In the news from U.S Embassy,it was made known that,The Pan African Youth Leadership Program is a U.S government sponsored three-week intensive exchange program for secondary school students between the ages of 15- 18 who have demonstrated commitment to leadership and community service.
in addition to that,the program offers secondary school students and adult educators from up to 38 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to explore the themes of civic education, youth leadership development, community engagement, and respect for diversity
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This year, 3 students from Nigeria, Ruth Danjuma, Fidelis Nzekwe, and Amidu Mohammed, joined 21 students from Zambia, Kenya, Namibia, Malawi, Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe for the exchange program in the United States in April.
They have since returned from the program from where we got the intercept with one of the students Via US Embassy rep, Ruth Danjuma, who is currently a social prefect at her school, Government Secondary School Tudun Wada Abuja
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her advice for other young people as revealed in her interview with US embassy at the end of the program is
"young people should take every opportunity seriously. It doesn’t matter how people look down on them as [long] as they know what they are doing is right. see more pic below:
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