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.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT NEZIBETU ELEOJO YAKUBU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Ilorin College of Health Sciences | Ilorin, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 5 & UNAI 3
" I do this work because I know firsthand how lacking basic school materials can affect a child’s confidence and education. As a Millennium Fellow, I'm excited to grow and collaborate with others while working to ensure that children in underserved communities have the tools and opportunities they need to thrive. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project X: Where Collaboration Meets Impact
Project X is a youth-led outreach initiative designed to empower adolescent boys with accurate knowledge, emotional intelligence, and healthy behaviour mindsets. As Millennium Fellows from the University of Ilorin, we identified a gap in conversations around mental health, gender equality, adolescent development, and male-inclusive health awareness; especially in secondary schools.
Through an interactive 3.5-hour session at Government Secondary School, Ilorin, we engaged over 200 male students using storytelling, scenario-based learning, live demonstrations, and open discussion. Our topics covered Mental Health Awareness, Gender Equality and Male Allyship, Breast Cancer Awareness (including the fact that men can also be affected), and Adolescent Boy Empowerment.
About the Millennium Fellow
Yakubu Nezibetu Eleojo is a Biomedical Laboratory Science student of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria passionate about improving access to education for children in underserved communities. She serves with Children Academic Resources Enhancement (CARE), where she has helped provide school supplies to over 500 pupils and is currently working on a project to raise N500,000 for school bags. She has also held leadership roles such as Vice Ameerah of MSSN and Director of Finance for her class thrice, reflecting her dedication to service and community impact.
