Nigeria’s Kemi Badenoch is the New Leader of Britain’s Conservative Party

Nigeria’s Kemi Badenoch is the New Leader of Britain’s Conservative Party
Spread the love

Loading

A 44 year old woman with Nigerian root, Kemi Badenoch on Saturday emerged as the new leader of the Conservative Party in Britain.

This follows the election to replace Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservative Party.

Kemi Badenoch’s emergence was announced by the Conservative Party on X on Saturday.

” ANNOUNCED: @KemiBadenoch has been elected Leader of the Conservative Party,” the party tweeted.

Kemi Badenoch by this victory becomes the first person of African heritage to lead the Tories.

Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick after a four-month contest after Sunak’s resignation.

According to Conservative MP, Bob Blackman, the vote had a turnout of 72%.

But respondents to YouGov poll showed that most people said they had not formed an opinion of Ms Badenoch yet. Meanwhile, 40 per cent of those questioned said they disliked her.

Former justice secretary Robert Buckland during an interview with the National News, said that as a leader Ms Badenoch “will be an excellent person to work with”, having seen her strong character and abilities first-hand when they worked in government together.

“She knows that the party’s values need to be reset and that we’ve got to win trust as without trust, we don’t get anywhere in terms of electoral success,” he added. “I think she better understands that more than most and that’s why she deserved to win.”

The role as opposition leader was an “unenviable task” and Ms Badenoch “will not be under any doubt about the scale of work ahead to win back power”, he added.

Editor

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

error: Content is protected !!