Following the dismissal of Brigadier General M.K Fadah as the Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Director, Information and Communications Technology of the scheme as the acting director.
This was made known in a terse press statement signed by NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, on Tuesday.
Megwa explained that Uba will take over the leadership of the corps, being the most senior director in the scheme.
“Following the removal of Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah as Director General, National Youth Service Corps by President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, Mrs Christy Uba, Director, Information and Communications Technology, the most senior Director in the Scheme has taken over the leadership of the Corps in the capacity of Overseer, pending the appointment of a substantive Director General by Mr President.” the statement reads.
Recall Theliberationnews reported that Fadah’s removal came only six months after he was appointed NYSC boss. His appointment came in May 2022.
At the time, he said his plans for the NYSC included “improvement of security and welfare of corps members; enhancement of staff welfare; and improving the gains of NYSC ventures”.
Other areas listed in his plans were “sustaining the digitisation of the operations of the scheme” and “deepening NYSC’s impact on rural development through community development service”.
