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TOP 25 PROMISING NIGERIAN YOUTHS UNDER 35 TO SERVE NIGERIA
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Nigerian youths top the global young change-makers precisely in the different section of development. But, when will these youths be given a greater responsibility in the political arena? Aside from being Nigerian citizens, among other qualifications, the 1999 Constitution stipulates that aspirants for the presidency must attain the age of 40; 35 years for governorship; 35 years for Senate; 30 years for House of Representatives; 30 years for House of Assembly; 30 years for council chairmanship; and 25 years for councillorship.



1.

Misan Rewane,

founder and CEO of WAVE Hospitality, an entrepreneurial solution that addresses education challenges in Africa, particularly vocational education that provides skills and jobs to the continent’s most disadvantaged. Misan previously worked at Monitor Group, Technoserve, Bridge International Academies, and The Center for Public Policy Alternatives.

After receiving a seed fund from from Havard she launched WAVE Hospitality Academy in August 2013 which was designed to focus on the training and placement of unemployed youths in the hospitality and retail industry. She has also co-founded IMPACT Initiative (a youth development non-profit), and Desigining Futures (an education incubator). Misan has received degrees from Stanford University and Harvard Business School.



2.

Dayo Israel



Dayo Israel is an astute motivational speaker and advisor to many world leaders, business executive, politicians, young entrepreneur and sports professionals. He is also an internationally recognized personality with over 12years of professional experience in international development having worked with organisations such as The United Nations, British Council, Save the Children UK, UNICEF, in various capacities and has appeared on countless television interviews, commercials, talk shows, radio programs, and was even selected by the United Nations to represent all the young delegates to the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children on a special CNN Live Interview. Recently, He was specially invited by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to a private reception at Buckingham palace.He is one of the Africa’s leading authorities on Social Entreprise and Youth Development. He co-launched the UNICEF State of the World Children’s Report in 2003 alongside Carol Bellamy and Oscar Award Winner – Vanessa Redgrave CBE. He is the first African to become a Student Council Chair in London’s Largest University and a recipient of so many International Awards which includes the British Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Award, PEWA (Person Earnestly Working for Africa) Award, GAB Award, Icon Awards, Icon of Hope Award, Young Achievers Award and many more.





3.

Rotimi Olawale,



Rotimi Olawale is chairperson of the African Youth Panel and founder of youthhubafrica.org. For over 12 years he has been involved in leading youth advocacy efforts mainly around the Millennium Development Goals and policies/programs that affect youth. Rotimi is currently involved in shaping local, national and global policies to benefit youth and also leverage opportunities for young people. Rotimi currently chairs the African Youth Panel as well as theAfrica Youth for Results Network. Rotimi is consulted by many National and International Agencies including The World Bank, The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Africa Development Bank (AfDB), The International Republican Institute (IRI), the European Union and the African Union Youth Division among others on various issues related to youth policies, youth programming and youth development.







4.

Toyosi Akerele



Toyosi is the Founder / CEO of RISE NETWORKS, a Leading Social Enterprise in Africa, with a deliberate interest in Technology and its relevance to Youth and Education Development across Africa.

Toyosi received a 2nd Class Upper Bachelors’ degree in Civil Law from the University of Jos, has studied Strategic Management at Executive Level at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, obtained a Certificate in Youth Inclusive Financial Services from University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA, holds a Certificate in Media Enterprise from the School of Media and Communication, Pan African University and an Executive Masters’ Certificate in Project Management from The Project Management College, UK.





5.

Steven Harris



Steve Harris, often regarded as Nigeria’s leading life strategist, is a highly sought after management consultant, motivational speaker and author. He assists his clients to plan and execute strategy to enhance their personal and corporate productivity. He has also designed, managed and facilitated several customer service and personal mastery training programmes, management and leadership retreats.

He describes himself as the shortest distance between where you are and where you want to be. He has been a consultant to several organisations, including GTBank, Diamond Bank, NLNG, Access Bank, Zenith Bank, NLNG, StanbicIBTC Pensions just to name a few, where he managed streams of customer service management, emotional intelligence, passion infusion and workforce activation training programmes and retreats on behalf of his firm, EdgeEcution.





