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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT OMONITOJUE AKINOLA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

Obafemi Awolowo University | Ife, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 6, SDG 3 & UNAI 9

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" The desire for innovation, partnership and sustainability motivates me to register for the Millennium Fellowship. I believe that this is an ideal place for me to grow and learn from experts. It is a truism that the Millennium Fellowship creates a platform for students to bring out the best in them. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Great Ife WaSH

So, what is my project about, it is about resolving the issues with the irregularities of water and its non-hygienic state on Obafemi Awolowo University Campus Community. I have identified the issues with frequent shortage and prolonged unavailabilities of water to areas such as the student hostels and staff quarters. The negative impact of this and the consumption of unclean water, not safe for cooking and cleaning, reflects what Goal 6 of the UN SDGs highlights—shortage and lack of access to potable water. This affects sanitation and students' health. From my three years living in the hostels, I found water wastage and leakages to be major contributors. Though poor infrastructure also plays a role, it’s up to management to fix that. I’m working on community-wide solutions in three phases. Phase one: we’re collecting data via questionnaires and usage stats for research to reveal the real problems and propose technological-based solutions. Phase two: I’m leading awareness campaigns on health risks of unsafe water, wastage habits, and leak reports—while collaborating with campus clubs to amplify the effort. Phase three: I will be taking the initiative to carry out sanitations of water tanks in various hostels on the campus.

About the Millennium Fellow

Omonitojue Akinola is a talented and versatile Obafemi Awolowo University History and International Relations student. He is very interested in learning more about the environment and its importance to human life. It is important to note that he values the principle of teamwork by collaborating with others, and is eager to learn from others so that he can grow significantly. As a student of International Relations, he is equipped with the knowledge of environment and global system. And he is always willing to add up many things.

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