Academy to train NYSC members on self defence

Academy to train NYSC members on self defence Martial Arts and Self -defence Academy (MASDA), is to train future National Youth Service Corps members on the art of self-defence, Mr. Richard Uboh-Ekon, the Combatant- General of the Academy said on Sunday. Uboh-Ekon told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the training was meant to equip the youths on how to defend themselves in times of crisis. He said the academy was discussing the details of the training with the management of the scheme. ``Our men are on ground ready to commence the defensive training for corps members to enable them to defend and protect themselves during crisis,’’ he said. Uboh-Ekon commended the former NYSC Director-General, Brig- Gen. Maharazu Tsiga, for his favourable disposition towards the project. He said that the academy, located in Karu, Nasarawa State, had trained more than 700 youths, aged 20 to 32, who would be deployed to different NYSC orientation camps to help in training corps members. Uboh-Ekon said corps members would be trained in the art of taekwondo, judo, boxing and wrestling, among others and explained that the training would neither be sports nor military in nature.