The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, has announced that, effective March 2025, all Corps Members will be credited with their new monthly allowance of N77,000.
The development comes six months after the Federal Government promised to increase the allowance of Corps members from N33,000 to N77,000.
The approval for the increase was contained in a letter from the National Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Commission dated September 25, 2024, signed by the Chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta, in accordance with the enactment of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024.
A statement by the Corpsโ Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, quoted the NYSC DG as assuring that the Scheme and the Federal Government are responsive to Corps membersโ welfare and will continue to ensure that their well-being is accorded maximum priority at all times. (Guardian)