No Regrets For My Removal As Minister, Tinubu Can’t Purposely Hurt Me — Kennedy-Ohanenye

Former Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has said she has no regrets over her removal from office, insisting that President Bola Tinubu could not have deliberately acted to hurt her.

Kennedy-Ohanenye made the remarks on Tuesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm, where she reflected on her time in office, her leadership style, and the circumstances surrounding her dismissal.

“I have no regrets to date. If I could go back in time, I think I didn’t do enough; I should have been harder. It is even difficult to rule Nigerians.

“The president is working, the governors are working, but what are Nigerians doing in between? If you want to work in this country, you must go offline and be very firm. If you don’t, you will end up achieving nothing,” she said.

She added that while she was not the President, she ensured that nothing improper occurred within the scope of her responsibilities.

“The particular office I was given, I did not allow anything anyhow to happen there,” she said.

Responding to criticism of her conduct while in office, Kennedy-Ohanenye defended her approach, saying she could not pretend or compromise her convictions in the name of diplomacy.

“There is no way I could have held that portfolio pretending. What you saw was who I am. I would not say I was erratic or undiplomatic. Being diplomatic does not mean agreeing to things that are destroying your country. I cannot agree to things I know are harmful,” she said.

According to her, she remains at peace with her actions and decisions while in office.

“That is why I am looking fresher. I am out now, and whatever they are doing there is none of my business. When I was there, I did what made me happy, and my conscience is clear,” she added.