6.



Grace Ihejiamaizu

A sociologist lecturer at the University of Calabar, Nigeria and a Social Entrepreneur and Global Changemaker with over five years of experience working in the nonprofit and youth development sector. In 2010, she started an afterschool youth development project called ‘Raising Young and Productive Entrepreneurs’ – RYPE Initiative, with the aim of educating, engaging and empowering young high school leavers to become leaders and entrepreneurs in their communities. RYPE’s impact has spanned across various communities in Nigeria, directly reaching more than 300 young people. Grace also founded iKapture Networks in 2013, a social enterprise strategically focused on providing educational and leadership services for students, school leavers and graduates.

Grace is also the founder and chief editor of Opportunity Desk, one of the largest online platforms for information on youth opportunities, scholarships, events, summits, etc. Opportunity Desk has over 100,000 visits monthly and has a growing social media platform for youth engagement.

Grace’s outstanding leadership skills has earned her multiple national and international awards and recognition including being named one of Google’s 12 Brightest Young Minds in 2011, and the recognition by the US State Department as the ‘International Exchange Alumni Member of the Month for September 2012’. She is the youngest to receive this award. The changemaker joined 59 other youths for the British Council Global Changemakers’ Summit in Brussels, Belgium 2012 and was one of 11 outstanding speakers at the TEDxYouth event at Bukoto, Uganda, same year. In 2013, she was one of the Honorees of the Future Awards Africa Young Person of the Year Prize and has been recognized by many other organizations in Africa for her work and achievements including the Under35CEO and Remarkable30 awards.







7.

Blossom Nnodim

A Nigerian writer, entrepreneur and public servant. She is popular across major cities in Nigeria for her social media educative start-up known as #AdoptATweep, Abuja’s and probably Nigeria’s foremost largest offline social media event, specifically targeted at the use of twitter for business, networking, marketing, Social Good and branding for creative folks..

Consequent upon graduation in 2005, she had a brief work stint with Guaranty Trust Bank, Port Harcourt, as a Customer Care officer.

Blossom Nnodim was awarded the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) of the U.S Department of State as one of the Young African Leaders selected to monitor the U.S Elections in November 2012. She was one of the speakers at TedX Abuja. Her pieces have appeared on Bella Naija. In July 2012, she and another leading Nigerian social media expert, Japheth J. Omojuwa , were named ProMaCon Project Management Ambassadors, to use the social media and other platforms to educate their fans and followers on the ideals of project management and its indispensability to national development.

Blossom has become a sought after public speaker with her message of Social Media for Social Good. She recently shared a stage with Nuhu Ribadu at “Project Mentor-Me”. In 2013, she was named alongside other A-class individuals as one of the top ten Nigerian celebrities to follow on Twitter. Notable in the list are Don Jazzy and P-Square. In 2014, Blossom got a surprise listing in a high powered listing of Social Media personalities. This is a list of the top 100 most influential black people on digital/social media. Notable in the list are Barack Obama and Beyonce Knowles.



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10.

Gabriel Adeyemo

Gabriel Adeyemo is an esteemed youth leader; public health analyst, advocate and development expert with over 8 years of experience on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights programs, maternal; newborn and child health interventions, HIV/AIDS programming, with special focuses on New Biomedical and Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (NPTs/MPPs), including Pre & Post Exposure Prophylaxis advocacy.

Gabriel is a Master in Public Health with track in Epidemiology and population development; an ardent advocate for MDGs 4, 5 & 6 and a campaigner for youth inclusion and participation in the SDGs processes. He has fieldwork experiences in over 14 states of Nigeria and other countries, wide-ranging experiences as keynote speaker, panelist, researcher, monitoring and evaluation specialist, advocate for universal healthcare coverage in RMNCH and vast working knowledge across public and private sectors including Governments, CSOs, United Nations, academia, corporations, and non-profit organizations.



11.

