{"id":1822106,"date":"2022-11-09T18:15:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/?p=1822106"},"modified":"2022-11-09T18:15:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:15:11","slug":"1822106-2-us-midterm-elections-buhari-congratulates-8-victorious-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/1822106-2-us-midterm-elections-buhari-congratulates-8-victorious-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"US Midterm Elections: Buhari congratulates 8 victorious Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span class=\"penci-dropcap-bold\">Nigeria<\/span> President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, congratulated eight Nigerian-Americans on their victory during the midterm elections in the United States.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>President Buhari in a statement signed by his special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, the president was quoted to have prayed for a successful tenure for the Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari extends warmest congratulations to eight Nigerian-Americans on their victory in the U.S. midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Georgia State, Segun Adeyina, Gabe Okoye, Solomon Adesanya, Tish Naghise, and Phil Olaleye won their legislative seats as State Representatives in their Districts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimilarly, Carol Kazeem won the Pennsylvania State Representative in District 159, Esther Agbaje was re-elected as Minnesota State Representative in District 59B, while Dr Oye Owolewa was re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (Shadow Representative) in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn prayerful wishes for a successful tenure in office, President Buhari thanks them for their invaluable support and partnerships, over the years, with groups affiliated with the ideals and objectives of Nigerians in Diaspora associations in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRestating his unflinching support for every Nigerian excelling at home and abroad, President Buhari believes that compatriots who succeed in good causes are assets to the nation and the continent, noting that their contributions will always be remembered and celebrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(The Punch)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, congratulated eight Nigerian-Americans on their victory during the midterm elections in the United States. President Buhari in a statement signed by his special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, the president was quoted to have prayed for a successful tenure for the Nigerians. \u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari extends warmest &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1821657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[740,11774],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1822106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1822107,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822106\/revisions\/1822107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1821657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1822106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1822106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1822106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}