mini-Nigeria” in the UK for cultural integration, Badenoch firmly rejected the notion.

“That is not right. Nigerians would not tolerate that”.

“That’s not something that many countries would accept.

“There are many people who come to our country, to the UK, who do things that would not be acceptable in their countries,” she said.

Reacting, Sani recalled how Badenoch often rebuked Nigeria, emphasising that such a woman won't bother making any effort to make her children citizens of the country.

He shared on X, "Why should Kemi Badenoch be bothered about getting a Nigerian citizenship for her Offspring from a country she rebuked and rejected? She should just enjoy her adopted home and leave us alone in our father’s home."


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