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 ROQEEB AKANJI GANIYU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Ilorin | Ilorin, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 17 & UNAI 3
" As someone who is passionate about positive impact and leadership, Millennium Fellowship provided me with required platform. The social impact project would allow me to positively impact my society especially my target population. Not only this,it also provided platform to connect with like minded individual which is necessary for future impact. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Wellbeing 360
Wellbeing 360° : “Healthy just, Healthy Hearts, Brighter Futures" is an holistic health education initiative aimed at promoting both physical and mental wellbeing . The project integrates hypertension prevention, stress management, and emotional resilience training into an engaging, youth-centered health education model.
The project includes: A mental and cardio webinar series, a mental health outreach to Secondary school to tell them about mental health and ways of building mental resilience, a campus Jogathon, an hypertension native language video challenge (involve advocacy with a 2-3 mins video in 5 Languages; Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa, Ebira, Pidgin.
Our aim is to reduce prevalence of both hypertension and mental health challenges through this project
About the Millennium Fellow
Ganiyu Roqeeb Akanji is a 300level pharm. D student, University of Ilorin who's passion for Public health, impact and leadership lead him to applying for this fellowship. Born in Ogun State. He is interested in public health, Mentoring, Quizzing, health advocacy. His love for leadership and impact made him apply and volunteer for leadership position like Asst. Coordinator, Anti-drug misuse and abuse program, (ADMAP,UNILORIN chapter) dareword association for mentorship program (as mentor),asst quiz master,PANS-Unilorin. He also participated in several health advocacy like Future without AIDs workshop, Drug abuse and mental health Advocacy, mental health road walk.
