More medical corps members will be posted to rural areas – NYSC DG Ahmed
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Y.D. Ahmed has affirmed that the scheme will prioritise rural communities in posting corps members.
He said that more corps members, especially medical personnel, would be posted to rural areas.
He said this is for the purpose of improving the wellbeing of indigent Nigerians.
Ahmed stated this while playing host to the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr Muyi Aina, at the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters, Maitama, Abuja.
According to him, “Nigeria’s rural areas need corps services more than the urban centres.”
He further expressed satisfaction over how Nigerian graduates, including corps medical personnel, apply to serve their fatherland
