DG NYSC Visits 9 Brigade, Applauds Ongoing Transformation In TA Lagbaja Cantonment

DG NYSC Visits 9 Brigade, Applauds Ongoing Transformation In TA Lagbaja Cantonment

The Director General (DG) National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier Olakunle Oluseyi Nafiu has on 3 October 2025, paid a courtesy call on the Commander 9 Brigade Nigerian Army (NA), Brigadier General Olawale Matthew Oyekola at the Headquarters 9 Brigade NA, TA Lagbaja Cantonment, Ikeja.

In his remarks, the DG NYSC commended the Brigade Commander’s sustained and unrelenting visible transformation in TA Lagbaja Cantonment, which he described as a testament of purposeful leadership. He remarked that the Cantonment environment keeps wearing new looks each time one gets into the community. He then stated that he was in 9 Brigade as part of his maiden visit to Lagos State for advocacy engagement with critical stakeholders of NYSC which included Lagos State Government and deemed it necessary to thank the Commander for his continuous support to the scheme. He appreciated Brigadier General Oyekola for keeping to standard operating procedure in the brigade deployment for the activities of the various streams in the Lagos camp despite other operational engagements. He then appreciated the Commander for providing a conducive environment, which in recent time has made TA Lagbaja Cantonment a sought-after place of primary assignment by the corps members.

In his response, Brigadier General Oyekola thanked the DG for the honour of counting him among the NYSC critical stakeholders in Lagos State. He said that Headquarters 81 Division Nigerian Army is actually to be acknowledged for the seemless and secured NYSC camps in Lagos State as 9 Brigade is only a contributor to the overall plan of ensuring a safe and secured environment for the camp to operate. He said NYSC is an important source of 9 Brigade specialist staff, ranging from teachers, medical doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, among others, due to the unreserved cooperation of the State Coordinator. He concluded by specially appreciating the DG for his thoughtfulness as the collaborative aspect of his leadership mantra is visibly present within the management of Lagos State Directorate of NYSC.

The high points of the visit were the inspection of quarter guards and signing of visitors’ book by the DG, presentation of souvenirs, and group photographs.