YOUTHVILLE ISSUE #102
Friday, October 28, 2016
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Young Lawal exhibits passion, constructs aircraft model in Kaduna T Text from Christiana T. Alabi, Kaduna
1 1. Lawal showcasing his prototype helicopter 2. One of his creations, a rocket launcher on display
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NMA volunteers services for released Chibok Girls Text by Bamas Victoria
The Nigerian Medical Association has pledged to volunteer specialist health care Services to all the released Chibok girls. The President of the association Dr. Mike Ogirima made the pledge during the commemoration of the 2016 physician’s week. He stressed that the government should not overlook the negative psychological trauma and health challenges facing the released girls. He said “We are ever ready to partner in providing voluntary specialist health care services to all the released Chibok girls through our members across the country”. The theme of the weeklong event was
“Health care delivery in a frail economy: Challenges and way forward.” Dr. Ogirma urged the government to take anti-corruption fight to other sectors like it has done in the judiciary. He said that “It is our belief that if this is extended to the health sector, the little resources available in the sector would be properly utilized to improve the affordability and accessibility of healthcare services to Nigerian’s passing through the economic recession.” As part of this year’s Physician’s Week the NMA and her 37 branches and affiliates staged a walk to demand for the implementation of the 2014 National Health Act (NHA).
w e n t y - f o u r- y e a r- o l d Abdullahi Lawal is a Computer Science student at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. Young Lawal in an interview with D Daily Trust YOUTHVILE said h has developed more passion he f aerospace technology. for From his childhood, Lawal s said he has engaged his mind, t thinking about how air/space c crafts are made and what makes t them fly while humans cannot f In pursuance of his talent, fly. h constructed some air and he s space crafts with technology t that makes them lift up to c certain height. For the aircraft, he uses high s speed DC motors and other e electronic devices that control a and enable it to fly while for t the space craft, he uses a c combination of chemicals to m make it solid rocket fuel which e enables it to obtain the thrust
that lifts it up. Lawal who was raised in Kaduna metropolis obtained a Diploma in Computer Science at Ameer Shehu Idris College of Advance Studies, Zaria before he was admitted into ABU for the same course. Narrating how he started constructing prototypes, he said, “I started constructing prototypes of aircraft and space craft/shuttle since I was a little boy. The idea comes to me whenever I see an aircraft flying or when I watch TV programes with same feature; as such, I started imaging how it flies when humans who are smaller than its size can’t fly like birds. From then, I started thinking of how to build my own local craft at home,” “I started by using local materials to build some of the small models of aircraft. Cardboard paper was one of my major materials for constructing craft due to its
availability; I later started using Aluminium sheets which is also found locally,” he explained. On his passion, Lawal said although he is studying Computer Science, his dream is to be a qualified Aerospace engineer. “My big dream in life is for Nigeria to be among the advanced technological countries in the world in the field of Aerospace engineering and Aviation and I have no doubt that the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari would have interest in nurturing our talents,” he said. Like many other youth without sponsors, Lawal still hopes to contribute to the growth of the country through his talent. “I also want to use myself to prove to the world that we can do far better than what we are doing presently in terms of scientific and technological knowhow,” Lawal said.
Yudala, firm launch discount services for youth Text from Nurudeen Oyewole, Lagos A retail marketing firm, Yudala and a youth enterprise initiative, Bridge Concepts have signed a pact to provide discounts to youths who use The Naija Green Card platform to purchase goods and services. At the signing of the MoU in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bridge Concepts, who is also the initiator, The Naija Green Card, Hon. Bimbo Daramola said the whole concept revolved around maximizing areas of strength for his firm and Yudala, in meeting the consumer needs of Nigerian youths especially at the time of recession which is affecting many households. With focus on young persons who fall between
the age bracket 18 and 35 we have put in place a platform, accessible by those holding the unique social safety identity otherwise known as The Naija Green Card. “As we speak, we have over 6,000 youths on this platform and what we simply do is to provide for them cheap and affordable products and services which hitherto could be much more costly elsewhere,” Daramola said. Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Yudala, Nnamdi Stan Ekeh said, “Though, the gesture may look small in terms of discounts added for every product the youth may seek from us through the platform, it will go a long way in meeting the plights of many especially at a time when the economic situation appears to be quite tough.”
