New NYSC Acting Director-General Bags Fresh Award Weeks After Assuming Office
- Christy Ifeyinwa Uba, the newly appointed acting director-general of the National Youth Service Corps will be honoured for her excellence
- Uba is expected to receive an award of excellence from the Whistleblowers Anti-Corruption Reporting Network (WARN)
- According to WARN, Uba has shown diligence and total commitment to serving the country and her youths
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The acting director-general National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Christy Ifeyinwa Uba, has been nominated for an award of excellence as Integrity Icon of the Year.
The Whistleblowers Anti-Corruption Reporting Network (WARN) said Uba was the overwhelming choice of its selection committee from a pool of three distinguished Nigerians.
Source: UGC
According to a statement signed by its executive director, Gabriel Onwe, WARN said Uba was rewarded by President Muhammadu Buhari for her extraordinary achievements as director, of Information and Communications Technology.
He noted that Uba has digitized the entire NYSC exercise, especially in the monitoring and effective supervision of corps members in their places of primary assignment and during community development service.
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He said this is aside from the routine training of staff and corps members in ICT as well as the provision of state-of-the-art centres across the country.
But above all, Onwe said Uba flaunts an impeccable track record of excellence, integrity, and accountability in service.
His words:
"This nomination is due to her enviable track record as diligent, hardworking and impeccable administrator who has made recommendable feat in the service to this nation, without any corrupt enrichment or questionable conduct."
"It is due to our ardent believe that her lifestyle and activities in the present and the past are testaments of integrity and diligence, which are attributes, lacking in the life of today's youth."
Onwe added that the NYSC boss will be conferred with the award on January 18 in Abuja.
Fadah: Corrupt NYSC directors conspired against our son over refusal to share money, says YGGI
Brigadier General Mohammed Fadah lost his job as the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps recently.
Fadah, who was appointed DG of NYSC in May 2022, took over from Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim as the 19th person to hold the position.
The Yobe Good Governance Initiative says Fadah's sack was initiated by corrupt officials in the NYSC.
President Buhari approves removal of NYSC DG, Mohammed Fadah
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari recently approved the removal of Mohammed Fadah as the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Fadah is said to have been asked to hand over to the most senior official within the NYSC. READ ALSO President Buhari approves immediate removal of NYSC DG, Mohammed Fadah.
The senior official who takes over from Fadah is expected to act as DG of the corps pending the announcement of a new appointment.
Source: Legit.ng
