The nation is looking for individuals who will be future leaders or influencers in their home countries. Explain how you meet this requirement, using clear examples of your own leadership and influencing skills to support your answer.

Growing up, I was mindful of the paths I treaded upon which gave me a glimpse of becoming a public figure at right time. As a Nigerian who had grown up in the midst of challenges, I have developed the qualities of a good leader from the performance(s) of past and present leaders especially.

Thus

, experience is the bedrock of a good narrative and especially if it is a personal experience.

To begin

with, at the initial phase of my undergraduate studies when I was appointed as the chief librarian of my campus worship

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. I noticed an overcrowding problem among library users during school hours.

Consequently

, my

first

assignment was to devise a strategy that would reduce

this

challenge while

also

encouraging student access to relevant Library resources.

Hence

, I did was to collaborate with the library’s administrators to introduce an e-library facility that granted over 3000 online access to academic resources in the archive. With that in place,

this

freed up space in the library for other students who didn’t have the required gadgets to use the e-library.

Similarly

, I mobilized 20 seasoned volunteered tutors to offer free online tutorials that benefit almost 1000 undergraduates across different disciplines. Thereupon, these reforms boosted learners’ research skills and ultimately contribute to slightly more than four-fifth of students’ average academic performance in that session,

in contrast

to just below half recorded in the previous year.

Secondly

, in the year 2019 when I function as a tutor at Leadership Preparatory Secondary Academy, located in the north-central state of Nigeria. I organize a forum in response to the poor impact of school leaders on pupil achievement. The aim is to educate department leaders on leadership traits leading to student success. I emphasized mentorship, quality instruction, delegation, and accountability. Eventually, 200 students and staff participated with an 80% increase in student achievement recorded.

Furthermore

, the prolonged crises in Northern Nigeria have resulted in widespread displacement and the devastation of lives. As the president of a religious fellowship in the year 2020, I

also

utilized my leadership position to promote the humanitarian objectives of saving live by organizing 30 fellowship members for outreaches in local communities with over 500 members. Amidst several demands, I provided 150 relief materials for patients in the local hospitals together with the financial support we provided for 60% of the vulnerable persons in the community.

Lastly

, most newly appointed graduate posted to serve in alien regions in my country is often faced with several uncertainties including housing, along with the challenging circumstances that indicate the need for development. All along my responsibility monitoring youth development impact as the president of the Young Professional Forum (YPF), I organize 40 members of my cluster to secure apartments for 250 young adults establish a better work environment in eight zones and prepare a programme geared toward social change. In return, the active involvement of these youth in community development service accounted for a 20% notable increase in the state’s productive capacity.