The Nigerian government, led by President Bola Tinubu, has surprisingly paid National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members their old monthly allowance of N33,000 for September, despite the recent approval to increase it to N77,000.
This development has left many corps members disappointed, as observed by SaharaReporters through telephone conversations with serving members.
The Nigerian government last week approved a substantial increase in the monthly allowance of corps members.
A press statement issued by the agency’s Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, last Wednesday said corps members’ monthly allowance was now pegged at N77,000, up from the previous N33,000.
The statement reads: “The Federal Government has approved the increase of Corps Members' monthly allowance to Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira (N77,000) with effect from July 2024...
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