Meet 34-year-old Benue man, Austin Chenge who wants to govern Michigan in US

A Benue man, Austin Chenge, is currently jostling for the governorship ticket of the Republican for Michigan in the 2022 elections in the US.

He’s challenging U.S Rep, Lamar Smith to the ticket.

Chenge, a Tiv is 34 and hailed from Benue State.

Ever-smiling and always the big dreamer, Austin Chenge, 34, from Grand Rapids, is the embodiment of the American Dream. Austin has always stunned critics by achieving what others consider impossible. A graduate of the School of Law at the University of Birmingham England, Austin raised over $200,000 in funding for his first startup, Holla@Me/Holla.com (now sold) in England and soon expanded to San Jose in California.

He created Waving in a social networking environment in 2011, a concept later seen on Facebook’ Wave.

In 2016 his tricycle design (termed Wazobia tricycle) aimed at improving the lives of peasant farmers, made history in the West African nation of Nigeria as the first designed, engineered and manufactured by a person of Nigerian descent. Since August 2018 he has served as a Specialist in the US Army, where he has been decorated with an Army Achievement Medal as Distinguished Honor Graduate with a CGPA of 99.8% and for exceptional performance while on Active duty.

As of March, 2020 Austin became the first Republican to announce his Candidacy for Governor of Michigan, 2022.