The Nation Newspaper 30 Nigerians on the ballot in UK poll
No fewer than 30 men and women of Nigerian origin will be on the ballot in the United Kingdom’s elections scheduled for Thursday, July 4. The outcome of the poll should be known by Friday.
Some of the candidates are seeking re-elections to the parliament, others are appearing on the ballot paper for the first time, hoping to get the votes of their constituencies.The UK Labour Party has the highest number of Nigerians with the party’s parliamentary election tickets. Eight British Nigerians are representing the party at the election. The current political climate in the country suggests there are high chances for some of the candidates to win in the safe Labour strongholds.
Four Nigerians will be running as Independent candidates, two will also be flying the Workers Party flag, one for the Social Democratic Party and one, Olusola Oni, will be standing as the candidate of the Yoruba Party of the UK in Peckham. Grant, the Tories parliamentary candidate, led the delegation of His Majesty, King Charles III, to the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu as the President of Nigeria. She was also the UK Trade Envoy to Nigeria.
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