By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA (PRECISE POST) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Brigadier-General Nafiu Olakunle, a distinguished artillery officer hailing from Ileogbo in the Aiyedire Local Government area, Osun State as the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Bri. Gen. Nafiu, until his appointment, was the Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, having also served in the same capacity with the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Raised Abiodun Lagbaja.
A Member of 47 Regular Course, Nafiu is an Artillery Officer who graduated from the Armed Forces Command and Staff College and the US Army War College.
Before he was appointed Chief of Staff to the COAS, he was a Directing Staff at the Army War College, Nigeria.
The new NYSC DG hails from Ileogbo, Aiyedire Local Government Area of Osun State.
Nafiu, whose appointment is immediately effective, replaces Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed.
Details later….
