The Ijaw Youth Council founded on the 11 December 1998 is a prominent sociopolitical organization in NIgeria, representing the interest of the Ijaw people, which is the fourth largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.
The Ijaw Youth Council was founded in Kaiama, Bayelsa State on the 11th day of December, 1998 during a period of Intense activism and agitation for the rights of the Niger Delta people, with Dr. Felix Tuodolo as pioneer president..
The IYC 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.