US EditionNigeria: Kemi Badenoch's Misleading Claim On Nigerian Citizenship, By Femi Falana
NIGERIA, JUL 20 – Nigerian law grants citizenship equally to mothers and fathers, but bureaucratic challenges cause delays for diaspora families, legal experts and officials confirm.
- Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK Conservative Party, caused controversy on Sunday by stating that her Nigerian citizenship cannot be inherited by her children due to her being female.
- She made the statement during a CNN interview while comparing Nigeria's stricter and patriarchal immigration system with Britain's looser policies, aiming to justify tightening UK citizenship rules.
- Badenoch argued that many Nigerians come to the UK, acquire British citizenship, and sometimes exploit the system in ways unacceptable in their home countries, which Nigerians would not tolerate.
- Experts countered her claim, citing Nigerian constitutional provisions that prevent gender-based discrimination in citizenship and specifying that her children, born to Nigerian parents, legally qualify as dual citizens.
- Her remarks drew criticism for misleading the public and demonstrated a misunderstanding of Nigerian law, while signaling her intent to enforce tougher UK immigration policies under her leadership.
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Nigeria: Kemi Badenoch's Misleading Claim On Nigerian Citizenship, By Femi Falana
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UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, has sparked controversy after claiming she cannot pass Nigerian citizenship to her children because of her gender. In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Badenoch, who was born in the United Kingdom to Nigerian parents, argued that Nigeria’s immigration system is far stricter than the UK’s and even discriminatory against women. “It’s virtually impossible, for example, to get Nigerian citizenship,”…
Send Kemi Badenoch Home For Proper Education, Presidency Tells UK - Thepodiummedia
The Presidency has fired back at British Conservative Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch, over her claim that she cannot pass Nigerian citizenship to her children because she is a woman, calling the assertion false and urging the UK to send her “home for a proper re-education.” Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, took to his X handle on Monday to challenge Badenoch’s statement, made during a CNN interview…
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An aide to President Bola Tinubu has lambasted Kemi Badenoch, leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, for her recent remarks regarding Nigerian citizenship. Dada Olusegun, Tinubu’s aide on social media, stated that Badenoch deliberately misrepresented Nigerian laws in a “continuous attempt to malign Nigeria.” “You do not need to apply for registration or naturalisation […] The post Tinubu’s aide lambasts Kemi Badenoch over remarks on …
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