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20-Year-Old Talented Nigerian Boy Constructs Airplane With Local Materials [Photos]

A 20-year-old talented Nigerian boy identified as Yahya Usman Ahmad has built an airplane model with locally sourced materials.

Yahya Usman Ahmad is said to be a First Class Mathematics student from the College of Education in Yola, Adamawa state. He constructed an airplane model which took him some weeks – by using locally fabricated materials.

After showing off his work online, his fellow Nigerians applauded his effort and called on the government to take advantage of the boy’s talent and harness his potentials.

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Tobias Sylvester

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