Youthville by Daily Trust Tambari

YOUTHVILLE ISSUE #144

Friday, August 18,, 2017 201 0 7

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How I made

1st CLASS

in Aeronautical Engineering from UK’s Brighton varsity Hauwa Umar Usman is a young lady from Kano state. She recently recorded a feat of graduating with a First Class (Honours) in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Brighton, in the United Kingdom. Hauwa who completed her secondary education at the Lead British International School, Abuja in 2012, shares her inspiring story with the DAILY TRUST YOUTHVILLE in this interview. By Simon E. Sunday @SimonEchewofun

hat was the motivation behind your success story? Firstly, I aligned my priorities correctly by sacrificing some of my social time to focus more on my academics, I also made good use of my time and resource which includes making use of library, not shying away from asking questions, going for tutorials, being organised at all times because organisation is key. Last but not the least, keeping fate in Allah and performing my five daily prayers on time. How would you describe your undergraduate days? My undergraduate days were challenging but also exciting. Coming into a new society, environment and field of study was overwhelming. However, I adapted by understanding the people, my surrounding. After which I made friends and kept a very small circle of positive minded people. During my leisure times, I go to the beach but mostly to watch sunset, the view in Brighton is amazing. As a successful aeronautical engineering graduate, what were the challenges you encountered? There are two basic challenges as an Engineer which includes: working under pressure and meeting deadlines. As an Aeronautical Engineering student, I was engaged in the use of advanced and complicated software. These programmes entailed a great degree of understanding which exposed my angle of weakness. I later came to find out that I was dyslexic, after undergoing various ‘diagnostic tests’. The Dyslexia team at the University were very helpful making sure I had a mentor and counsellor as well as my learning support.

What would you do differently in the field in Nigeria? If given an opportunity, I would place emphasis on the Research and Development (RD) of Institute for Aeronautics in Nigeria. What extra-curricular activities do you engage yourself at your free time? I like to read novels, meditate, take walks and sometimes go for a run. What was the process of securing your admission in a foreign university? I attended a foundation programme at the EF Language Preparation School in Cambridge and gained admission through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), a UK-based organisation. My father sponsored me throughout my university education. Is there a chance for youth to attain their dreams in the present Nigeria? The Nigerian youth will need to undergo a mentoring programme to achieve

their goals in life. Government support at federal and state level as well as support from their parents will go a long way in motivating them. They should also have faith in God. Most importantly, imbibe the culture of uprightness in all their affairs. Youth must be hard working, discipline and sincere in all their affairs. What would you suggest they should do to become self-reliant? It is very dangerous to keep a youth, as the saying goes that, is idle because “An idle man is a devil’s workshop”. Encouraging the youth to undergo training and education is necessary, so that they can acquire entrepreneurship skills for them to be employed or become employers of labour. Acquisition of entrepreneurship skills will make them useful to themselves and the nation.

 From left: Mrs Zainab Umar Raheem (Elder sister), Hauwa Umar Usman (Graduate), and Mrs Halima Umar Usman (Mother) at the graduation ceremony in UK recently.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption. – Kurt Cobain

NANS elects officials for Zone A, prays for Buhari By Latifat Opoola @LatifatOpoola The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Zone A has elected its new officials just as they pray for quick recovery for President Muhammadu Buhari. In a communiqué issued after the Zone’s 26th zonal convention at the College of Education in Minna, Niger State, it said, “NANS observed a prayer for the quick recovery of Mr President and called on Nigerian to rally round and give support to him so he can resume his duties.” The communiqué signed by the Convention Chairman, Comrade Adamu Kabir Matazu and the Chairman, Communiqué Drafting Committee, Comrade Yahaya Salisu, appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call of the strike and come to negotiation with government. The elected officials include the NANS Zone A Coordinator, Usman Ayuba of Jigawa State Polytechnic, Deputy Coordinator, Sadiq A. Yerima, SRCOE, Kumbotso – Kano state, the Secretary general, Shamsudeen Ibrahim of FCE and Katsina.

