New NYSC Allowance: Corps Members To Wait Further

Graduates involved in the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC scheme expecting a quick review of their monthly allowances will have to wait for some time it emerged on Saturday.

Nonetheless, the Director-General of the scheme, Brig-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has nevertheless those to partake in the forthcoming orientation exercise that adequate arrangements are being made to give them hospitable dwellings.

Ibrahim spoke at in Abuja when he declared a training workshop for officers of the scheme.

Following the increase in the National Minimum Wage from N18,000 to N30,000 government officials had given intention that the allowance of NYSC members would be a minimum of N30,000. However, the implementation is yet to commence. Asked at the training workshop on when the payment will commence, the DG said:

“As for the new minimum wage, we will communicate them accordingly,” he said.

Continuing, he said, “We have our usual camp activities but we will dwell much on the skill acquisition programmes targeted at making the corps members self reliant. Job is not readily available as it is but with knowledge and ideas, one can go places.

“We have such programmes on ground to train them in skill acquisition and entrepreneurial development. I can assure you that we are going to make them employers of labour.

“We are perfected arrangements to open their minds and eyes to contribute their quota to the training. The importance of the scheme is to promote connection, unity, peace and discipline amongst the corps members.

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