{"id":57811,"date":"2024-12-10T10:14:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T10:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57811"},"modified":"2024-12-10T10:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T10:17:58","slug":"57811","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/10\/57811\/","title":{"rendered":"Shettima Rebukes UK Conservative Leader&#8217;s for disparaging Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On December 10, 2024, Vice President Kashim Shettima publicly criticized Kemi Badenoch, the newly elected leader of the United Kingdom\u2019s Conservative Party, for her perceived disparaging remarks about Nigeria, her country of origin.<br \/>\nThe Vice President made his comments during the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja.<br \/>\nExpressing mixed sentiments, Shettima acknowledged Badenoch\u2019s achievements while condemning her criticisms of Nigeria.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are proud of her Nigerian heritage, even as she tries to denigrate her nation of origin,&#8221; he remarked.<br \/>\nShettima pointed out that while Badenoch is entitled to her opinions and could distance herself from her Nigerian identity, it does not diminish Nigeria\u2019s global significance.<br \/>\nThe Vice President highlighted Nigeria\u2019s demographic prominence, stating, \u201cOne out of every three or four Black men in the world is Nigerian,\u201d and projected that by 2050, Nigeria will rank among the top three most populous nations globally.<br \/>\nHe also underlined the country\u2019s potential for influence on international affairs.<br \/>\nShettima\u2019s rebuke is rooted in past statements by Badenoch, who in 2022 accused Nigerian leaders of mismanaging public resources.<br \/>\nFollowing her election in November 2024, efforts by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) to establish contact with her office reportedly yielded no response.<br \/>\nBeyond his critique of Badenoch, Shettima also emphasized the critical role of migrants in fostering societal and economic development, reaffirming Nigeria&#8217;s commitment to protecting migrant rights and recognizing their contributions to the nation\u2019s progress.<br \/>\nThis dialogue underscores Nigeria\u2019s pride in its diaspora while confronting narratives that undermine the country\u2019s image on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal On December 10, 2024, Vice President Kashim Shettima publicly criticized Kemi Badenoch, the newly elected leader of the United Kingdom\u2019s Conservative Party, for her perceived disparaging remarks about Nigeria, her country of origin. The Vice President made his comments during the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja. Expressing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":57812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57814,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57811\/revisions\/57814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}