Japheth Omojuwa

Japheth Omojuwa (@omojuwa), 30,a Nigerian blogger, socio-economic and political commentator, environmental consultant and social media expert. He is currently a lecturer (on Africa: Democratic prospects and challenges) at Free University of Berlin, and a consultant with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Foundation and editor of the blog, Omojuwa.com which he began in 2009.

He has led panels organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), African Development Bank (AfDB), the Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ, Heinrich Boell Stiftung amongst other local and international organisations. He is the creator of Naija Teenz, a platform of engagement and value orientation for Nigerian teenagers and the curator of Omojuwa, which has since become a tool of expression for many Nigerians.

He was one of the outspoken voices during the #OccupyNigeria revolution of 2011, along with other key activists and coalitions, like Eggheader Odewale, Tolu Ogunlesi, Abang Mercy and Enough is Enough Nigeria. In 2012, YNaija named him one of the most influential young Nigerians under 35 in Business, Fashion, Media, Entertainment, Technology and Politics! with writer, Ifreke Inyang describing him in particular as “king of the click.” In July 2012, he was named ProMaCon Project Management Ambassador, to use the social media and other platforms to educate his fans and followers on the ideals of project management and its indispensability to national development. Omojuwa was ranked 29th on a list of the 100 Most Influential Black People on Digital/Social Media in April 2014 alongside Barack Obama, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey amongst others.





12.

Ayodele Ayowale — Former student activist and one time Council Chairman, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area in Lagos State. Ayo as a student activist and council chairman did remarkably well, touching lives and generating ideas that were previously unknown in the area of governance.





13.

Daniel Onjeh – Daniel Donald Onyirofe Onjeh holds a B.A. (Double Honours) in Political Science & Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon. He was elected President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in 2002, and subsequently President, West Africa Students’ Union (WASU) in 2006.





14.



Bashir Maru



Dr. Bashir served as the youth leader and head of Arewa Youth Parliament for the 2015 Presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party. He is a medical doctor with wealth of leadership and administrative experiences including as the president of National Association of Nigerian Students (N.A.N.S) 2008, president of Nigerian Medical Students’ Association (NiMSA) 2013, regional assistant on public health for Africa (IFMSA), currently Leader of the Hope African Foundation. He has been nominated for few political appointment including special assistant on Health to the governor. He is among the few medical doctors with passion for national development. He started his political quest as a student leader.





15.



Adedapo Lam- Adesina



Adedapo Lam-Adesina popularly called Dapo Lam, D’Lam is vibrant young Nigerian who believes in the enthronement of an Egalitarian society in Nigeria. He is the son of the late Alhaji and Alhaja Lam-Adesina. Dapo Lam started his political career in the university as the departmental president on graduating. He is the co-founder of Skipet Oil Ltd supplying diesel to end-users and president and founder of future initiative Nigeria. He called to service as the honorable commissioner for industry applied science and technology during his civil service work at the ministry of agriculture and presently sit in the advisory board of the Youth Advocator Network.





16.

Hon. Kasim M. Kasim

Hon Kasim a former National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) union leader, now Nigeria’s youngest elected lawmaker, Hon. Kasim M. Kasim, represent Akwanga South in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA).



17.

Patrick C. Eze

Dr.Patrick presently chairs the Junior Doctors section of Africa World Medical Association, Community Service Director at Rotary International, Executive Director for Africa, Junior Doctors Network at World Medical Association, Deputy Chair Junior Doctors Network at World Medical Association – WMA, Medical Intern at University of Abuja Teaching Hospital – Gwagwalada, Abuja – FCT, Business/Assistant Editor at Nigeria Medical Association NMA, SCOPH Regional Assistant for Africa at IFMSA SCOPH RA Africa 2010/2011, National President NiMSA 2009/2010, Project Manager at Project Manager Gracely Health Foundation, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at C.E.O and Founder SAYITNigeria, Mentor at Global Fund Mentor Hiv and AIDS Work Place Policy HWWN, team leader at Green4Care India and Society And Youth Transformation Initiative.



18.

Daniel Onjeh – Daniel Donald Onyirofe Onjeh holds a B.A. (Double Honours) in Political Science & Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon. He was elected President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in 2002, and subsequently President, West Africa Students’ Union (WASU) in 2006.



