The federal government through the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has congratulated Adeoye Owolewa, the first Nigerian to be elected into the US Congress.
In a press release by NIDCOM, the commission’s boss, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said she is pleased with the achievement of the elected official, saying it was a well-deserved feat.
She went further to say that Oyelowo is a good ambassador of the country as she called him a role model. Abike, therefore advised the Nigerian to “diligently carry out his duties as a new congressman in such a way as to positively impact on the community who entrusted him with their votes.”
Abike Dabiri said his win is a well-deserved one.
The head of the Nigerian agency said that his win showed that with hard work and dedication and prayer, anything is possible.
Read the statement below:
Meanwhile, Bioreports earlier reported that a Nigerian woman, Esther Agbaje, won her election into the Minnesota House of Representatives in the US general elections on Tuesday, November 3.
With the new seat, she will be representing District 50B in the House. It should be noted that she contested on the platform of the Democratic-Farmer-Labour Party (DFL).
The 35-year-old woman polled a power vote count of 17,396, 74.7% of cast ballot papers, to defeat her rival, Alan Shilepsky of the Republican Party, who was only able to score 4,128 votes.
Another thing worthy of note is that elections into the State House happens every two years and there are no term limits.
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