A Nigerian human rights lawyer and former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Young Lawyers’ Forum, Ikeja Branch, Yusuf Nurudeen has been selected by the United States government to participate in the 2023 cohort of its flagship exchange programme, Mandela Washington Fellowship.
Nurudeen was awarded the fellowship in recognition of the positive impacts of his non-profit organization, Foundation for Public Interest Law and Development, in providing free legal services for and securing the release of several awaiting trial inmates.
