Ndansi
Elvis Nukam is one of twelve pioneer fellows from across globe
selected by the Obama Foundation to participate in a year-long program to
promote civic engagement and improve public policy at Columbia University in
the United States. He is a former fellow of the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
He
is former national Youth President of the NUDP party, founder of the Unite for Health
Foundation and title holder “Tamfu” of Mbum land, one of the prestigious
titles. He is into record books as the youngest politician whoever headed a
political list in the North West Region in the municipal and legislative
elections of 2007 and 2012.
Last
Saturday in Yaounde in a Press briefing Tamfu Ndansi Elvis Nukam throw light on
the activities of the program and what the nation stands to benefit from the
skills he will acquire.
He
told journalists that “Scholars will participate in a required course, which
will run for the length of the academic year, as well as be able to select a
few courses offered by Columbia University that are relevant to their specific
field or values-based leadership, or that fill in gaps in their previous
studies.
Worthy to note that Tamfu Ndansi Elvis
is a motivational speaker reasons why in 2016, he was one of 24 youths
selected by US government to represent Cameroon at the Mandela Washington
Fellowship (MWF) for Young African Leaders(YALI) – a brainchild initiative of
President Obama to groom young Africans who have voluntarily led positive
change in their communities.
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