Expect N77,000 allowance soon, NYSC assures corps members

Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yush’au Ahmed, has assured corps members that their increased allowance will soon be effected.

Ahmed gave the assurance, yesterday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen on the sidelines of the commissioning of a bus donated to the scheme by Capital Express Insurance Ltd.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government had, in September 2024, approved the increment of corps members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, effective July 2024.

However, the payment is yet to be implemented, causing concern to corps members. The DG, reiterating the scheme’s commitment to corps members’ welfare, assured them that all arrangements to effect the payment had been put in place.

“The first item on my policy trust is the security and welfare of all corps members.

“Yes, they have not yet started receiving the increase in their allowance, but I tell you, all arrangements have already been concluded.

“Hopefully, very soon, they will see it. I don’t just want to mention when, but I believe we are almost there.”