Buhari congratulates Kemi Badenoch on her new role as Minister of Children and Families in Boris Johnson's cabinet

In his first cabinet since taking over the leadership of the Conservatives party and becoming the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson named a UK-born Nigerian as one of his junior ministers.

39-year-old Kemi Badenoch (full name Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch) was named the new Minister of Children and Families by the new PM.
The official role title is “Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families.”
Among her key responsibilities is to man the Department for Education which is an outfit principally responsible for child protection, education, apprenticeships and wider skills in England.
Kemi, before her July 27 appointment, remains a sitting Member of Parliament for the Saffron Walden constituency.
Many Nigerians have expressed excitement at the development congratulating her on her appointment via social media.

Over in Abuja, the Nigerian government shared president Buhari’s felicitations to Kemi for her new role. The July 31 statement said that Buhari believed that the appointment whiles well deserved will be well executed given her political experience.
“The Nigerian leader, who said he had no doubt that Badenoch would succeed given her academic qualifications and parliamentary experience, also enjoined the junior minister to see herself as an ambassador of her fatherland in conduct and performance.
“Acknowledging that Badenoch’s appointment is a plus for Nigerians in Diaspora, President Buhari said “it further confirms my belief that with hard work and integrity, Nigerians can excel in their chosen professions and fields of endeavour anywhere in the world”,” the statement read.