Artiste inspires youth with song, ‘Turn Up’ EJ Johnson is a talented upcoming artiste in Abuja. The hip hop artiste recently released his song TURN UP which he says was inspired by President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaugural speech, ‘I am for everybody and I am for nobody’. He spoke more about this.
Text by Victoria Onehi What is about your latest song, Turn Up? The song preaches against social vices. The song says turn up for success, say no to poverty, say no to hard drugs, and say no to violence. In any thing you are doing in life, you have to stand firm and be steadfast. For instance, if you are a civil servant or hold a job, you must turn-up at work at the right time. Also, in whatever you are doing turn up.
How did you get the inspiration for this song? The inspiration for this song came to me when President Muhammadu Buhari came to power. In his inaugural speech, he said “I am for everybody, I am for nobody”. So, I said to myself that everybody must Turn-up at their various jobs and occupations and do the right thing because Buhari is a hard man and will not show mercy when you do the wrong thing. Who are your role models in the music industry in Nigeria? Tuface Idibia. I like him because of the message in his songs and I like him as a person as well. I like his style of music. Have you done any collaboration with anyone lately? I have done collaboration with Copper Stone and I have intention to do more work with him. I have the
intention to work with Yemi Alade soon. What is your advice for young people? My advice for young people is that they should not be involved in anything that will make them regret at the end of the day. They should p to God because God is the look up Ultimate.
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Centre for Disease Control gives information on a click Text by Bamas Victoria @BamasVictoria Students and stakeholders in the public health sector can now access and request for localized information related to communicable and non- communicable diseases from the website of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The CEO, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazi while launching the website, www.ncdc.gov. ng said it would strengthen the organization’s communications and eventually it would also be the first place people would go to when they are looking for information. NCDC was established in the year 2011 in response to the challenges of public health emergencies and to enhance Nigeria’s preparedness and response to epidemics through
prevention, detection and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases. The Technical Assistant on Communications, Dr. Lawal Bakare, said the website comes with a connect centre – “a quick button that gives you instant numbers you can contact in case of an emergency alongside a toll free line.” He added that aside from the weekly updated epidemiology reports it has an in-depth A to Z section on Nigerian localized diseases. “The A to Z categories for disease will make for good resource materials for students of public health who need information to develop their course notes and if they need research data; like on polio from 2001 to date, you can use the website to request for such information,” he said.
‘Youth need knowledge to create positive value’ Olumide Lawal is a 2016 fellow of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, a flagship programme of President Barack Obama that mentors African youth. Lawal who is the President of Mandela Washington Fellowship Association in Nigeria in this interview spoke on the benefits of the fellowship. Text by Abdullateef Aliyu, Lagos
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hat is the thrust of the fellowship? W We have four basic sectors in the fellow fellowshipthe Public Mana Management, Business and Entrep Entrepreneurship, Civic Leader Leadership and the Energy Sector. So 100 Nigerians ch were chosen to go to United State in June; I was posted Virgin to Virginia Common Wealth University where I spent six weeks and a I was opportuned me top public officials to meet in United States. So I lea learnt best practices in pu public practice. What do youth s stand to gain from it? It is a great opportunity for y youths who are r really interested in m making a difference in th their generation, who
Polio: Rotary urges parents to get children immunised Text by Simon E. Sunday @SimonEchewofun The Rotary E-Club District 9125 has urged parents in Abuja to get their children immunised against the polio virus. Speaking at a Multi Lingual Community Education held at Garki Village last weekend, President of the E-Club, Rotarian Temitayo Akpan said the essence of immunising children is to help protect them against the devastating effects of the virus which has caused paralysis for many infants especially in northern Nigeria. She said the sensitisation campaign was held as part of the activities marking the 2016 World Polio Day when Nigeria was reclassified as a polio endemic country following a recent outbreak of the virus in the Internally
Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Borno state. “Parents have the duty of safeguarding their children and that includes getting them immunised against the polio virus. A round of immunisation could go a very long way to protect the child for life from any poliorelated infection thereby curbing the occurrence of disability in the society,” she said. The residents comprising Hausa-speaking locals, Yorubas, Igbos and other languages were educated in prominent local languages on the advantages of getting their wards immunised. Rotarian Akpan said the routine immunisation exercise noting that it was for the best interest of families and the country, thereby persuading parents to make their wards available for the next round of immunisation coming up next month.
