{"id":13682,"date":"2022-11-10T15:52:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T15:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=13682"},"modified":"2022-11-10T15:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T15:52:24","slug":"american-election-meet-eight-nigerian-americans-in-elective-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=13682","title":{"rendered":"AMERICAN ELECTION: MEET EIGHT NIGERIAN &#8211; AMERICANS IN ELECTIVE POSITIONS\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">AMERICAN ELECTION: MEET EIGHT NIGERIAN &#8211; AMERICANS IN ELECTIVE POSITIONS<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was celebration galore as eight Nigerian-Americans who ran in the midterm polls of the United States of America won their respective elective positions in Georgia on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Americans of Nigerian descent are Segun Adeyina, Gabe Okoye, Solomon Adesanya, Tish Naghise, Phil Olaleye, Carol Kazeem, Oye Owolewa and Esther Agbaje.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In celebrating the latest feat in the US poll, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, took to Twitter on Wednesday to share the news with a picture frame of the eight winners which consists of five males and three females.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In Captioning the picture frame, the NIDCOM boss wrote, \u201cThese Nigerian Americans won their elections in Georgia last night. A hearty congrats to them all #ProudlyNigerian \u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Segun Adeyina, a Democratic Party candidate contested and won the District 110 Georgia House of Representatives, while another Democratic candidate, Solomon Adesanya won the poll for Georgia state House of Representatives District 43.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Other Nigerians on the list also contested and won their respective polls in Georgia State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">They join the long list of Nigerians in diaspora who hold different elective positions.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMERICAN ELECTION: MEET EIGHT NIGERIAN &#8211; AMERICANS IN ELECTIVE POSITIONS It was celebration galore as eight Nigerian-Americans who ran in the midterm polls of the United States of America won their respective elective positions in Georgia on Tuesday. 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