National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members will get the N77,000 allowance pay rise starting from March Brig.-Gen. Olalekan Nafiu the body’s director-general has assured.
Youth corpers were promised an increment from the N33,000 they received to N77,000 to reflect the new minimum wage signed by President Tinubu in July 2024. But up till now they have not yet received the promised amount. The NYSC leadership had claimed that there was no cash to back up the increment. During the week a corper Ushie Rita Uguamaye in a viral post on TikTok had raised the issue of nonpayment of the allowance.
“With effect from March, you are going to receive the sum of seventy-seven thousand naira as your monthly allowance,” NYSC spokesperson Caroline Embu quoted Mr Nafiu.
“The NYSC is good at record-keeping, and I can assure you that your money will be paid. The nation and the scheme appreciate you.”
While emphasising that the well-being of corpers remained a top priority, Mr Nafiu urged them “to remain calm, dedicated, focused and disciplined in their service to the nation.”
