Below are the stories of young Nigerians doing the country proud in their various fields of endeavour.

PRECIOUS DAVID-GAGA, WARRI, DELTA STATE
It is true that some people are jack of all trade and master of none. Precious is one person who has proven that he is a jack of many trades and master of all. As a consultant, graphic editor, web developer/analyst, audio visual editor and a lover of music, precious works are simply making a lot of positive impact on his numerous clients and business partners as well as young people within and outside Warri.

PRECIOUS OGAGA

Precious organizes capacity development training programmes, seminars, conferences and retreats in campuses and for other institutions drawing his inspiration from his former role as Business Development Manager at HRPS Limited, a human resources recruiting and training firm. His wealth of experience has benefited several individuals, corporate bodies and civil societies.

With his entire schedule he still finds time to do what he loves best – MUSIC. He is currently in the studio recording his debut album – PDAVE — to be launched in September, 2012.

AYODELE TAOFIQ-NIDA, LAGOS STATE
Ayodele Taofiq-Fanida is a young development practitioner and an entrepreneur, who is determined to take social development and entrepreneurship to another dimension. He has extensive experience in research, creative thinking, strategy development, project planning and management.

Trained under the World Bank Institute/British Council Debate to Action Project as a development knowledge facilitator, a graduate of cabinet making, he also holds a professional certificate in Interior design. He has had a substantial impact in fostering sustainable global development and policy; he is the author of a fund-raising book and presently working on his second book. Ayodele’s working experience has span through different projects and organizations both locally and internationally,include: British Council/Connecting Futures Project, Nigeria.

AYODELE FANIDA

He is the founder and coordinator of Save Our Community Afrika; a youth led community based project in Lagos. He is the head of Budget Implementation and Monitoring of the Human Right Information Networks (HuRiNeT), a project of The British Council, Nigeria. He is the Public Relations / Communication Officer at Global Citizens Ambassador, a youth-led project of the Voluntary Service Overseas and British Council, Nigeria.

He has been honored with several awards, among which is the Top 12 Trainers Award, by Youngstars’ Foundation in partnership with the Ministry of Youth Development and the British Council, Nigeria.

CHIMA RAPHAEL, LAGOS STATE
Chima Raph is an Imo State born new generation Stand-up comedian and compere with an ordinary diploma from the Lagos State Polytechic. His journey into the entertainment industry started professionally in 2011 after he emerged the winner of COMEDY FACEOFF, a comedy challenge show designed to discover and launch new stand-up humorists into the industry.

He has gained the confidence of event organizers with his very simple but classy style of telling clean and inspiring jokes that enthrall any audience. He has performed on professional comedy platforms like the AY SHOW, STANDUP NIGERIA, LAGOS MUST LAFF and a host of other comedy shows. His vision is to use comedy as a veritable tool for positive transformation.

As a strong advocate of a new Nigeria, Chima Raph is almost set with his radio programme debuting soon. As a youngster who believes in mentorship, he cut his teeth with Julius Agwu as an office assistant which provided him the opportunity to learn the basics of comedy act.

According to him, ’I was paid 2,000 naira for the first show I ever did. Today, my level is fast changing’. He admonishes: “don’t follow the crowd to make the money, discover your path and stick to it”.