UNIBEN student bags YEW global youth award

A 300 level medical student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Eddy Uwoghiren, has won the ‘Global Youth Ambassador’ of the Youth for Enlightenment and Welfare (YEW). This is contained in an emailed congratulatory message to Uwoghiren from YEW Global President, Shahzor Memon. The message reads in part: “I congratulate you on becoming one of […]

A 300 level medical student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Eddy Uwoghiren, has won the ‘Global Youth Ambassador’ of the Youth for Enlightenment and Welfare (YEW).
This is contained in an emailed congratulatory message to Uwoghiren from YEW Global President, Shahzor Memon.
The message reads in part: “I congratulate you on becoming one of our ambassadors. We marveled at how far you have contributed to the development of your immediate environment. We strongly encourage you to keep the good work.”
Four Nigerian youths nominated alongside Uwoghiren included Tolulope Ajibowe from Federal University of Technology Minna, Boris Nwachukwu from University of Port Harcourt, Joseph Odewale from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife and Michael Oluwaloseyifunmi from Lagos State University, Ojo.
YEW is an internationally acclaimed youth-led social movement with ambassadors all over the world who unite and support each other to launch advocacy campaigns on issues of immense importance in their countries and connect globally to raise their voices for sustainable social change powered by social activism.
Emmanuel, a 300l Medicine & Surgery, wrote from UNIBEN