Young Nigerian In The Race To Become Governor Of US State Of Michigan

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A Nigerian Man, 34-year-old has joined the race for the governorship election in the US state of Michigan.
Austin Chenge, a native of Benue State in Nigeria will be challenging USA Representative Lamar Smith for the ticket under the Republican Party.
The statement about Chenge’s feat was made known by Abdul-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media and Public Relations unit of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). He said that the Benue indigene announced his intention to run for governor of Michigan in March 2020, making him the first Republican to do so.
Chenge is said to be popular locally for designing the tricycle known as “Wazobia tricycle” in 2016, which was created to improve the lives of peasant farmers all over Africa.

The statement reads “Chenge is a Law graduate from the University of Birmingham, England. Since the year 2018, he has been serving with the US military as a specialist.
“He is decorated with the Achievement Medal as a Distinguished Honour Graduate with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 99.8% and for exceptional performance while on active duty.”
“Austin has always stunned critics by achieving what others consider impossible. A graduate of the School of Law at the University of Birmingham England, Austin raised over $200,000 in funding for his first startup, Holla@Me/Holla.com (now sold) in England, and soon expanded to San Jose in California.
“He created Waving in a social networking environment in 2011, a concept later seen on Facebook’ Wave. In 2016 his tricycle design (termed Wazobia tricycle) aimed at improving the lives of peasant farmers, made history in the West African nation of Nigeria as the first designed, engineered, and manufactured by a person of Nigerian descent. Since 2018, he has served as a Specialist in the US Army, where he has been decorated with an Army Achievement Medal as Distinguished Honor Graduate with a CGPA of 99.8% and for exceptional performance while on Active duty.
“As of March 2020 Austin became the first Republican Candidate for Governor of Michigan, for the 2022 election,” a biography on Chenge’s website added.

 
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