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ABIKE Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians In Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, has congratulated 22-year old Nigerian-American, Junior Steve Ezeonu for winning the Grand Prairie City Council run-off election in Texas, US.
According to a statement issued by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media and Public Relations of NIDCOM, Dabiri-Erewa described the victory of Ezeonu, though a very tough one as very well-deserved.
Ezeonu, a Nigerian-American, beat his closest rival in the June 5 run-off election, Greg Giessner with 3903 votes as against Greg’s 3720.
The June 5 local run-off election saw the Democrat Ezeonu getting 51.2 percent of the votes as against Greg’s 48.8 percent.
In a congratulatory message, Dabiri-Erewa said that Ezeonu has proven that hard work and dedication to duty pay, saying that she is not surprised that Ezeonu, at that age, won the election due to his resilience, dedication, hard work, and doggedness.
The NIDCOM boss encouraged Nigerians to emulate Ezeonu’s feat and strive to excel in their pursuit as hard work is the key to success, while urging them to continue to demonstrate the spirit of resilience of Nigerians.
She, however, advised Ezeonu to fulfill all his electoral promises to the electorate as he has a lot of opportunities ahead of him in the future.
She thanked the Nigerian community in Texas for giving him their maximum support during his campaign.
Dabiri-Erewa had, during the campaign, contacted Ezeonu and gave him words of encouragement and support.
– June 07, 2021 @ 13:43 GMT
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