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a and former Chair of the Black and Asian Police Association, where she championed diversity and inclusion within the force.
Again, it has to do with the campaigning. You have to be out there everyday, you have to follow the rules of the party, do what you are told to do and at the end of the day, the best people won. I am really, really encouraged to see that there were more women and diversity across the cross-section of MPs. We have 41% of women in the Labour Party currently and of that, I think maybe about two or three per cent Nigerians.
I did have some ambition to be in government and mainly because of kidney patients. Initially, it was not about politics for me but as I started campaigning and speaking to people within the black communities, especially in the Nigerian community, I realised that a lot of people had a lot of inequalities that were faced within the system.
As a politician in the UK, I cannot comment on Nigerian politics. I think that Nigeria is unique in terms of how they conduct their elections. I think the politicians themselves are unique. No country’s election process is the same. We are all totally different and some Nigerians who supported my campaign last year saw that it was totally different. I don’t know about the “Obi Factor” whatever that means.
Everybody who is elected either as a Councillor, Mayor or MP is only looked at as representatives of the community. We are all bound by oath to represent everybody within our remit. As a Councillor I don’t look at people and say, you are a Nigerian, I will only cater to you. When they come to us and they are within our Ward we can listen to them just like any other person and that is the same for all politicians across the board, so it all depends on which area they are in.
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