Lagos State Coordinator for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Eddy Megwa has been appointed Director, Press and Public Relations for the organisation.
He takes over from Deputy Director, Emeka Mgbemena, who had been in acting capacity.
A statement announcing his appointment said Megwa will assume duty on Monday, 11th April, 2022 at the headquarters of the NYSC in Abuja.
The new NYSC spokesman, who is a 1989 graduate of the University of Ilorin, joined the Scheme in 1990 as Information Officer, after the mandatory one year service to the nation.
According to the statement, Megwa is a highly experienced and detribalised Nigerian who is widely travelled and has attended several courses within and outside Nigeria.
The statement said he had worked in the Secretariats of the NYSC in Rivers, Anambra, Yobe, Borno and Benue States as 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 got promoted to the rank of substantive Director in January, 2022.
“He is coming with a very rich administrative and Public Relations background.
“He is happily married with children,” the statement said.
