Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has revealed that the late former Director General of the scheme, Colonel Peter Kolawole Obasa, laid the foundation for a strong administrative structure that has sustained the Scheme over the years.
In a statement signed by Director, Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu he stated this when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the former Director General who died yesterday.
Obasa who died in Kwara State was the third Chief Executive of the NYSC, from 1979 to 1984, whom Nafiu noted recorded tremendous achievements.
He appreciated the deceased’s contributions to the development of NYSC and prayed to God to grant his soul eternal rest.
He stated that Colonel Obasa’s death was not only a loss to his immediate family but also to NYSC, whose members would continue to cherish his enduring contributions and memories.
Nafiu particularly commended the late Colonel Obasa for the encouragement and support he offered him while alive.
He assured the family that NYSC would continue to build on the solid foundation laid by its founding fathers and strive to make the Scheme stronger.
Responding on behalf of the family, Mr Victor Obasa appreciated General Nafiu for the condolence visit, describing the death of his father as shocking.
He thanked God for the life of the late Colonel Obasa, as well as the golden footprints and enduring legacies he left behind.
‘We are overwhelmed, and our family says thank you, NYSC, for the honour you gave our dad. We are very grateful to you for not forgetting him,’ he said.