Lagos State Youth Ambassador
One of 50 young people selected as Lagos State Youth Ambassadors from a field of 3,900 applicants — a journey that started with me volunteering at one of their events, before I even knew how anyone became an Ambassador.
From the outside looking in
On 24 May 2025, I volunteered at the Eko Book Club inauguration, an event organised by the Lagos State Youth Ambassadors (Lagos Division). I didn't know how any of them had actually become Ambassadors — I just loved what they were doing and wanted to help.
The next day I stopped by Moh's place to send him some videos I'd shot at the event. He was holding a book with the Ibile Youth Academy logo on it, and out of curiosity I asked what it was about. He walked me through the whole thing — what the academy is, and how Ambassadors are really selected. I remember telling him it sounded like a lot, because it is. Until then I'd assumed the state government simply handpicked people who were already doing well. It doesn't. You apply, and you earn it.
By the time I left, I'd decided: I was applying for the next cohort.
The funnel
What followed was a series of stages that cut the field down again and again:
- 3,900 applicants
- 1,400+ through the first cut
- 523 still standing
- Top 50 selected — and Top 10 in the Lagos Division
From a thought to a title
In May 2025, becoming a Lagos State Youth Ambassador was just a thought — something I'd wandered into by volunteering, then decided to chase.
On 26 February 2026, it was announced: I was one of them.