-Receives Radio Nigeria’s Director of News, Hussaina Akila Banshika, Others on Courtesy Visit
By Biola Lawal
Abuja (Flowerbudnews) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration is strengthening the Technical Aid Scheme (TAC) to further open up the world for more impact by Nigerians.
Hon. Yusuf Buba Yakub, the Direction General of the Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (DTAC) made the declaration when a group of Adamawa State indigenes in the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), led by the Director (News), Hussaina Akila Banshika, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday.
This was disclosed Nkem Anyata-Lafia,
Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the DTAC DG, a copy of which was made available to Flowerbudnews in Abuja on Thursday.
Buba enumerated the benefits of the TAC Scheme and the strategic role of soft-power diplomacy in an emerging multi-polar global context, noting that coercion was no longer an option to nation-nation relations
The DTAC DG told the delegation that the Corps had expanded its programmes to multilateral Organisations and is planning to even cover countries outside the African, Caribbean and Pacific States in the coming year.
Hon. Buba urged them to continue to support the Agency with media visibility of its programmes and activities.
The Group congratulated the DTAC boss on his appointment and noting the impact he had made at the Agency within a short time, the group lauded President Tinubu on his choice of the former federal lawmaker for the TAC job
The Group also noted Buba’s achievements as a federal lawmaker and Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, which they observed was helping him to run the Technical Aid Corps Scheme excellently.
Highlight of the visit was the presentation of gift to the former Gombi/Hong Rep by the group, which comprises Hamza Alkali, a Senior Correspondent with Radio Nigeria from Adamawa State ,who covers the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Diplomatic Desk and Halima Bulama,a Reporter-turned-Librarian at Radio Nigeria,who also hails from Adamawa State. (Flowerbudnews)
