Corps Members Mobilize Against N33k Allowee

Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are seething with rage over the denial of the reports that their monthly allowance was to be upgraded to reflect the new national minimum wage.

The outrage among the corps members follows the NYSC’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa denial of social media claims that corps members’ allowance was being upgraded in line with the new N70,000 minimum wage.

The NYSC had on Saturday, clarified that no directive has been issued by the relevant authorities to initiate such payments or to modify corps members’ accounts in accordance with the new national minimum wage.

The NYSC emphasized that the information was not based on any official communication and warned corps members, parents, and the general public against falling for such misinformation.

However, the memo did not go down well with Corps Members who took to their social media handles to vent rage over government’s refusal to increase their alawee from N33,000 alawee to the approved N70,000 minimum wage, given the high cost of living in the country.

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We say no to 33K STARVATION WAGE

“Sponsors: Hunger, unemployment & Insecurity,” have flooded social media.

See some reactions gathered by GWG.ng on X:

Richesta_damsy wrote, “33k for Corpers in 2024 is EVIL!!! We are not slaves!!! We are graduates!!! Pay us the minimum wage or scrap the entire NYSC!”

@PromizCh said, “#NYSC saying “No order yet to pay Corpers the new 70k #minimum wage is quite disturbing.

“The economy of the country is extremely bad now that even the 70k won’t last a month without support from family and friends. It seems this country enjoys watching youths PROTEST.”

@aronvic98 reacted, “You released a memo to threaten us, you took me from Lagos to the north and I didn’t complain, I went there as a patriotic citizen. But you wouldn’t increase the minimum wage despite the huge inflation in the country. We no go gree!!

“We can’t even afford 3 square meals a day. I have to wait till around 1pm to have my breakfast so it can sustain me till the evening when I will have my dinner which can either be garri or at best concussion rice. NYSC corpers say no to 33k allowance.”

@MrDonshegz wrote, “Let us serve where we are used to, NO! Scrap this corporate hardship graduates are forced to go through, NO! With this present economy, increasing the allowance should be common sense now haba!!! We say NO to peanuts given to us.”

@leosmartt reacted, “You took us to a land we aren’t familiar with, we didn’t complain, now you don’t want to increase our allowance, do you people even bother to know how we are surviving??”

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