Frank Ekpunobi, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director
of Corps Mobilization has died. His demise was announced today in a
statement by the NYSC Acting Director of Press and Public Relations,
Adeyemi Adenike.
The statement reads: “With deep sense of loss, the Director
General National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Suleiman Zakari
Kazaure, Management and the entire NYSC Family regret to announce the
transition of Chief Frank Ekpunobi FNIM, who until his demise was the
Director, Corps Mobilization, National Youth Service Corps, National
Directorate Headquarters, Abuja. Chief Frank Ekpunobi was a great asset
to the scheme and will be remembered for his sense of diligence,
discipline, commitment and loyalty to the organization. He will be
sorely missed.”
Late Ekpunobi, a 1984 graduate of Sociology/Anthropology, University
of Nigeria, Nsukka joined the National Youth Service Corps in 1986 as
Inspector 2. He had brilliant career in the Public Service, rising
steadily on the job and by dint of hard work, attained the position of
substantive Director on 1st January, 2015.
Prior to his elevation to the pinnacle of his career, Ekpunobi had
functioned as Head of secretariat, National Governing Board; Head of
Administration, office of the Director General, National Youth Service
Corps; State Coordinator, NYSC Secretariat, Kogi; as well as
Coordinator, NYSC FCT Secretariat, Abuja.