Israel Oluwaseyidayo Idris
Dr Israel Oluwaseyidayo Idris is an esteemed health advocate and educator, Healthcare researcher and skilled administrator. He is the president and chairs the nine member board of FORDMED MEDICAL GROUP; a health care establishment founded with tremendous enthusiasm and an unexpurgated acceptance to achieve an accurate diagnostic and pharmaceutical measures and health care advancement in Africa. FORDMED is globally called AFRICA’S HOME OF HEALTHCARE. Idris is also the founder and administrator of several organizations including FORDMED CLINICS, HARFORD EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND SCHOOLS, MAGHEALTH-AFRICA, NAIJA HEALTH, COFFEE-TONG. He is a candidate of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Medicine (Neuropharmacology-Stroke) and also a teaching assistant of the department; screened and selected candidate of UNICEF talent group (Health). He served as national director for reproductive health, IFMSA 2013- 2014; co-Founder, ex-Chairman taskforce committee and former co-director research & development committee of the International Youth Alliance on Family Planning, student and youth speaker for UNAIDS 2013, WORLD SEPSIS 2013, ICFP 2013, international federation of gynecology and obstetrics FIGO-AFRICA 2013. He is the only Nigerian pre-selected and interviewed for the World Bank Analyst Program to be among the global health analysts. Dr.Idris was nominated for lower political portfolio for health in Lagos state but disqualified for age, again nominated by bill gate for 120 under 40; and Forbes 100 under 30. For his passion and quest for medical sciences and journalism, Dr Idris served and still serving as editor and/ reviewer of reputable peer-review journals; recently he was unveiled as a secret reporter for blogs and news platform including the guardian, from poverty to power, punch online news, the conversation, naija whistle, poverty matters and so on. He is a recipient of numerous honors including University Scholar – Lagos State University, Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria – Undergraduate Scholarship, Chief Nigerian delegate to the International Federation Medical Students Association (IFMSA) March General Meeting, Ghana and August Meeting, India 2012, Youth and Student Travel Grant recipient to attend ICFP and FIGO-Africa 2013 sponsored by the Bill Gate and Africa Union/FIGO respectively, Agbami Chevron Undergraduate Medical Scholarship recipient, an Awardee of few national and international scientific competitions including ministry of public health of Ukraine DIPLOMA AWARD for best scientific work at the 67th International students’ and young scientists’ congress 2013, written recommendation for 2015 Student BMJ Clegg Scholar from eastern Europe, 3rd position medical conference of students and young doctor, v.n karazin national university 2014, “scientific innovation award” both by Kharkiv National University of Economics and Kharkiv City Recognition 2016 and many scientific grants for his department. Dr. Idris has over 12 international publications in peer-reviewed journals and has a strong interest for health, poverty eradication and socio-economic development for Africa precisely Nigeria.



20.

Kazeem Adio

Kazeem Ademola Adio was one time former Secretary to the Osun State Government during Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola’s tenure. Adio is a multitalented and passionate administrator per excellence. Adio holds a degree in Accounting, Masters in Business Administration and an M.Sc in International Marketing Management.



21.

Taiwo Franklin Akerele

A management consultant and a graduate of the University of Benin (1999) with a post graduate degree from the University of Ibadan (2006) . With added qualifications from the Carleton University, Ottawa Canada with a partial funding from the International Development Association and also qualification in Knowledge Management from the prestigious Stellenbosch University Cape Town South Africa sponsored by the Afribank Group. Mr Akerele has consulted for a number of organizations including the World Bank Group on the South-South Exchange program for Nigeria, Colombia, Kenya, Jamaica and South Africa, and also the UK-Department for International Development (DFid) through the Lagos Ajegunle Community Project and the Norwegian Funded Oil Revenue Management Program through the African Network for Environmental and Economic Justice.





22.

