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2017 ITF/CAT West and Central Africa Junior Championships

Nigeria has successfully defended the ITF/CAT West and Central Africa Junior Championships in Lome, Togo. The 12-man Nigerian team garnered 950 points at the ten-day tournaments which featured 111 players from 11 countries.

Aside from emerging the overall winners, Nigeria’s impressive display saw the boys’ team bagged qualification for the Junior Davis Cup as well as the World Team Cup while the girls’ team also secured their place in the Junior Fed Cup. All the tournaments will hold later in the year and this is also the first time Nigeria will be qualifying for all the tournaments from a single competition.

Adeniyi Adeyemi Is President-General of UN WYO [2017]

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.

Adeyemi was a former aide of the eighth and former United Nation’s Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, before his new position.