UK-based NGO Trains 541 Volunteers In Nigeria




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UK-based NGO Trains 541 Volunteers In Nigeria






former Governor of Adamawa, Mr Boni Haruna

UK-based NGO Trains 541 Volunteers In Nigeria


— April 14, 2014

The Country Director of a Uk based NGO, Voluntary Service Organisation (VSO), Mr Sriramappa Gonchikara yesterday revealed that the organisation had trained more than 541 volunteers in Nigeria between 2008 and to date.


Gonchikara who revealed this during a visit to the Director-General, NYSC, and Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi in Abuja said that the current areas of the VSO’s work in Nigeria include HIV/AIDS, education and national volunteering which the volunteers are trained on.


The country director who stated that when young people are provided with the skills they require, they do a lot in the progress and development of the country, attributed the success of the organisation’s exercise to its partnership between the NYSC.


He said there was no organisation in the country that had the outreach to every nook and cranny like the NYSC, adding that the VSO depended on the organisation in training of the youth.


‘’Nigeria has one of the VSO’s longest running programmes; it is the most populous nation in Africa and a vibrant country with huge potential. The current areas of the VSO’s work in Nigeria include HIV/AIDS, education and national volunteering. In recent years, VSO’s involvement in Nigeria was extended to six successful global exchange programmes between Nigerian and British youths,’’ he said.


Gonchikara stated that the organisation had its presence in Kwara, Kano and Nasarawa states of the country adding that it creates an atmosphere were sustainable development would be achieved.


Responding, the NYSC Director General, who said he was impressed with the partnership between the NYSC and VSO, revealed that plans were on the way to expand the Scheme so that it would be more relevant to stakeholders.


Olawumi urged the VSO to extend its programmes to other states to help government in its transformation agenda and meeting the MDGs.








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