ECOWAS Youth Council Names Oyanbo Ambassador

Foremost humanitarian and social crusader, Barrister Peace Owei Oyanbo has been named an ECOWAS Youth Ambassador, and would be receiving the prestigious Nelson Mandela Leadership Award of Excellence and Integrity by the West African Youth Council, a youth arm of the regional body.

Oyanbo, who is a lawyer and founder of She 4She Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, has consistently empowered women and the girl-child across the country with her interventions and has succeeded in training and impacting the lives of thousands of beneficiaries.

In a nomination letter sighted by the media and signed by the President/Chairperson of (WAYC), Ambassador Emmanuel S William, the regional group stated that her nomination was borne out of her incredible contributions to community development and social services that has bettered the lives of less privileged ones in the society.

The letter reads in parts: “We write you on behalf of the WEST AFRICA YOUTH COUNCIL (WAYC) and our partners across the continent to congratulate you on your accomplishments so far as an inspiring and trained
legal luminary of note with great skills in Management, Law, Strategic Planning, Corporate Governance, Community Development and Stakeholder Management and above all a leader with passion for youth
and societal development.

“As young leaders, we are proud of you as a woman of high character with reputable antecedents. We celebrate your excellence in leadership and integrity you have built over time, identifying opportunities and building
relationships to set achievable goals.

“In a bid to contribute our quota to the actualization of the dreams of young leaders in Africa; and to further propagate our message to the entire world, we select young achievers such as yourself and elevate their status globally by appointing them into the
West Africa Youth Council of the ECOWAS and also celebrate and award them’.

“In addition, we also intend to bestow on you as ECOWAS Youth Ambassador and recipient of the Nelson Mandela leadership award of Excellence and Integrity for your persistent hard work and resounding successes in rapidly improving entrepreneurship and youth empowerment.”

The West African-Youth Council (WEST-AFRICAN- YC; WAYC) was established in 2014 as a youth arm of the ECOWAS Commission. Its objective is to minimize the demanding challenges of youths in order to discharge efficient service delivery with the sole aim of engaging and promoting regional economic co-operation and integrations between 15 countries with different historic trajectories (colonization, language, and administrative cultures) through cohort of youth hubs activities to the posterity of the sustainable development process of the West African region.