Dr Yusuf Yakub, the Director-General, Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (DTAC), has urged the Technical Aid Corps (TAC) volunteers, deployed to Sierra Leone to uphold discipline and behave as patriotic citizens.
Yakub stated this in Abuja on Saturday at a deployment exercise for 18 TAC volunteers to be sent to Sierra Leone.
He said the deployment was in line with the mandate of the directorate to bridge the educational gap in Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) countries.
The TAC helmsman lauded the volunteers for deciding to serve humanity and their country by volunteering to give their professional service to other African countries.
According to him, the volunteers are to serve humanity and their fellow African country that is in need of professionals to bridge the educational gap.
“We also send volunteers to ACP countries to bridge the educational gaps in these countries as soft power diplomacy.
“Nigeria has been deploying TAC volunteers for the past 37 years. So,…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
