Meet Zuriel Oduwole the 13-year-old Nigerian Girl Who Interviewed President Buhari in the US (Photo)
President
Buhari has met with distinguished Nigerians in the United States
amongst whom is a 13-year-old girl who has interviewed 18 presidents
before.
13-year-old Zuriel Oduwole interviews President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with young Nigerian filmmaker and girl-education advocate, Zuriel Oduwole.
Speaking during the meeting, President Buhari assured Oduwole and
other Nigerians in the diaspora present at the meeting of his
administration’s determination to move the country forward as rapidly as
possible.
He said that the present administration is fully committed to
correcting the errors that have hindered Nigeria’s progress as a nation.
“We are working diligently to correct our mistakes as a nation.
We will rehabilitate and expand national infrastructure, and move
forward as quickly as possible,” the President assured the group.
President Buhari also said that his administration would maintain
contacts with Nigerian professionals in the diaspora and see how they
can be best placed to contribute effectively to national development if
they choose to come back home.
The President congratulated the five Nigerians he met with for
their exceptional accomplishments, saying that he was very proud of them
all.
The young Oduwole is renowed for having interviewed 18 world leaders before.
Born to a Nigerian father and a Mauritian mother, Oduwole is an
education activist best known for her works on the advocacy for the
education of girls in Africa.
Oduwole is the youngest person to be profiled by Forbes. In 2014,
at age 12, she was the world’s youngest filmaker to have a self-produced
work screened commercially.
Aside from Zuriel Oduwole, the other Nigerians received by
President Buhari included Prof. Austin Esogbue, the only African to have
served on the board of the United States’ National Aeronautical Space
Agency, Jelani Aliyu, a leading car designer with General Motors, Prof.
Nwadiuto Esiobu, a renowned Microbiologist and Biochemist and Dr. Yemi
Badero, an Assistant Professor of Medicine.
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