Irene Onwuka, a youth activist and gender advocate, has emerged as the Vice President, West Africa, Pan-African Youth Union (PYU).
She will coordinate youth development activities of the organisation within the West African sub-region.
Onwuka, by the election, is now the first female youth from Nigeria to occupy any position at the PYU Executive.
She expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim for her emergence.
Onwuka also commended the Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande and the President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo for supporting her candidacy.
PYU is the apex and coordinating body for National Youth Councils and statutory voice for the African Youth, headquartered in Rabat, Morocco.
In a statement, she said: “I realised the huge responsibilities of my office and promise to hit the ground running alongside my colleagues in the PYU.”
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She pledged to work with her colleagues to develop programmes towards addressing youth unemployment, risky migration, violence and insecurity among other challenges confronting youths across countries of West Africa.
Onwuka is expected to be sworn-in at a later date at the PYU headquarters in Morocco.
PYU has a consultative status with the African Union, and special observation status at all African heads of state and government meetings.
It would be recalled that the former Vice President, Oladele Nihi, had resigned from the office following his appointment by the Kogi State Governor as Chief Press Secretary.