are really interested in creating positive values. When does this fellowship open for applicants? The Mandela Washington Fellowship is an offshoot of the Young African Leaders’ Initiative by President Obama. So it has three components- the Mandela Washington Fellowship, we have the Regional Leadership Centre and we have the YALI Network. Now the MWF comes up once a year since 2014. The Regional Leadership Conference comes up every quarter and YALI Network is a community for all Africans. How competitive is the fellowship? It is extremely competitive. For instance when we had our own last year, we had over 10,000 applications from Nigeria alone and just 100 people were chosen. That is about 0.1 per cent. There were over 30,000 applications across Africa and just 1,000 people were chosen but Nigeria had the highest number of fellows.
Card game, an innovation for libraries — App creator Text by Simon E. Sunday @SimonEchewofun An educationist and founder of Starryclassix Limited, Ms. Rachael Ejoke has said the Wordsbarn Card Game she created is an innovation that could promote fun in learning across Nigerian libraries. Speaking at the 2016 Nigerian Library Association Conference and Annual General Meeting, Ms. Ejoke said the increasing dislike for reading culture and poor internet usage for educational purposes amongst youngsters needs to be curbed through innovative trends such as the Words Barn Card Game In-Library programme. She urged private school owners to adopt such programmes to give their students a sense of belonging through the fun, edu-social atmosphere created by the game. “It does not only help students embrace reading as a fun game, but also promotes internet usage culture through participation in the online support platform via Starryclassix. com,” she said. Explaining how the game works, Ejoke said youth need to register on the website. She said they could also get a unique code found in a
Words Barn Game Pack which grants them access to forming Personal Word Libraries getting weekly ratings on the quiz page that further serves as a source of motivation for them. She said the game also comes with the annual Words Barn Awards since 2014 where many students were registered and granted free access to the game to improve their learning skills. Some of the participants schools in Abu.
‘Our tournament promotes youth networking’ Text by Latifat Opoola (@LatifatOpoola) Organisers of the Abuja Football Tournament (Agon) have said the fifth edition is slated to hold by November 12. A statement signed by Haqq Yahaya said the event which will hold at the El Amin International Secondary School, Abuja is aimed at bringing youths, businesses and
NGOs together to promote unity, socialize and network for a day. This edition which is the second this year and the fifth since it started in November 2014, with the theme “#high5ive” hopes to entertain and socialize with about 2,500 guests according to the statement. “#high5ive is a gesture of celebration or greetings in which two people slap each other’s palms
with their arms raised. “In line with this theme we have come up with the idea of *Fuse Play* where different coloured wrist bands with the names of different Agon sponsors will be randomly shared when you come in. The goal is to find someone with a band that matches yours to *fuse* with. You can now continue bonding with your new friend,” the organisers said.
Youth is given to us. Experience we pay for – Carolyn G. Heilbron
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Colours by TMA: How Youth group to get the perfect seeks end to lucrative O politics
eyebrow Text by Bamas Victoria @sinach360
ne of the basic principles in make-up is to get the eyebrows right, and here is where things start to go wrong because if you fail to get your eyebrows then you won’t be able to achieve that finesse look. YOUTHVILLE caught up with a Delta based make-up artist and the owner of ‘Colours by TMA’, Victoria Ogbogu and she enumerated the steps to getting your eyebrows right. “First of all you should get the accurate measurements of where it should start and end,” Victoria said. “Secondly, when drawing your brows, you use a brow pencil that is a shade lighter than the colour of your brow hair,” the young makeup artist explained.
