{"id":24963,"date":"2025-04-30T18:57:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=24963"},"modified":"2025-04-30T18:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:57:43","slug":"nigeria-sends-35-healthcare-experts-to-tanzania-in-knowledge-sharing-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=24963","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Sends 35 Healthcare Experts to Tanzania in Knowledge-Sharing Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Aliyu Nasir <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a bid to bolster medical education and professional development in Zanzibar, the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps (NTAC) has dispatched a team of 35 healthcare specialists, comprising doctors and nurses, to the Tanzanian archipelago.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deployment was formalized at a ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, where NTAC Director General Dr. Yusuf Yakub emphasized the program\u2019s role in fulfilling Nigeria\u2019s commitment to sharing expertise with fellow African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) nations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday is a historic day for the corps,\u201d Yakub declared. \u201cTo honour the directive of President Bola Tinubu, using soft power diplomacy, the corps is sending 35 TAC volunteers to Zanzibar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former lawmaker himself, Yakub praised President Tinubu for reinforcing Nigeria\u2019s foreign policy of aiding nations requiring specialized support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative underscores Nigeria\u2019s continued use of technical assistance as a tool for international cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Aliyu Nasir In a bid to bolster medical education and professional development in Zanzibar, the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps (NTAC) has dispatched a team of 35 healthcare specialists, comprising doctors and nurses, to the Tanzanian archipelago. The deployment was formalized at a ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, where NTAC Director General Dr. Yusuf Yakub emphasized the program\u2019s role in fulfilling Nigeria\u2019s commitment to sharing expertise with fellow African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) nations. \u201cToday is a historic day for the corps,\u201d Yakub declared. \u201cTo honour the directive of President Bola Tinubu, using soft power diplomacy, the corps is sending 35 TAC volunteers to Zanzibar.\u201d A former lawmaker himself, Yakub praised President Tinubu for reinforcing Nigeria\u2019s foreign policy of aiding nations requiring specialized support. The initiative underscores Nigeria\u2019s continued use of technical assistance as a tool for international cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24965,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24963\/revisions\/24965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}