ELECTION COVERAGE - Ibrahim Omer - Welly Central

During his three years at Victoria University, Ibrahim Omer had a strict ritual every Friday afternoon: getting a coffee from Vic Books and a packet of sushi from MakiMono. Omer looks back at this time with fondness, and expressed immediate concern at the lack of students on campus before we even stepped foot into the Salient studio - “it's so quiet!”Originally from Eritrea, Omer arrived in Aotearoa as a refugee in 2008, graduated from VUW in 2016, graduated from VUW in 2016, and in 2020 was elected to Parliament as a Labour list MP. His work has previously focused on advocating for low-waged workers, migrants and refugees, but now the MP has joined the race for Wellington Central, hoping to follow in suit of his Labour predecessor, Grant Robertson. <br/><br/>Website: salient.org.nz<br/><br/>Magazine Instagram: @salientgram<br/><br/>Podcast Instagram: @salient_podcasts<br/><br/>This podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey