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Young Nigerian to meet President of Cyprus

Saturday, 06 September 2008

Nigerian graduate Olalekan Oshunkoya will meet President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat as part of a youth peace-building programme taking place in Nicosia next week.

Oshunkoya, 24, from Ogun State, was selected from hundreds of young people around the world to take part in a week-long programme of activities relating to the theme “Conflict and Beyond” as part of the Commonwealth Youth Leadership Programme. The event comes just a week after long-awaited reunification talks between the Cypriot President and Turkish Cypriot leader are due to commence.

As well as discussing conflict resolution with the respective leaders, Oshunkoya, along with 28 other gifted youth delegates from 21 Commonwealth countries, will take a rare tour inside the Green Line with UN Peacekeepers and participate in workshops with the UNDP and British Council.

Oshunkoya is a graduate in Mass Communications and works in graphic design. He has been closely involved with youth work in Nigeria having been the director of Dreamakers International which works to empower talented young people.

Olalekan will bring valuable enthusiasm and experience to the programme which aims to inspire leaders of tomorrow.

“We need to let young people wake up to know that they are worthwhile people with unique talents and skills, and that they have the power to make a difference in their community.”

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	1. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 10-09-2008 22:38 - Guest
	keep it up... This is the type of positive image building we are talking about. Our your people must ensure they learn from this young man's gesture and work tirelessly to coontrribute to the image building of Nigeria. Our government too must ensure they support as much as possible young men like Olalekan who desires to make nigeria a better place. Olalekan keep the flag flying Nigeria is proud of you! Adebayo

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