500 African youths to be trainned in 2014 by the US

In its efforts to contribute to humanity, the United States government through its Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has commenced plans to train 500 Youths from Africa. This was disclosed by the PRO of the American Embassy in Nigeria - Mrs Victoria Sloan at a press confrence in Abuja recently. She said that the programe was an initiative of president Barrack Obama and that 50 Nigerians who are profficient in written and spoken English will be chosen.
“Before the programme begins, we want to make sure that adequate publicity is given to it because we do not want people to be taken by surprise since application forms are expected to be online before December 2013.
“The beneficiaries, who are expected to have demonstrated commitment to public and community service, leadership and mentorship, should preferably be people with university degrees, she said.
Selected candidates would be trained in an American Institution for six weeks, and at the end of the programme funds would be made available to them to execute projects in their communities.