Kemi Badenoch, leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, says Nigeria’s status as an oil-producing country has not translated into reliable electricity for its citizens.
Badenoch grew up in Nigeria before returning to the UK as a teenager to continue her studies.
Asked in an interview with The Spectator about how her upbringing in Nigeria shaped her political views, Badenoch said her experiences have hardened her.
“My belief that we need to drill our oil and gas comes from growing up in a country… Nigeria is an oil-producing country, never had electricity,” she said.
“It is very easy to have resources under the ground, but stupid public policy means that you can’t use it.”
She likened policies formulated by Ed Miliband, UK secretary of state for energy security and net zero, to the leadership of Nigerian heads of state before democracy.
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