Isaiah Owolabi

Isaiah Owolabi, a Public Health and Corporate Sustainability expert is the project director and co-founder of HACEY’s Health Initiative, a non-governmental organization which helps to support and empower vulnerable children, women and young people in Africa to live a healthy and productive life. He has over six years of experience working to champion youth led development for sexual and reproductive health interventions and incorporating business models for such intervention. Isaiah previously worked as a trainer for the National Directorate in Nigeria where he also incorporated health education into the life skills program. He also served as a monitoring and evaluation officer for Peace Child International at the 5th World Youth Congress in Istanbul, Turkey and previously supervised projects on girls sexual health promotion, contraceptive promotion and access, HIV prevention and treatment programs for vulnerable women and young people. He is the author of the book “HIV/AIDS- The future of the infected and affected”.

He is the founder and Co-Executive director of the International Youth Alliance on Family Planning, commonwealth youth award recipient 2013, bill gate travel grant recipient, nominee of the 120 under 30 bill gate. He is skilled in public speaking, writing, research, project and knowledge management; a certified member of the Nigerian Institute of Management , a One Young World Ambassador, Fellow of the United States Consulate Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative, Young Investigator Award Winner for his presentation on oral contraceptives at the International Union of Physiological Science



23.

JAMIE PAJOEL is an Associate Professional Mentor and Coach (APMC) from the Institute of Mentoring and Career Coaching Nigeria. He was also awarded Honorary Associate of Certified Business Management Professional (ACBMP). Jamie is an African Union Youth Ambassador and AU delegate to Ethiopia in 2015. He was one of the young and influential young leaders selected to meet and discuss with United Nation Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Mr Ahmad Alhendawi on his visit to Nigeria.

Jamie Pajoel is also the CEO of DYNAMIC VANTAGE LIMITED -a Human Capital Development and Management Consulting Company with a clear vision of positioning organizations and individuals for growth and productivity and also renders Business and social Event Management that specifically meet the demands and aspirations of our clients. He is a lead trainer at The Speakers Academy-a professional institution poised with the passion of rendering public and corporate presentation services that helps individuals and corporate bodies achieve their key business and personal objectives. He is a corporate trainer, a social entrepreneur, author, youth policy maker, a robust thinker, multiple award winning public speaker and a certified Business Presentation Skills trainer from FifthGear Consulting.

He is also the Founder/President of THE SPEAKERS’CLUB, NIGERIA- an organization set to groom undergraduates on public speaking in 144 high institutions across the entire federation of Nigeria.

In 2015, he was appointed as research assistant to the director-general/ facilitator-in-chief, first global summit on women empowerment, Washington dc, September 25-27, 2015.



24.

Chima Anyaso

Chima Anyaso is the CEO of Ceecon Oil and Gas and enlisted among the world’s youngest billionaires. He is another young vibrant Nigerian who deserve a call to serve Nigeria.



25.

Nuhu Atta

Dr. Nuhu Atta is one of the youngest and brightest minds in Nigeria’s socio-political and economic milieu. He recently received his PhD in International Affairs and Diplomacy at the age of 31. As a political educator, youth leader and social entrepreneur he consults for a variety of Multinational Co-operations, Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) on public policy, international economic relations and inter-governmental relations. Dr.Nuhu Atta has served as a Special Assistant to the Director of Economic Intelligence in the prestigious office of the National Security Adviser (O.N.S.A) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; an office saddled with much responsibilities including protection strategy of the economy and security of the nation, Nigeria.

TOP 25 PROMISING NIGERIAN YOUTHS UNDER 35 TO SERVE NIGERIA

Nigerian youths top the global young change-makers precisely in the different section of development. But, when will these youths be given a greater responsibility in the political arena? Aside from being Nigerian citizens, among other qualifications, the 1999 Constitution stipulates that aspirants for the presidency must attain the age of 40; 35 years for governorship; 35 years for Senate; 30 years for House of Representatives; 30 years for House of Assembly; 30 years for council chairmanship; and 25 years for councillorship.



1.

Misan Rewane,

founder and CEO of WAVE Hospitality, an entrepreneurial solution that addresses education challenges in Africa, particularly vocational education that provides skills and jobs to the continent’s most disadvantaged. Misan previously worked at Monitor Group, Technoserve, Bridge International Academies, and The Center for Public Policy Alternatives.

