The Citizens Centre for Youth Development (CCYD) has welcomed the appointment of Brigadier-General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed as the new Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
CCYD’s Executive Director, Vincent O. Unazi praised the President for the choice of Ahmed, describing it as well thought.
Unazi said Ahmed is perfect to sanitize the scheme which, in his view, has been facing several challenges.
According to him, the Brigadier-General is competent, transparent, focused and tailor-made for the job.
“Ahmed is well-armed with both the requisite academic and military experience and exposure to restore the scheme to its glory days,” Unazi said, adding that the new NYSC boss is “aware of the lofty expectations of Nigerians and will prove critics wrong overtime. “
Ahmed, a military assistant to one of the greatest reformers of the NYSC in the past, is no stranger to the scheme.
CCYD, therefore, urged all patriots, stakeholders, and NYSC staff to support Ahmed in his quest to revive the scheme.
Unazi said the Brigadier General, though calm, principled and modest, is an embodiment of ideas who goes the extra mile to implement his virtues.
While applauding the Federal Government for the intervention to save the scheme, the Centre charged it to back Ahmed for the future.
The Centre, however, tasked the new NYSC DG to hit the ground running immediately as he has done in previous assignments.