Nigeria to Send More TAC Volunteers to Rwanda

The Nigerian government is to deploy more volunteers of the Technical Aid Corps (TAC) to Rwanda, following a request by the government of that country.

TAC Director General Dr Pius Osunyikanmi disclosed this yesterday when he received the Ambassador of Rwanda to Nigeria, Mr Joseph Habineza, in his office in Abuja.

Osunyikanmi said more than 40 volunteers in the health sector are already serving in Rwanda, while attesting to the good behaviour and brilliant service delivery of volunteers deployed to Rwanda.

"We have well over 40 volunteers in the health sector in Rwanda and let me place on record that they have been worthy ambassadors of Nigeria in Kigali especially in terms of their disposition, spirit of hard work and enterprise. It is this spirit of hard work that has endeared Kigali to Nigeria to the extent that this cooperation is being asked to be deepened today," he said.
Osunyikanmi said the visit of the envoy to his office had assisted in extending the frontier of discussions in boosting cooperation between both countries. He assured that in line with the transformation agenda of the federal government, Nigeria is willing to boost cooperation with  African countries, the Carribean and the Pacific. Habineza congratulated Osunyikanmi on his appointment as TAC DG and thanked him for obliging the requests of his country for more volunteers. He said the areas of priority include education, ICT and health.

 "In Rwanda we used to speak French only, but from 1994 we included English as our third official language. In 2006 we changed from teaching in French to teaching in English, now English is the official teaching language. With the development, we have the challenge to change from one language to another, so we need Nigerians who really speak and teach English to come and teach our teachers", he said.

Source: Daily Trust