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Open Letter To Mr. President

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                                                                                 by OLASUPO Abideen Opeyemi May 15, 2018 D ear Mr. President It is with a heavy heart that I sit down to write Your Eminence. As a conscious, patriotic and progressive youth, I could not help but register my dissatisfaction with my country’s plight alongside a volley of plea to your administration to rescue this dire situation. Excuse the curtness of my manners. The intensity of my pain has almost robbed me entirely of formality. My passionate plea is not for a personal gain but for a revision of government’s position on issues of health, poverty and education, the individual components forming the fulcrum around which our collective development and glory as a nation revolve. Sir, I read ...

POVERTY IS SEXIST: TRAINING FOR 2018 #ONECHAMPIONS IN ABUJA

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The first time I  heard about One Campaign was on BBNAIJA 2017, my interest increased and i was curious to know about what the campaign is about so i google. On checking the site i read about so many works the ONE Campaign is doing especially through their ONE Champions in Nigeria in tackling extreme poverty. I applied this year to join the campaign and was selected after passing through a strategic selection process by ONE.org. So fast forward to the 3- Day training program that took place in Newton Park Hotel Abuja where I met 49 other Champions that has been doing great work in the developmental Sectors in Nigeria. Who said Nigerian Youths are Lazy again? I got a better understanding on the strategies ONE.ORG uses to tackle and eradicate extreme poverty in Nigeria doing and these includes; #MAKENAIJASTRONGER: Millions of Nigerians are dying from preventable diseases due to low investment and corruption in the health sector. So #MakeNaijastronger seeks to strengthen...