INTERVIEW: Nigerian community huge blessing to UK, says Elekolusi

Not many Nigerians in the diaspora can boast of the fortune Akin Elekolusi wielded last month. Elekolusi was victorious in his first try at politics, becoming councillor of Stevenage, UK, under the auspices of the increasingly popular Labour Party.

There is a bit of a backstory to this. The reason why I was not defeatist and I was not supremely confident was one out of two things. When we moved to Stevenage about 23 years ago, I felt at peace with the decision because the residents here welcomed us with both arms. The Black population there was very minute. Right now, it is not as if it is that massive.

A lot of the decisions made in the House of Commons, which is actually where the MPs sit, affect people nationally. To implement those decisions, you actually need the local councils. There is no state government in between. It comes from that national level to the local councils to actually implement those policies of governance.

COVID came in and Boris did his own drama where he lied to people. He was not obeying the laws that they were passing. They wasted a lot of money. There were so many issues that did not make the Tory party look good. Then comes Liz Truss. She passed the budget that literally just finally broke the camel’s back. It was the last straw. Her budget was unbelievably bad because she was trying to do too many things too soon. Of course, the city did not like what she was talking about.

TheCable: One of the policies that has particularly stirred a lot of debate among citizens in the UK is immigration, particularly from the substantial Nigerian immigration population. If you look at the data from the last few years, a heavy chunk of it are Nigerians. What are your thoughts on the strategies proposed by the prime minister’s administration?Every country has a right to protect their immigration law. A lot of countries are just more paranoid than others.

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