Today, June 28, Chike Ukaegbu announced his candidacy for President of Nigeria - a country with over 60% of the population between the ages of 18 and 35. At the age of 35, Chike aspires to become the youngest civilian president of the youthful African nation.

Chike said, "greatness is born of vision; of seeing the invisible and making it a reality. Nigeria needs a visionary leader now more than ever. This is our time and I am the right choice to lead our nation."

Recently named one of the UN's 100 most influential people of African descent under 40, Chike was born in Owerri, Imo State to now retired civil servants. He is a technology entrepreneur living in New York City. He went to school in Nigeria from kindergarten through his second year at University of Lagos before heading to the United States where he studied biomedical engineering at City College of New York, Executive Leadership and Management at Cornell University, took MBA courses at University of Pennsylvania, and studied Venture Capital and Investments at Stanford University.

Chike taught Math for seven years at City College of New York and entrepreneurship for two, while also serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. As a second year student in college, Chike was named a Fellow to the prestigious Colin Powell Fellowship in Leadership and Public Policy, which sparked an interest that led to research in youth disconnection and engaging disenfranchised communities. As a Fellow, he developed the HEROES Model for effective youth engagement.

HEROES is an acronym for Heritage, Education, Relationships, Opportunities, Entrepreneurship and Service; six pivotal areas crucial for effectively empowering children and youth. Disconnection is a term used to define youths who are out of school and out of work between the ages of 15 and 25. Nigeria has about 15 million disconnected youths.

https://allafrica.com/stories/201806280119.html

lol

almost like sowore look at the young souls we need promising and vibrant

Igbo?

We don hear

amaniro:
almost like sowore
look at the young souls we need
promising and vibrant

Is he having your vote 2019?

NdiaraIGBO:
Igbo?

We don hear

Must you bring tribe into every discuss?

Alphasoar:
Is he having your vote 2019?

sowore is my nigga

this guy is more sharp than sowere, i saw him speak on aljazeera
#chikeokeagbu4president 2019

Not to young to run. He's educated, young and promising.
We gat your back.

NdiaraIGBO:
Igbo?

We don hear

D reason Nigeria will not move forward is because of this narrow minded mentality.
How we prefer ethnicity over ability still amazes me in this country.