The Director-General of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, NTAC, Dr Yusuf Buba Yakub, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for supporting the diplomatic Scheme since he assumed office in 2023.
Dr Yakub said President Tinubu’s prodigious support to NTAC, has led to the deployment of over 1500 Volunteers to countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
He gave the commendation in Abuja during an orientation exercise for 13 Volunteers scheduled to serve in the Republic of Sierra Leone.
This was disclosed a statement by the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Director General, Mr Nkem Anyata-Lafia.
Dr Yakub also used the occasion to remind the Volunteers that they were following in the footsteps of over “twelve thousand Nigerians who have served in over 40 countries in the last 39 years”.
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He emphasised the many great impacts of former Volunteers, some of whom, he revealed, went ahead to head tertiary institutions as Vice Chancellors, Deputy Vice Chancellors and Faculty Deans in foreign countries, and admonished the Sierra Leone-bound Volunteers to live up to the demands of the NTAC Scheme and the records set by past participants.
The Volunteers, who pledged to be their best as ambassadors of Nigeria in their country of service, thanked the Nigerian government for finding them worthy to participate in the two-year programme that is aimed at promoting South-South Cooperation among the ACP countries.
