Ijaw Youth Council

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), founded on 11 December 1988, is a sociopolitical organization in Nigeria, representing the interest of the Ijaw people, the fourth largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.

The group began in Kaiama, Bayelsa State, during a period of intense activism and agitation for the rights of the Niger Delta people. It emerged as a response to the longstanding grievances over environmental degradation, economic marginalization and political disenfranchisement faced by the Ijaw people and other communities in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

Dr. Felix Tuodolo was the council's first president.

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