YALI NETWORK FACE2FACE PROFESSIONAL
YALI he said is all about capacity building through academic coursework, leadership training, professional development and networking relevance in our current sociopolitical climate, all paramount to shaping our societies because as an act of patriotism respiring volunteering, we disapproves any form of injustices. Ovo Otarigho, Executive Director, Impact Driven Young Initiatives and Coordinator YALI Network Abuja during the Face to Face Meeting. The session which was held during the August Face to Face meeting, at federal university Lokoja involves a mentorship session, deliberations, goodwill messages from Regional Leadership Center Alumni, Nomination, Presentation of candidates and their Manifestoes from candidates as provided within YALI rights, voting and inauguration of new Executive members.ĭuring the auspicious moment, the Mentor for the month, Ovo Otarigho, Executive Director, Impact Driven Young Initiatives and Coordinator YALI Network Abuja while taking the mentoring process and thereafter coordinates the process involved in electing the new executive members, ensure strict YALI rights as provided, providing advice’s and suggestion, speaks on the needs to sincerely involves in impact driven acts of volunteering within the groups, its activities, spur growth, prosperity, good governance and the likes in our community. Today, he serves as the chapter president of YALI Network Face2face in Kaduna State.The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network Kogi was on a new bridge, after a successful completion of office for the first, previous executives and an inauguration of new executive members who will champion the leadership activities of the group in the state for another one year as prescribed. In 2017, he got accepted into the YALI Program after being rejected four (4) times. In 2017, Best Brain Foundation, a local NGO in Nigeria named him the Education Ambassador of the year. In 2016 He was named the Youth and Education Ambassador, by International Human Rights Commission, Pakistan. He is also a Fellow of Young African Leaders Initiative,(YALI) Regional Leadership Centre, Ghana, an Initiative of the United State Government to develop African Youths and a Fellow of the Prestigious Young Political Leadership School in Liberia. Serving as Executive Director, he led CLEDA Africa to reach over 120,000 students, 15,000 teachers and 8,500 youths.Īkpan currently serves as the Director General of African Youth Academy (with campuses in 5 African Countries), an initiative of Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Fellows, to change the narrative of African leadership, by identifying, developing and deploying the next generation of African Leaders for African Development.ĭaniels hold a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree In Industrial Design with major in Glass Science from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria a Certificate in Civic Leadership from Ghana Institute of Management and Administration, Ghana a Certificate in Grant Writing from Appalachian State University, U.S.A and about completing a Post graduate Diploma in Education at Nigerian Teachers Institute, Nigeria. In 2014, he founded CLEDA Africa, a high Social Impact not-for-profit organization, to inspire and provide economically disadvantaged children, youths and women with skill building opportunities.
Through determination and self development, Daniels has changed his own narrative and is helping other young people in Africa to do same. Though a glass scientist by training, his childhood experience had inspired his drive for community development and has led him to become a youth activist and education advocate. He recounts his experiences walking over 10 kilometers to and fro school daily and how his mother supported his university education selling roasted maize in the streets of Zaria, Nigeria. Raised by an illiterate and poor parent in the slum of Zaria, Nigeria, Daniels understands what it means to be economically disadvantaged. Daniels Akpan is a globally recognised multi-award winning youth activist and education advocate with over 6 years post graduate experience.
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