UK Parliamentary Election: FG Congratulates Britons of Nigerian Descent
The federal government has congratulated all the seven Britons of Nigerian ancestry, who won election to Westminster at the recent British parliamentary election.
The congratulatory letters were written by the Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs), Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Olukunle Akindele.
Akindele described their victory as a reward for selfless service to their community and indeed humanity.
In a statement signed by Mohammed T. K. Nakorji, the Assistant Director, (Press) OSGF, Bamgbose said: “Like most Nigerians, I have followed your career keenly, and I am confident that in you, your community has made an excellent choice considering your track
record. Your election is heartwarming and will definitely be a source of inspiration to all Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora, particularly, women.”
He concluded by saying that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and indeed, Nigerians, were proud of their achievement.
The elected MPs on the platform of Labour and Conservative Parties are: Kate Osamor, Edmonton; Chi- Chi Onwurah, Newcastle Central; Chuka Umunna, Streatham; Fiona Onasanya, Peterborough; Bim Afolami, Hitchen and Harpenden; Helen Grant, Maiden stone; and Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch, Saffron Walden. Despite the global cuts in crude oil supply to the international market by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and nonOPEC members, crude oil prices yesterday dropped to seven-week low as production increases from key producers undermined the efforts of the cartel to reduce the glut in the oil market.
Crude prices have also fallen by about 15 per cent since May 25, when OPEC agreed to extend its output limits by six months until March 2018.
OPEC and its allies had promised to restrict output until at least the end of the first quarter of next year as part of the efforts to drain surplus supply.
Despite the deal, some OPEC