Conservative Party leader and UK opposition head, Kemi Badenoch, has opened up about her difficult experiences growing up, including her time at a Federal Government Girls’ boarding school in Sagamu, Nigeria, which she likened to a prison.
Speaking from Westminster within sight of Big Ben, Badenoch — the MP for Saffron Walden since 2017 — recounted her childhood in Lagos above her father’s medical clinic, her formative years across Nigeria, the U.S., and the UK, and the enduring lessons of hardship and ambition.
Badenoch shared candid memories from her childhood in Lagos and her experiences as a student in Nigeria’s federal education system.
She described her Sagamu boarding school as a place of hardship, marked by poor living conditions, a lack of water, and strict manual labor duties.
She explained that students had to cut the grass with machetes because there were no lawnmowers. There was no running water —they fetched it with buckets. The environment was very grim.
According to her, there were 300 students in the dormitory, with 20 to 30 girls crammed into each room.
Badenoch revealed that she was just 11 years old when she was sent to the school, marking her first experience away from home.
She recalled exchanging her meals for books and losing a significant amount of weight due to a poor diet and her aversion to certain foods, particularly fish.
The podcast episode explored not only her educational hardships but also her reflections on Nigeria’s complex colonial legacy, women’s health, and her dual identity as both British and Nigerian.
She also spoke about being born in Wimbledon as a result of fertility treatments her parents sought in the UK, despite being raised in Nigeria and later in the United States.
Now the leader of the Conservative Party and Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden, Badenoch credits her challenging early life for shaping her political views and personal resilience.
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Good and fine,you have seen , witnessed and overcame. Then what have u given back to the school as old student to bring back the glory of your old school? Stop criticize anything, do something for the humanity. Thanks . Bad mouth Kemi
So you used matchete to cut grass cuz there was no lawn movers, why didn’t you tell your father to buy one for the school.
As an old student and with the position you occupy now what have you done to improve the facilities in your secondary school that you benefitted so much from.
Madam learn to bridle your mouth cuz your words are irritating