Bello tasks FCT corps members on Agro skills By Mulikatu Mukaila The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello has tasked corps members in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to acquire agricultural skills in the territory with its potentials for producing food for consumptions and exportation. He spoke while addressing them at the closing ceremony of the 2017 batch A stream 1 of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) orientation exercise in Abuja. Represented by the FCT acting Permanent Secretary, Hajiya Amina Abubakar, the minister charged the corps members to provide mentorship in their place of assignment that will ignite other youth’s interest in agriculture. Also, the FCT, NYSC coordinator Mr. Abdurazak Abdulsalam Salawu also urged them to be of exemplary conducts such that youth in their host communities will seek to emulate them.

‘Be focused, determined in pursuit of success’ By Kamardeen Ismail The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has called on the youths to remain focused and audacious in pursuit of their God-given purpose to achieve success in spite of vagaries and vicissitudes of life. The minister, represented by Mrs Chioma Nwande made the call during the weekend at the launching and presentation of the books, “Polished Vessels” and “Econometrics Amplified” authored by Chigozie Chukwu. Nwande congratulated the author for coming up with an “epistle of hope” for the younger generation. Chairman of the occasion, Mr. Segun Olubo advised youths to take the armour of audacity to help them maintain focus in their quest for success. The author, Chigozie said that the books,” Polished Vessel” a chronicle of his life ordeals and travails and “Econometrics Amplified” his best subject as an undergraduate are testament that failure is a success in disguise.

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YOUTHVILLE Group to engage Abuja youth on entrepreneurship By Tobiloba Kolawole

Why MTV Shuga season six is coming to Nigeria By Bamas Victoria @BamasVictoria

he executive director of MTV staying alive foundation and executive producer of MTV Shuga series Georgia Arnold has said that the series came back to Nigeria for an encore because it is the most populous African country. She told YOUTHVILLE in Abuja that “You know Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and it has an increasingly large

young population and amongst the young population there are some real issues we need to tackle.” She said this time around the theme will be diversified “we are not just looking at HIV prevention but really looking at family planning, misconception, encouraging young girls and young women’s too asking for information at the right places and also to make sure the young women are in charge of their

bodies and how to take care of their bodies as they get older.” She added that MTV Shuga contributes to the entertainment industry because It is produce entirely in the country it is set and most of the cast and crew are also from there. She explained that overtime it had aid in discovering talents who had gone to make name for themselves as such it provide a platform for young emerging stars.

SMEDAN, SAGE to promote youth entrepreneurship and livestock, while the students of Calabar School invented a water-powered generator. President of the SAGE team of the Calabar school Craft house, Master Orok Daniel Gabriel said they made the generator from metal scraps. The Continental Cordinator of SAGE Mr Amogu Agwu said students in SAGE teams are taught how to write a business plan, perceive business opportunity, and raise funding for business.

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The Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Agency of Nigeria Dr Dikko Umaru Radda says the agency will do all in its power to promote the innovations made by Nigerian youths. Radda spoke at the reception for students of Junior Secondary School, Jikwoyi, Abuja and the University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School who represented Nigeria at the just concluded Students For the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) world cup in Odessa Ukraine. “As long as I am DG of SMEDAN, I will push programmes through our budget provisions to make sure the National School Entrepreneurship Programme (NSEP) becomes a  The Craft House SAGE Team, University of Calabar reality,” Radda said. The students of JSS Jikwoyi International Demonstration Secondary School in a photograph manufactured animal feed from with SMEDAN DG Dikko Umar Radda (1st left), after a business cassava peals for feeding of poultry presentation at the 2017 SAGE World Cup.

