{"id":153741,"date":"2025-03-03T22:23:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke"},"modified":"2025-03-10T00:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T23:44:25","slug":"nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke","title":{"rendered":"Nafiu Olakunle: NYSC DG disciplined professional \u2013 Gov Adeleke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has described the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Nafiu Olakunle, as a fine and disciplined professional.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Adeleke also described General Olakunle\u2019s appointment as being in line with managing the nation\u2019s strategic organizations and a recognition of his distinguished military career.<\/p>\n<p>The Osun governor made this known in a congratulatory message signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Monday in Osogbo.<\/p>\n<p>Brigadier General Olakunle, who hails from Ile-Ogbo in Aiyedire Local Government Area of Osun State, is an artillery officer and was recently appointed by President Bola Tinubu as the NYSC DG, replacing Brigadier General Yusha\u2019u Dogara Ahmed.<\/p>\n<p>Until his appointment, Brig. Gen. Olakunle was the Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, having also served in the same capacity with the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the 47 Regular Course, Nafiu is an artillery officer who graduated from the Armed Forces Command and Staff College and the U.S. Army War College.<\/p>\n<p>Before he was appointed Chief of Staff to the COAS, he was a Directing Staff at the Army War College, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, in the message, emphasized Brigadier General Olakunle\u2019s capacity to achieve the mandate of the NYSC by deepening national values in young people and preparing them for future endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the exploits of the Ile-Ogbo-born officer in the military are reassuring and that he will excel in his new role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m extremely delighted to learn of the appointment of Brigadier-General Nafiu Olakunle as the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The appointment is an affirmation of the confidence in the capacity of Brigadier-General Olakunle, and I\u2019m thankful to Mr. President for the opportunity given to one of Osun\u2019s finest citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Adeleke, who appreciates President Tinubu for giving yet another Osun indigene the opportunity to contribute to nation-building, urged Brigadier General Olakunle to use the appointment to positively spotlight the state by ensuring the achievement of the NYSC mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish the NYSC DG a successful tenure, hoping that it will further move the organization forward and bring much glory to the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has described the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Nafiu Olakunle, as a fine and disciplined professional. Governor Adeleke also described General Olakunle\u2019s appointment as being in line with managing the nation\u2019s strategic organizations and a recognition of his distinguished military [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":153740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[594,16130,254,601],"class_list":["post-153741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adeleke","tag-nafiu-olakunle","tag-nigeria","tag-nysc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nafiu Olakunle: NYSC DG disciplined professional \u2013 Gov Adeleke - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has described the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nafiu Olakunle: NYSC DG disciplined professional \u2013 Gov Adeleke\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has described the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-03T21:23:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-09T23:44:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741028482.684333.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1042\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nafiu Olakunle: NYSC DG disciplined professional \u2013 Gov Adeleke\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-03T21:23:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-09T23:44:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke\"},\"wordCount\":394,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741028482.684333.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adeleke\",\"Nafiu Olakunle\",\"Nigeria\",\"NYSC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafiu-olakunle-nysc-dg-disciplined-professional-gov-adeleke\",\"name\":\"Nafiu Olakunle: NYSC DG disciplined professional \u2013 Gov Adeleke - 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