In a bid to promote peace and development of youths, the ECOWAS has awarded some Nigerians with the ECOWAS youths Ambassadors Awards.
Amb. Joy Ikhioya Ugbaja is the newest addition to the Ecowas Youth Council. She is the founder of a non for profit organization called the Lerato Africa Development Initiative (LADI) and is a foremost leader in sustainable education development and mentorship. She has been involved in several gender based projects that have successfully aided to keep many young girls off the streets and back in the classrooms.
Her passion in providing quality for all has lead to several impactful projects carried out in secondary schools in Nigeria which also earned her a state award from the Ekiti State Government during her NYSC.
Joy has held several leadership roles which has earned a recognition as the Most Enterprising Youth of the University of Ilorin while in school. She also functioned as the Financial Secretary of the faculty of Education at the University of Ilorin, and went on from there to become the Corpers Loveworld President where she managed the corps members that were assigned to her local government under the body of her church, Christ Embassy Ado Ekiti, her passion as an educationist has given the opportunity to tutor in several educational establishments.
Ikhioya Joy Ugbaja is an excellent Presenter and has gotten several recognition awards, most recently is the Nominee Sports and Social Affairs Presenter of the Year 2022 at the International Loveworld Awards. She is a productive team player and result producer. We say a big congratulations to her and wish her more success stories