Federation of Liberian Youth Elects First Female President
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- 24 Oct 2022
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Liberia’s largest youth grouping, the Federation of Liberian Youth (FLY) has elected its first female president, Ms. Banica Stephanie Elliot in its 48 years of existence.
Ms. Elliot was elected in a landslide victory at FLY’s 7th general assembly convened in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County was held under the theme ‘Enforcing the Youth Agenda continuing the Journey in Unity’ with over 300 Youth delegates from different youth institutions from across the 15 counties of Liberia.
Ms. Elliot contested against the former president of the University of Liberia Student Union (ULSU), Flomo Mau Maiwo and won with the vote margin of 214 to 16.
Prior to her election, she initially served FLY as its 2nd Vice President. She is a graduate of the University of Liberia and the Bluecrest University College Liberia, bagging a Bachelor’s of Science degree in both Economics and Information Technology with distinction (CUM LADE).
She is a Fellow of the Young Political Leadership School of Africa and has indulged her career with acclaims of professional certificates in organizational development, program planning, advocacy, diplomacy, among others. Internationally, she is associated with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (Sweden); Diplomacy at the International Diplomacy Conference (Ghana); UN Climate Change COP 26, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Fellow, Getting Ready to Lead (United States of America – National Democratic Institute (NDI), among others. Read More...
