Nigeria offers volunteers for health sector

KIGALI - The Nigerian government through its health technical support progamme, Technical Aid Corps (TAC) will send to Rwanda 63 medical experts to work as volunteers in Rwanda. The first batch of 32 medical experts was received yesterday by officials from the ministries of Health and Foreign Affairs. The Nurses and Doctors are part of Nigeria’s Technical Aid Corps (TAC), a volunteering programme set up by the Nigerian government in 1987. The last batch of 31 medics is expected in country in January and the group hopes to windup its tour of duty in 2011. Speaking during the occasion to receive them, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Rwanda with residence in Kampala, Fidelis Ayogu underscored his country’s commitment to assist fellow African nations.