“PRESIDENCY SLAMS BADENOCH: ‘STOP LYING ABOUT NIGERIA, UK POLITICIAN CHALLENGED'”
GREATRIBUNETVNEWS –THE Nigerian presidency has fired back at Kemi Badenoch, the UK Conservative Party leader, calling out her “lies” about Nigeria. This comes after Badenoch claimed she can’t confer Nigerian citizenship on her children due to her gender. The presidency is having none of it, asserting that Badenoch’s statements are false and misrepresent Nigeria’s laws. This fiery exchange highlights the tense debate surrounding citizenship laws and Badenoch’s controversial immigration policies .
Speaking during an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday, while comparing Nigerian immigration laws to those of the UK, Badenoch criticized what she described as British leniency. She argued that many immigrants take advantage of the UK’s immigration system in ways that would not be tolerated in their home countries.
It was reports that to illustrate her point, the Conservative leader referenced her children’s inability to obtain Nigerian citizenship because she’s not married to a Nigerian.
However, responding to her claims, the Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, accused Badenoch of constantly lying against Nigeria.
Olusegun, in a post via his account on Monday, questioned the British Conservative Leader over her constant attempts to malign Nigeria.
He also clarified that contrary to claims by Badenoch, if a Nigerian woman is a citizen by birth, the constitution guarantees her children automatic citizenship regardless of their father’s nationality, adding that such children do not need to apply for registration or naturalisation.
“Aunty @KemiBadenoch, why do you continue to lie against your motherland? Why this continuous dangerous and desperate attempt to malign Nigeria? Chapter 3, Section 25 (1)(c) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution states that If the Nigerian woman is a citizen by birth:
“Your children, whether born in Nigeria or abroad, are Nigerian citizens by descent, automatically under Section 25 of the Nigerian Constitution.
“This holds regardless of the father’s nationality.
“You do not need to apply for registration or naturalisation for your child(ren) to be citizens,” the presidential media aide wrote on
