“I dream of a nation built on the standard of good governance with great leaders. This is the vision that drives me. And I am passionate about influencing just one person in my community to influence another person in their community, and together we can positively influence the nation” – Samson Akinyemi Oluwaseun.
Samson is a Grassroots Development Champion passionate about influencing just one person in his community to influence another person in the community, and together influence the nation.
He is a graduate of Accounting from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta. He is currently working as a Presenter for an online radio station (The New Seraph Radio), and also a Monitor and Evaluation enthusiast.
Samson’s goals for the year 2021 included to positively influence students in secondary schools with self leadership skills. While he was just thinking on how to go about it, Do Take Action came to his rescue.
He later carried out “The school prefect” project at Comprehensive High School in Oshodi, Lagos State. There, he addressed the issue of electing incapable leaders and the reluctance of capable leaders to run for office.
In the course of the project, Samson supervised the school’s election of new prefects where the students were given the liberty to choose leaders based on their capability.
“My vision in life is to have a nation free from corruption, greed and all sorts of social vices, a nation with great leaders influencing the continent that would change the world. This project is just a step towards achieving that.” – Samson Akinyemi Oluwaseun.
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