LAUTECH, UK Varsity, Others Selected For United Nations Program

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, has been selected for a United Nations program. 

A document made available to Mouthpiece NG on Monday indicated that the institution was selected out of 1200+ campuses that applied across the world. 

Mouthpiece NG gathered that sixty- nine (69) campuses were selected in which Nine ( 9) institutions from Nigeria made the list. 

United Nations Academic Impact and MilleniumCampusNetwork are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2019, over 7,000 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2019 on 1,209 campuses across 135 nations.  

69 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 1,092 Millennium Fellows.  The Class of 2019 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. Millennium Fellows’ Projects are projected to positively impact the lives of over 978,400 people worldwide this year.  

Other statistics of note:

The Class of 2019 is 55% female

40% of the Class is first-generation university students

Campus hubs have been selected in every region of the globe in which Ladoke Akintola University of Technology ogbomoso is one. 

Fellows are collectively advancing every Sustainable Development Goal (most frequently listed: SDG 4 – quality education) and every United Nations Academic Impact Principle (most frequently listed: UNAI Principle 3 – Education for all).

Millennium Fellows have been selected from a range of academic institutions – large and small, public and private – affirming the fact that there are student leaders in every community committed to localizing the SDGs and strengthening communities. Click on any academic institution listed below to see a list of the selected Fellows in each campus.

The list of the institutions selected in Nigeria includes LAUTECH, Ahmadu bello University Zaria, Babcock university, Lagos state University, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Benin

University of Ibadan, University of Lagos and University of Ilorin.

Other Africa Universities selected are:

African leadership University Kigali Rwanda 

Ashesi University  Ghana 

Kenyatta University Kenya 

Makerere University Uganda

United states international University Africa 

Kenya 

University of Ghana 

University of Nairobi 

Usa. 

Foreign Universities

University of Delhi India

University of sargodha Pakistan

The American university Egypt

Kings College London

University of Sydney  Australia

Others includes 

Arizona state university 

Florida international University 

Lynn University 

University of Pennsylvania 

University of Pittsburgh

Mouthpiece NG reliably gathered that successful fellows after December will be entitled to a worth of $5,000 grant prize. 

Below are the names of the Millennium Fellows at the Ladoke Akintola University of a technology 

Adedamola Adeoti

Aisha Sanusi

Barnabas Adejinmi

Busayo Adetunji

Gabriel Oke

Ibraheem Oyerinde

Ibukun Adebayo

Ishola Boluwatife

Kabir Bolarinwa

Kamil Lawal

L. Jolaade Adelakun

Mahfooz Yusuf

Matthew Adewuyi

Okunola Rhoda

Olajumoke Okebaatimo

Olawumi Ajayi

Olorunfemi Ayeotan

Oluwadamilola Akinbiyi

Oluwatobi Oluwatoyin

Oyenike Odunola

Shukurat Aderounmu

Temitope Alo

Timothy Fajobi

Tosin Shonuyi