In addition, when drawing, you go in with light strokes. She explained that “Light strokes make the brows look natural when use it against when you You print heavily.” The fourth point to note according to the owner of Colours by TMA is “You fill in with either your brow pencil or with a brow filler.” She said to note that you should always apply light strokes, after which you blend horizontally with a spiral wand; this tends to blend in harsh lines and even out the shaded brow Lastly, Victoria said you should highlight with either a concealer or a highlighting eye shadow. “This cleans up the brows leaving a flawless finish,” she clarified.
Entrepreneurship: NYP honours Garo for supporting youth Text from Ibrahim Musa Giginyu, Kano Nigerian Youth Parliament (NYP) has decorated the Executive Director of GB Tannery, Alhaji Mu’azzam Sule Garo, with an award of honour for his contribution towards youth entrepreneurship development and his efforts in the advocacy of youth’s involvement in policy making processes. Presenting the award to Garo, a senator representing Kano South, Bello Abdulkadir Karaye, stated that, the vision of NYP is to create a platform for developing and empowering the youth to fully realize their potentials in order to compete favourably with Youths in other democratic nations of the world. He added that it was in view of this that the parliament has observed with keen interest the manner in which young Garo has dedicated his time and resources in promoting youth’s activities especially in advocating involvement of youth in policy making process to
enable them have a say in what affects them. “Though a youth, Garo did not allow that to get to him, at a young age he has succeeded in becoming the ED of various companies t h r o u g h which he promotes other youth’s entrepreneurial skills to enable them become self-reliant in life. This is what NYP is looking for in each and every Nigerian youth, we are decorating you today to show that what you are doing is appreciated not by NYP ony but by every well-meaning Nigerian,” said
Karaye. In his address, the recipient of the award Alhaji Mu’azzam, reaffirmed his commitment to promoting the activities of Nigerian youth as the agents needed for the positive change in the nation adding that the future of Nigeria lies in the hands of the youths.
Text from Abdullateef Aliyu & Omobayo Azeez, Lagos Junior Chambers International (JCI) has condemned what it called lucrative politics in Nigeria and called for its abolition in order to secure the future of the country. Speaking at the 44th convention of the young people’s organization, held in Lagos, World President of the group, Paschal Dike stressed the need for reorientation among Nigerian youths against trailing the steps of some unpatriotic leaders. He said lucrative politics has created illusion for the youth as they dream of making huge money within short period instead of focusing on procedurally working to the top of the ladder. Dike identified lucrative politics as a major mayhem in Nigeria, saying “it has over-powered our spirit of patriotism and driven away our sense of value. Politics should be made less lucrative as this, if achieved, would reflect positively on our daily lives. “Over the years, it has been observed that the average Nigerian young person is thinking about how to make it fast, quick, and get things with immediacy. Very few persons want to go through the process and exercise patience. “That is why a lot of young people today, when asked what they would like to become, they answer you ‘a politician’ believing it to be a short way to making it life.” Dike urged Nigerians, especially the youths, to support the JCI in restoring the value of patriotism and civic duties and responsibilities which JCI has since embarked on across the globe.
Be stylish with coloured bags Text by Eseohe Ebhota @EbhotaEseohe When it comes to women’s fashion, handbags are a MUST-HAVE. But just as with jewellery and shoes, it is important to choose the right handbag for a truly fantastic look. A good bag can either make or mar your look. To really pull it off, find ways to blend your bag with your outfit. It is not just any bag, but a coloured bag because coloured
handbags when mixed with the right accessories and clothes, make a great fashion statement. Ladies love coloured handbags because besides enhancing their looks, they also make them confident and poised. They come in various colours, sizes, shapes and in different designs; they are also used while attending different functions such as weddings, birthdays, coronations, etc. However when using this
fashion item, one thing to take note of is the ability to combine accessories together, be it jewelleries, shoes, etc. And you can be sure that when you put the right accessories in place, you’ll definitely make heads turn when you attend any event. So instead of sticking with the regular black bag, why not add one or two coloured bags to your collection and be stylish with them any time you step out.
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking - Henry Ford