US Election: ‘Congratulations To Our Ekiti Daughter’, Fayemi Hails Esther Agbaje
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has congratulated Nigerian-American, Esther Agbaje, for winning a seat at the Minnesota House of Representatives in Tuesday’s US general elections.
Fayemi in a tweet on Thursday, congratulated Agbaje, saying she is a proud Ekiti daughter whose parents are from Aramoko Ekiti.
He wrote: “Congratulations to our Ekiti daughter and Harvard graduate for winning a landmark legislative seat into the Minnesota state assembly. I just spoke to her proud parents from Aramoko Ekiti and extended the best wishes of all our people. JKF”
Agbaje will be representing District 59B in the 134-member House on the platform of the US Democratic Party after pulling a total of 17,396 votes or 74.7 per cent of the total ballots cast.
Agbaje graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science.
She holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania, and also a law degree from Harvard University.
She currently works as an attorney in Minneapolis with a focus on general civil litigation and medical malpractice.
She once served at the US Department of State as a foreign affairs officer, charged with managing the rule of law projects in the Middle East.
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