United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has appointed Nigerian-born British lawmaker, Kemi Badenoch as trade minister.
Naija News reports that Sunak reappointed the 42-year-old for the position on Tuesday and as well gave her the role of equalities minister.
Badenoch had wanted to become the next UK Prime Minister but was disqualified from the race months ago. She had run an excellent campaign and was hailed for her leadership and honest politics which helped her perform considerably better than anticipated.
However, following her disqualification, Sunak secured the highest votes with 118 on a poll, followed by Penny Mordaunt with 92 votes and the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, who received 86 on the fourth ballot.
Naija News reports that Badenoch had previously held the position of equalities minister during Boris Johnson’s premiership.
The former software engineer had worked in the banking sector and later as a director of the Spectator magazine before being elected to the…
