US honours Nigerian lawyer

The United States of American government, through its Department
of States, has honoured a Lagos-based lawyer, Ahmed Adetola-Kaseem,
for founding Prisoners’ Rights Advocacy Initiative, an organisation
championing the cause of less-privileged citizens that were
unlawfully detained in prison custody in Nigeria.

Apart from securing the release of the said unlawfully detained
underprivileged citizens, PRAI is also involved in their
rehabilitation and reintegration into the society following their
release from the prison.

Adetola-Kaseem, who was among the 1000 young Africans selected
out of the 64,000 applicants for the 2017 Mandela Washington
Fellowship, was also recognised and honoured for establishing a
taekwondo club, Q-MADI, targeted at taking underprivileged children
off the street and transforming them into responsible
champions.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders,
launched by the Obama administration in 2014, was the flagship
programme of the Young African Leaders Initiative that empowers
young people through academic coursework, leadership training and
networking.

In 2017, the fellowship provided the opportunity of mastering
skills at the US College or University to 1,000 outstanding young
leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Adetola-Kassem, while expressing his gratitude for the
recognition and honour, said he spent six weeks at the Presidential
Precinct, where he was exposed to curriculum that featured three
overarching themes including leadership, service, and
solutions.

The United States of American government, through its Department
of States, has honoured a Lagos-based lawyer, Ahmed Adetola-Kaseem,
for founding Prisoners’ Rights Advocacy Initiative, an organisation
championing the cause of less-privileged citizens that were
unlawfully detained in prison custody in Nigeria.

Apart from securing the release of the said unlawfully detained
underprivileged citizens, PRAI is also involved in their
rehabilitation and reintegration into the society following their
release from the prison.

Adetola-Kaseem, who was among the 1000 young Africans selected
out of the 64,000 applicants for the 2017 Mandela Washington
Fellowship, was also recognised and honoured for establishing a
taekwondo club, Q-MADI, targeted at taking underprivileged children
off the street and transforming them into responsible
champions.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders,
launched by the Obama administration in 2014, was the flagship
programme of the Young African Leaders Initiative that empowers
young people through academic coursework, leadership training and
networking.

In 2017, the fellowship provided the opportunity of mastering
skills at the US College or University to 1,000 outstanding young
leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Adetola-Kassem, while expressing his gratitude for the
recognition and honour, said he spent six weeks at the Presidential
Precinct, where he was exposed to curriculum that featured three
overarching themes including leadership, service, and
solutions.