Nigeria is a oil producing country that has never had electricity — Kemi Badenoch
Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has criticised Nigeria’s governance record, describing the country’s long-standing electricity challenges as a consequence of poor public policy.
Speaking on how her upbringing shaped her political beliefs, Badenoch said Nigeria’s vast natural resources had not translated into prosperity for its citizens.
“Nigeria is an oil-producing country that has never had electricity,” she said. “It is very easy to have resources under the ground, but st¥pid public policy means that you can’t use them.”
The British politician drew parallels between policies she opposes in the United Kingdom and the approach of past Nigerian military governments.
“And I see quite a lot of what Ed Miliband is doing as being very much like what the Nigerian military dictatorships were doing in the 1980s and 1990s,” she stated.
According to Badenoch, excessive government control and wealth redistribution policies often lead to economic decline.
“The government’s going to take control. We know what’s best. We’re going to redistribute. These are st¥pid ideas that eventually just bankrupt the country,” she said.
Reflecting on her childhood in Nigeria, Badenoch said her experiences in a developing country continue to influence her views on governance and economic management.
“Fundamentally, my views about how we should run our country come from growing up in a place that was very poor. You grow up in a third-world country and you look at why it is termed ‘third world,’ and I don’t want that to happen here,” she added.
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One of my greatest mistake in Life as a Farmer is being a FARMER.
I shouldn’t have invested in a sector that is dependent on Government policies and bottlenecks.
In my line of business,there’s no escaping Government inefficiencies.
Nigerian Government will do everything in agriculture except solving problems.
For more than 20 years farmers have been saying that we suffer seasonal Glut because we simply cannot individually afford Machinery for Egg Pasteurization.
Government will listen to our complaints, lie that they are coming up with a NEGPRO scheme and go ahead to simply do the opposite of what was agreed.
With high Electricity and Gas prices, investors are guaranteed not make their money back as Egg powder produced in Nigeria will fail to compete with Global market.
Companies will rather import than buy made in Nigeria raw materials.
State Governors are worse, they simply have no clue of what to do outside of using fertilizer as a political tool.
They have refused to build or sustain any critical infrastructure (Dams, Health and safety of animals, meaningful collaborations or Training)
The CBN under Emefiele refused to allow the Bank of Agriculture to do its job.
With the growing insecurity and policy missteps farmers in Nigeria have little to no incentive to continue to run or grow their businesses.
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