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Britain making same terrible energy policies responsible for Nigeria’s unreliable electricity: Kemi Badenoch 

Ms Badenoch said, “I grew up in a country rich with oil, but because Nigeria’s leaders made bad policy choices, it never lived up to its full potential.”

• March 22, 2026
Kemi Badenoch and A Nigerian room lighted by a lantern.
Kemi Badenoch and A lantern.

The UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, on Sunday said Britain is making the same mistake responsible for Nigeria’s epileptic electricity crisis. 

“What Labour is doing is reminiscent of the terrible energy policies I saw growing up in Nigeria,” Mrs Badenoch said in a post on X on Sunday, highlighing “stupid taxes, endless bureaucracy and government interference, no refining capability and now Labour are warning about rationing and fuel shortages.”

Ms Badenoch referred her followers to read her stance on Britian’s energy crisis, which she blamed on Labour Party’s policies, published in the UK Telepgrah.

In the article, the Tory leader made reference to Nigeria’s epileptic elecricity supply, attributing it to bad policies made by leaders,  stating that Britian was making same mistake.

“Energy is growth. I grew up in a country rich with oil, but because Nigeria’s leaders made bad policy choices, it never lived up to its full potential, instead hampered by unreliable electricity and regular fuel shortages.

“Britain is now making similar mistakes. It astonishes me to see Labour considering subsidies as the first option instead of drilling our own oil and gas and cutting the green taxes that are deindustrialising the UK,” Mrs Badenoch said.

The Tory leader added, “That’s where Conservatives would start. Successive governments have taken decisions with well-meaning intentions, but are forcing us into energy reliance. Western leaders were sucked into a utopian ideal of removing carbon immediately from our energy mix. It’s now very clear that this was a mistake.”

Mrs Badenoch stance trailed a period Nigeria is experiencing erratic electricity supply.

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