President Muhammadu Buhari has has approved the appointment of Brig. Gen. Y. D. Ahmed as the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps.
He will be officially taking over on Monday from Christy Uba who piloted the affairs of the NYSC for about three months.
Uba, the most senior director, was appointed by the Presidency following the sacking of Brig. Gen. Mohammed Fadah over alleged incompetence and poor performance.
She made history as the first woman to be appointed to NYSC since its establishment about 50 years ago.
The NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, had said the appointment followed the sacking of Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah as DG by Buhari.
The announcement of the new substantive DG was contained in an invite on Uba’s handing over.
The invite tagged “New DG for NYSC,” read, “I am directed to invite you to the handing over ceremony from the acting DG to the 20th DG of NYSC, Brig Gen YD Ahmed, holding on Monday, January 30, 2023, by 11:30am at the Major Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim Conference Hall, NYSC Headquarters, Maitama Abuja.”