Group launches capacity project to empower 1.2m youth By Chidimma C. Okeke A group under the UNESCO network, Read and Earn Federation (REF), has launched the ‘Tap-the-August Project’ that focuses on intellectual, economic and leadership capacity building for Nigerian youth in commemoration of the 10th International Youth Day (IYD). The Initiator/National coordinator of the project, Prince Abdulsalami Olusegun Ladigbolu said it is targeted at empowering 1.2 million Nigerian youth within the next 10 years.

He said it will also mobilize, train and empower 120,000 youth annually across the nation and create a data for monitoring and evaluation. “Our strategic entering point intervention is to enrol 20 young Nigerians from FCT-Abuja into automobile training to specialize in Toyota, Honda, Ford, Benz and Nissan,” he noted. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Library of Nigeria (NLN), Professor Lenrie O. Aina promised to support the project.

NYC wants Prof. Bichi of confirmed as VC of Dutsinma varsity By Simon E. Sunday @SimonEchewofun The Northern Youth Council (NYC), an umbrella body of all youth organisations in Northern Nigeria has called on the federal government to confirm Professor Armaya’u Hamisu Bichi as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the federal University, Dutsinma in Katsina state. The NYC Publicity Secretary, Comrade Yahaya Salisu in signed statement yesterday said after its extensive consultations and deliberations with the university community, they are calling for a probe into the previous leadership of the university. They urged the education miniter and the governing council of the university to immediately confirm Prof. Bichi as the substantive VC based on his track record of performance within the shortest time.”

A group of young entrepreneurs called the Young Entrepreneur of Nigeria (YEN) said it will be building capacity for youth in Abuja to boost their interest in entrepreneurship. Its president in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abdulsamiu Adetoro said the focus was to create a paradigm shift from white collar job to self-sufficiency. At a rally ahead of its national summit in Abuja, Adetoro said, “The focus on entrepreneurship is paramount because youth have been over-dependent on government. “We have designed a summit to encourage people to go into entrepreneurship,” he said. The participants would be taught about the various government empowerment programmes including entrepreneurship strategies available through the Bank of Industry (BoI).

IYD: Ethics Centre urges youth to be patriotic, tolerant By Eseohe Ebhota @EbhotaEseohe The Centre for Promotion of Ethics, Values and National Integration (CENPEVNI) has urged Nigerian youth to be patriotic and tolerant of everyone in the country to ensure peace and instil discipline. The Executive Director of the Centre, Dr. M.J. Sokomba disclosed this at a workshop organised in Abuja to mark the International Youth Day (IYD) held every August 12th, globally. She said the Centre focuses on character development through the imbibing of core values, values reorientation and national integration as entrenched in Section 23 of the Nigeria Constitution 1999 that promotes seven national ethics including ‘discipline, integrity, dignity of labour, social justice, religious tolerance, selfreliance and patriotism’. She also announced a national essay completion on this year’s IYD theme: Youth and Peace Building in Nigeria: A Road to a New Nigeria with entry closing on October 16, 2017. The National Coordinator of NYVEV, Mr Franklin Okorie, said young people comprise 60% of Nigeria’s population and are required to be built well to contribute to developmental efforts.

NYSC members, catalyst for development — Obiano From Emma Elekwa, Awka Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state has called on corps members deployed to the state to accept the national service with every sense of seriousness and patriotism, describing them as symbols and catalyst of growth and development of the nation. Obiano who stated this during the closing ceremony of the Batch ‘A’ stream II orientation course in Umunya, Anambra state, urged them to translate into practical terms the lessons drawn from the orientation course to their various places of primary assignments. Represented by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Youth Entrepreuneurship and Sports Development, Linus Nwabueze, the governor further enjoined them to be ready to impart positively in the lives of the members of the host community. “As leaders of tomorrow, you are the hope of this great nation. You are to utilize your intellect, resourcefulness, energy and understanding positively in the service of the nation.” he added. Earlier, the NYSC state coordinator, Olusegun Olawale urged the corps members to see themselves as vanguard of positive change.

Forty is old age of youth. Fifty the youth of old age – Victor Hugo