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The newly-elected UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson appoints a 39-year-old UK-born Nigerian, Kemi Olufunto Badenoch, as Minister of Children and Families.
Kemi, who is also a Conservative MP for Saffron Walden, upon accepting the appointment, took to her twitter page to express her gratitude.
The statement reads ” I’m humbled to have been appointed a junior minister at the DfE. A huge privilege to be able to serve and make a positive difference on a number of issues close to my heart. I look forward to working with the ministerial team and everyone at educationgovuk”
“Thank you for all good wishes and kind messages of support received. I also look forward to working not just with Conservatives colleagues but cross-party and grateful for the warm welcome from TracyBrabin and SteveReedMP who no doubt will be keeping me on my toes!”
“And finally apologies to anyone who I have not responded to directly. If I don’t follow you, then I won’t have seen anything you posted on twitter. Please send an email instead!”