After receiving a seed fund from from Havard she launched WAVE Hospitality Academy in August 2013 which was designed to focus on the training and placement of unemployed youths in the hospitality and retail industry. She has also co-founded IMPACT Initiative (a youth development non-profit), and Desigining Futures (an education incubator). Misan has received degrees from Stanford University and Harvard Business School.



2.

Dayo Israel



Dayo Israel is an astute motivational speaker and advisor to many world leaders, business executive, politicians, young entrepreneur and sports professionals. He is also an internationally recognized personality with over 12years of professional experience in international development having worked with organisations such as The United Nations, British Council, Save the Children UK, UNICEF, in various capacities and has appeared on countless television interviews, commercials, talk shows, radio programs, and was even selected by the United Nations to represent all the young delegates to the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children on a special CNN Live Interview. Recently, He was specially invited by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to a private reception at Buckingham palace.He is one of the Africa’s leading authorities on Social Entreprise and Youth Development. He co-launched the UNICEF State of the World Children’s Report in 2003 alongside Carol Bellamy and Oscar Award Winner – Vanessa Redgrave CBE. He is the first African to become a Student Council Chair in London’s Largest University and a recipient of so many International Awards which includes the British Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Award, PEWA (Person Earnestly Working for Africa) Award, GAB Award, Icon Awards, Icon of Hope Award, Young Achievers Award and many more.





3.

Rotimi Olawale,



Rotimi Olawale is chairperson of the African Youth Panel and founder of youthhubafrica.org. For over 12 years he has been involved in leading youth advocacy efforts mainly around the Millennium Development Goals and policies/programs that affect youth. Rotimi is currently involved in shaping local, national and global policies to benefit youth and also leverage opportunities for young people. Rotimi currently chairs the African Youth Panel as well as theAfrica Youth for Results Network. Rotimi is consulted by many National and International Agencies including The World Bank, The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Africa Development Bank (AfDB), The International Republican Institute (IRI), the European Union and the African Union Youth Division among others on various issues related to youth policies, youth programming and youth development.

4.

Toyosi Akerele



Toyosi is the Founder / CEO of RISE NETWORKS, a Leading Social Enterprise in Africa, with a deliberate interest in Technology and its relevance to Youth and Education Development across Africa.

Toyosi received a 2nd Class Upper Bachelors’ degree in Civil Law from the University of Jos, has studied Strategic Management at Executive Level at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, obtained a Certificate in Youth Inclusive Financial Services from University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA, holds a Certificate in Media Enterprise from the School of Media and Communication, Pan African University and an Executive Masters’ Certificate in Project Management from The Project Management College, UK.





5.

Steven Harris



Steve Harris, often regarded as Nigeria’s leading life strategist, is a highly sought after management consultant, motivational speaker and author. He assists his clients to plan and execute strategy to enhance their personal and corporate productivity. He has also designed, managed and facilitated several customer service and personal mastery training programmes, management and leadership retreats.

He describes himself as the shortest distance between where you are and where you want to be. He has been a consultant to several organisations, including GTBank, Diamond Bank, NLNG, Access Bank, Zenith Bank, NLNG, StanbicIBTC Pensions just to name a few, where he managed streams of customer service management, emotional intelligence, passion infusion and workforce activation training programmes and retreats on behalf of his firm, EdgeEcution.





6.



Grace Ihejiamaizu

A sociologist lecturer at the University of Calabar, Nigeria and a Social Entrepreneur and Global Changemaker with over five years of experience working in the nonprofit and youth development sector. In 2010, she started an afterschool youth development project called ‘Raising Young and Productive Entrepreneurs’ – RYPE Initiative, with the aim of educating, engaging and empowering young high school leavers to become leaders and entrepreneurs in their communities. RYPE’s impact has spanned across various communities in Nigeria, directly reaching more than 300 young people. Grace also founded iKapture Networks in 2013, a social enterprise strategically focused on providing educational and leadership services for students, school leavers and graduates.

Grace is also the founder and chief editor of Opportunity Desk, one of the largest online platforms for information on youth opportunities, scholarships, events, summits, etc. Opportunity Desk has over 100,000 visits monthly and has a growing social media platform for youth engagement.

