The Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, NTAC, has deployed eighteen Nigerian volunteers to the Republic of Rwanda, charging them to demonstrate professionalism, humility, discipline and commitment to service while representing Nigeria in their host institutions.
The volunteers, comprising professionals scheduled for deployment to various universities across Rwanda, received the charge from the Director-General of NTAC, Yusuf Buba Yakub, during an orientation and briefing exercise held in Abuja.
Buba-Yakub expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for the renewed support and attention given to the Technical Aid Corps programme, saying it has revitalised the programme and enabled Nigerian volunteers to be deployed regularly to different parts of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
The Director-General further explained that since the establishment of NTAC 38 years ago and its backing by an Act of the National Assembly in 1993, the agency has remained an important instrument of Nigeria’s soft-power diplomacy, through which the country has built enduring relationships and strengthened its international influence.
He disclosed that the programme has, over the years, deployed more than 10,000 Nigerian experts to over 40 countries across Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, making significant contributions to education, human-capital development and the socio-economic advancement of host countries.
The volunteers thanked the Federal Government for the opportunity given to them to serve and promised to make Nigeria proud in their places of assignment.
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