Nigerian guy wins SUG presidential election in a US university

When talking about Nigerians making the country proud in diaspora, this young man from Imo state, Chimezie Ebiriekwe, is one of them.

He is making things happen in the politics of his school, San Diego State University in California.

Legit.ng gathered that Ebiriekwe recently won the Associated Students presidential election (something like our own Students Union Government SUG). He won the election with 3,454 votes while his closest opponent Ben Delbick got 1,189, Chloe Sension got 1,014 and Kaitlyn Hart got 94.

On how he got involved with Associated Students presidential election, Ebiriekwe said:

"Originally coming on campus, I was not involved with A.S. I was chief financial officer of the African Student Union and from there I saw the impact I made within that organization and then I sought out to be the chief financial officer of the Student African-American Brotherhood my second year and I just continuously saw the impact I was making within the university and I saw the issues our community was facing so I decided to seek out A.S. and be involved in decision-making processes. But I was a part of making sure our voice was heard, whether it’s in student life or academics or university affairs, I just wanted to make sure that I was representing the community. I got on the University Affairs Board, and from there I became knowledgeable about the position of VP of University Affairs.

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"Students not being able to see what’s going on. Usually it’s just like a newsletter that they see and they post it to the 2018 freshman page, and that’s where we find out what went on, what was the repercussion from that, and who made the decision, but I feel like students need to know the issues right when they arrive and be able to give feedback to the faculty and staff. To be able to reach out to the students and get insight on what they think should be done."

Lol, Naija nor dey carry last.

Source: Legit.ng