Grace’s outstanding leadership skills has earned her multiple national and international awards and recognition including being named one of Google’s 12 Brightest Young Minds in 2011, and the recognition by the US State Department as the ‘International Exchange Alumni Member of the Month for September 2012’. She is the youngest to receive this award. The changemaker joined 59 other youths for the British Council Global Changemakers’ Summit in Brussels, Belgium 2012 and was one of 11 outstanding speakers at the TEDxYouth event at Bukoto, Uganda, same year. In 2013, she was one of the Honorees of the Future Awards Africa Young Person of the Year Prize and has been recognized by many other organizations in Africa for her work and achievements including the Under35CEO and Remarkable30 awards.







7.

Blossom Nnodim

A Nigerian writer, entrepreneur and public servant. She is popular across major cities in Nigeria for her social media educative start-up known as #AdoptATweep, Abuja’s and probably Nigeria’s foremost largest offline social media event, specifically targeted at the use of twitter for business, networking, marketing, Social Good and branding for creative folks..

Consequent upon graduation in 2005, she had a brief work stint with Guaranty Trust Bank, Port Harcourt, as a Customer Care officer.

Blossom Nnodim was awarded the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) of the U.S Department of State as one of the Young African Leaders selected to monitor the U.S Elections in November 2012. She was one of the speakers at TedX Abuja. Her pieces have appeared on Bella Naija. In July 2012, she and another leading Nigerian social media expert, Japheth J. Omojuwa , were named ProMaCon Project Management Ambassadors, to use the social media and other platforms to educate their fans and followers on the ideals of project management and its indispensability to national development.

Blossom has become a sought after public speaker with her message of Social Media for Social Good. She recently shared a stage with Nuhu Ribadu at “Project Mentor-Me”. In 2013, she was named alongside other A-class individuals as one of the top ten Nigerian celebrities to follow on Twitter. Notable in the list are Don Jazzy and P-Square. In 2014, Blossom got a surprise listing in a high powered listing of Social Media personalities. This is a list of the top 100 most influential black people on digital/social media. Notable in the list are Barack Obama and Beyonce Knowles.





8.

Otto Orondaam

Otto Orondaam is a young African born and raised in Nigeria, a country he has so much believe in. He has a bachelor’s degree in Human Anatomy from the University of Port Harcourt and holds an executive masters in project management from CUPE UK and certificate in Social Change, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship from the United Nations University for Peace, Costa Rica.

Otto Orondaam founded Slum2School Africa in 2012 during his national youth service as an intervention to advocate for and improve access/quality of education for disadvantaged children in slums and remote communities..

His passion to improve the state of his country and continent made him volunteer and work several Non-Profits organizations and International development Agencies in Nigeria and within African countries since the age of 16, where he assisted in building structures for the implementation developmental projects.

Otto Orondaam’s contributions to the social sector has fetched several recognitions like the Lagos state Honors Award as most outstanding corps member in 2012, Nigerian CSR Awards, the Future Awards for innovation in education in 2012 and 2013 consecutively, African sustainable solutions showcase at the African CEO’s Roundtable and was recognized by the Presidency as one of the top 100 Nigerian Youths. Otto Orondaam is a member of the Human Capital Development / Education Committee of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), The Education Reform Team and also an Ambassador for Junior Achievement International.





9.

Okechukwu Ofili

Okechukwu Ofili is a leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources in education and business. He runs the popular blog ofilispeaks.com and is the author of several books including the controversially brilliant “How Intelligence Kills: Our Dangerous Addiction to Respect, Religion, Intelligence and Lots More”

In addition to writing and speaking, Okechukwu is the founder/owner of okadabooks.com, a fast growing and easy-to-use mobile book reading app (MTN 2013 app of the year) for the African market.

A design engineer in the professional life Ofili is a writer and speaker in his alternate life with his articles appearing in several top online publications like Bellanaija, Ynaija etc.



