PUSH NEWS 24 INTERNATIONAL: November 9th, 2022
NEWEST US SENATOR JON OSSOFF THANK NIGERIANS FOR THEIR SUPPORT
The newest member of the United States Senate; Senator Elect Jon Ossoff of the State of Georgia recorded a video where he specially thanked Nigerians for their massive support especially the Nigerian Healthcare Workers Group.
He mentioned several individuals including Dr Stanley Okoro and Segun Adeyinka amongst others.
In the video made he also urged Nigerians to help bring people out to vote as their numbers would matter.
For the first time in a generation, Democrats took both Georgia Senate seats.
Thomas Jonathan Ossoff born February 16, 1987 is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Georgia since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Ossoff was previously a documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist.
Before his election to the Senate, Jon led a team that exposed ISIS war crimes, atrocities committed by peacekeeping troops, human trafficking, fraud, theft, corruption, corporate abuse, and murder as the CEO of a 30-year-old company that produces investigations of official corruption, organized crime, and war crimes for international news organizations.
Mentored by civil rights legend Congressman John Lewis, Jon previously worked as a national security aide in Congress and as an investigative journalist.
In the U.S. Senate, Jon continues his work fighting for the people and exposing the abuse of power.
Jon serves on the powerful Senate Judiciary; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Rules Committees. He is also the Chair of the Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
Jon is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (Bachelor of Science) and the London School of Economics (Master of Science).
