Unfortunately, Mrs Badenoch chose her father’s battle for the Yoruba nation as icing on the cake of using Nigeria as her latest straw man.
Kemi Badenoch, Agbalowomeri and the trope of self-serving careerism, By Apekeola BadmusPresident Tinubu: One year of forging strategic partnerships, By Fredrick NwabufoMrs Kemi Adeosun exemplifies Diaspora Nigeria, as does Ademola Lookman and Chidinma Adetshina, amongst many unnamed in this article.
Mrs Kemi Badenoch deserves to write her story as she pleases. It is not for us to guide or guard her expression, so why am I now crowning her Agbàlowomerí Baale Jontolo? Our ancestors, who have now earned the popular brand of Yoruba, were adept in reflections captured in their many sayings. One of the many ways they continue live is in our daily utterances. They say that the Orisha who cannot save us should leave us as they find us.
Mrs Badenoch, instead of guiding society to leverage the wider networks of the settled and legal immigrants from which she emerged, had vilified and alienated them as a minister. This could be understood as her using the available bigotry in her party and wider society to climb the greasy pole of political ascendancy. She also launched her own version of the culture wars, stereotyping the students she met on her way through British society, after returning at 16 years old.
We Diaspora Nigerians have another Kemi, just like Mrs Badenoch, who was born in the UK, but she saw her heritage as a calling and the inevitable problems of Nigeria as a challenge to address. She served and continues to serve. She was Finance Minister, and whatever the pain of her exit from government, she served with humility and great love for our people. She is today still in service, supporting orphans and children who are struggling in our flawed Nigeria.
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