President Muhammadu Buhari has appointment Brig. Gen. Y. D. Ahmed as the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps.
The approval of his appointment by the president was announced on Sunday.
He will officially take over on Monday from Christy Uba who oversaw 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.
Recall that on November 22 2022, the NYSC announced the promotion of its Director, Information and Communications Technology Christy Uba as its acting Director-General.
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 the President Buhari
The statement was titled, “Mrs Uba to oversee NYSC pending the appointment of substantive Director General.”
“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,” Megwa said.
About 48 hours after her appointment, Uba had promised to restore the status of the organisation to make it more visible.