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Adeniyi Adeyemi has been elected the President-General of the UN World Youth Organisation (WYO) – the youth organ of the United Nations Organisation to lead the affairs of youths across the globe for the next five years.
Adeniyi Adeyemi, a Chartered Accountant, is a graduate of Agronomy from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Nigeria, and Accounting from the Western University of Ontario in Canada.
Adeyemi, who would lead the affairs of youths across the globe for the next five years, would be received by diplomats, government officials, heads of missions as well as Civil Societies and NGOs.
Adeniyi Adeyemi stated that his first assignment on assumption of office would be to seek the approval of the Security Council to appoint 967 nominees that would work with him across the globe.
He said:
“The 967 nominees will work with my office across the globe.
This will enable the organisation to function effectively and bring coordination across the world.”
Among the positions to be occupied are the Chief of Staff to the President- General, Principal Secretary, Envoys, Special Representatives and Senior Special Advisers. Others are Senior Special Assistant, Personal Assistant, Head of Parastatals and Agencies.
Adeyemi said the listed officers would enable him to touch every lives across the world to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) before 2030.
Adeyemi recently won the admiration of UN workers and leaders, when he spearheaded the passage of the Youth Empowerment Schemes bill into law.
On this achievement Adeyemi stated:
“The scheme will make provision for adequate compensation to all categories of youth workers in the public and private sectors and their dependants.
This will cater for incidence of injury, sickness, disability or death arising in the course of employment.”
Adeyemi was elected as the new WYO at a World Youth Conference held on Nov. 12, 2016, in New Delhi, India. He had contested the election with nine others and won with 1,679 votes, while the first runner up from the U.S. secured 501 votes.