Eddy Megwa has been appointed Director, Press and Public Relations, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
He took over from Emeka Mgbemena, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, who was in an acting capacity after the retirement of erstwhile Spokesperson, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi.
A statement by Mr Mgbemena on Sunday described Mr Megwa, a 1989 graduate of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) who joined the Scheme in 1990 as an Information Officer, after the mandatory one year service to the nation.
He has reportedly attended several courses within and outside the shores of Nigeria and worked in the Secretariats of the NYSC in Rivers, Anambra, Yobe, Borno and Benue States as the Head, Public Relations.
In 2004, he was appointed Protocol Officer to the NYSC Director-General, a position he held until 2010 when he was redeployed to the Press and Public Relations Unit, NYSC National Directorate Headquarters, Abuja.
In 2019, he was appointed State Coordinator, NYSC Cross River State and in 2020 redeployed to NYSC Secretariat, Lagos State as the Chief Executive.
He was promoted to the rank of substantive Director in January 2022.
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