‘Corps members to get backlog of delayed N77,000 allowance’

After several months of delay, members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) may have a cause to smile as the Federal Government yesterday promised to pay the backlog of the new N77,000 monthly allowance.

The Federal Government increased corps members’ allowance from N33,000 to N77,000 in September 2024. Despite repeated promises and backlash since the increment, the new rate is yet to be implemented.

The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, gave this assurance when he was featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today last night. He, however, did not specify the timeframe for the payment of the backlog.

“You saw the new DG saying that you will get it, and they’re asking him a question ‘What are those that are going out now, are they going to receive it (backlog)?’ He said we have your details,” the minister said.

“The backlog, we will work on it and make sure it is paid. It may not be immediate but it will happen,” Olawande assured to serving corps members and those in the scheme when the increment was announced in September 2024.