The new Mayor. |
A
news report by News Express says that a Nigerian man by name, Ernest Ezeajughi,
has made history by winning election as the first Black Mayor of the London Borough
of Brent, United Kingdom.
Information
has it that Ezeajughi, a native of Anambra State, was elected Mayor on the
April 16, 2019 by the College of Councilors on Brent, London, and is scheduled
to be sworn into office tomorrow, Wednesday, May 1.
Prior
to his election as Mayor, Ezeajughi, a strong member of the Labour Party, won
election for a Councilor position representing Stonebridge ward at Brent
Council in 2014, re-elected again in 2018, retaining his seat all in the
white-dominated political environment after a very keenly contested election.
He
was elected Deputy Mayor of Brent within a year.
Born
in Awgbu Town, in Orumba North, Anambra State, Ezeajughi had his primary,
secondary and tertiary education in Anambra.
He
attended Aguata High School, Aguata, and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, where
he studied Applied Microbiology. Ezeajughi was actively involved in student
union politics, representing the departmental student union body.
After
graduation in 1998 and completion of his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC),
he worked briefly in the private family business – Koval Linkworld Agencies Ltd
– before migrating to England to join his wife and in England, Ezeajughi
obtained a Master’s degree in Science (M.Sc) from the prestigious Kings College,
London, as a Scientist by profession, he worked with Medicine and Healthcare
Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
A
father of four children, Ezeajughi was one of the founding fathers of a major
Nigerian political party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) UK Chapter
and was the Chairman in 2010-2012.
He
thereafter joined UK politics and was soon became a strong member of the Labour
Party.
Culled
from News Express.
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