It was a celebration galore as the NYSC members across the country begin to receive alerts of their new monthly allowance of N33,000 promised by the Federal Government.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government promised to increase the monthly allowance of the Youth Corps Members from N19,800 to N33, 000 in line with the National Minimum Wage approval.
They expressed happiness and thanked the government for the increase.
The Director-General of the scheme, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, announced during a recent working visit to the NYSC secretariat in Bauchi that Federal Government had approved N33,000 as new NYSC allowance.
A statement on the service’ official Facebook page also quoted Ibrahim as saying that provisions for the new allowance had been made in the 2020 budget “and payment would commence as soon as funds are released by the appropriate authorities”.
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Consequently, the NYSC Director of Press, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said corps members had been receiving alert of ₦33,000, being the new allowance recently approved for them by the Federal Government.
She stated that a cross-section of corps members had confirmed receipt of the new allowance and commended the NYSC boss for the effort and the Federal Government for keeping the promise.
Adeyemi quoted corps member Aisha Isa Sakpe (FC/19A/0093) in Abuja as saying
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