Two Uniben Students Selected For Obama's Leadership Training; Read Full Story!!

Two students from the University of Benin
(UNIBEN), have been selected to participate in the
President Barrack Obama’s Young African
Leaders Initiative (YALI) training.
They are Imadojiemu Osetohanmhen Marietta
and Uwoghiren Ogbemudia Eddy. Both are
currently medical students. While Marietta is in
her final year, Eddy is a 400 level student and
writes for The Guardian Campusnews. Both were
selected from a pool of over 20, 000 applications
across West Africa.
Speaking to Campusnews, Eddy said: “I commend
President Obama for instituting the leadership
programme to help develop African Youths. This
is my first time of applying for the training. Over
the years, I have always been scared because I
have heard stories of how competitive the
selection process is. This year, I decided to face
my fear and was selected after series of reviews
and online interview on skype.”
While Eddy will be receiving training in public
management, Marietta will be trained in business
and entrepreneurship.The five-week all expense
paid training, which is expected to hold at Ghana
Institute of Management and Public
Administration (GIMPA), Accra, will bring
together 100 youths selected across West Africa. It
will run from November 7 to December 9, 2016.
YALI is a flagship programme of President Barack
Obama of the United States of America. It aims at
investing in African youth to develope their
immediate environment and ultimately
transforms Africa.