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MALNUTRITION IN NIGERIA

A well-nourished, healthy workforce is a pre-condition for sustainable development. When human potential and resources are trapped in the vicious cycle of malnutrition, development goals and improved standards of living will not be realized.
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PRINCIPLES BEHIND A HEALTHY VAGINA
A healthy vagina is slightly acidic with flora which help in defending the vagina against infection and maintain the pH of the vagina. The vagina is the inner beauty of a woman with a priceless worth; And therefore requires a quality protection and healthiness.
Although the vagina produces minute secretion for its regular cleaning just the eye (lacrimal gland) and mouth (saliva) that keeps in the cleaning of those organs. And therefore it is our utmost duty to support the healthiness of the vagina for sweetest sex; self-esteem; personal hygiene, etc.
The following below are the precautions and to-do to have a healthy vagina:
CAUTION EXCESSIVE ANTIBIOTICS INTAKE
WEAR COTTON UNDERWEAR OR GO COMMANDO
KEEP AWAY FROM DOUCHING
MAINTAIN A HEALTHY DIET. Required quality nutrient prevent vagina infection. For instance Cranberry juice and yogurt can potentially help prevent yeast infections and aid in their treatment.
PREVENT UNSAFE SEX. Safe sex requires you using condoms that help prevent sexually transmitted diseases including sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV, genital herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, genital warts, and chlamydia,etc.
GO FOR REGULAR CHECK-UP
AVOID FREQUENT BIKING OR CYCLING.
CAUTION YOUR Position.
READ FREQUENTLY ABOUT VAGINA HEALTHINESS OR STI HEALTH EDUCATION FOR A QUALITY PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE.
TREAT INFECTION INSTANT ON ARISE.
AVOID THE UNNECESSARY USE OF SOAP.
DONT BE FAR FROM THE USAGE OF LUBRICANT BUT AVOID PETROLEUM JELLY.
MAINTAIN THE TIGHTENING OF YOUR VAGINA.
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Black doctors including Nigerian trained are doing pretty much well in the US probably due to the state of art in the healthcare system of the country,USA.

WHY IS THE GLOBE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT FULL ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING AND EVEN ADVOCATING FOR CONDOMS BEING GIVING FOR FREE WHILE SANITARY PADS IS SHOULD FOR HIGH PRICES.


REMEMBER SEX IS A CHOICE OF EMOTIONS AND MENSTRUATION IS A NECESSITY.

I KNOW OF MANY GIRLS WHO HAVE NEVER USED A SANITARY PAD SINCE THEIR START OF MENSTRUATION.

WRITING THIS TO NAIJA HEALTH AND DR. ISRAEL OLUWASEYIDAYO IDRIS TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT IN THE SUPPORT OF SANITARY PAD AS A FREE COMMODITY TO EVERY YOUNG GIRLS.


SANITARY PADS should be FREE,condoms should be sold.Sex is a choice wherelse menstruation ISN'T ...lots of girls are suffering out there because they can't afford pads.please help me campaign this issue by sharing this post

The problems in Nigerian Health System require whole system reformation.

DO PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSION NEED A DOCTOR

Avoid taking decongestant!!!

Prevent is better than cure...

For Prevention:

Stay away from anyone who has a cold, if possible.
Wash your hands often, and after you have been around someone who has a cold.
Ask those around you to practise the "catch it, bin it, kill it" routine. People with a cold should catch coughs and sneezes in a tissue, throw it away, and wash their hands.
Wash your hands if you’ve picked up a dirty tissue.
Clean surfaces in your home and your office space often.
Avoid sharing cutlery, cups or plates with someone who has a cold.
Avoid sharing towels – use your own, or use paper towels to dry your hands.

HOME REMEDY:
stuffy nose is a nuisance and you can try inhaling steam or using a salt water nasal spray. Or you can ask your pharmacist to recommend a vapour rub that is safe in pregnancy. Taking paracetamol may also help to relieve a runny or blocked nose.


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enque:
hey mamas,

please what home remedies can i use to treat catarrh? I'm 33weeks and i do not wanna go to the hospital or take any drugs , as it just started this morning.

i have been taking white vitamin c tabs since it started.

thanks

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