Happy days are here again for serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as the Director-General, Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, has announced that all Corps Members will be credited with their new monthly allowance of N77,000 with effect from March 2025.
Following the approval of a new national minimum wage, the Federal Government had promised about six months ago to increase the allowance of Corps members from N33,000 to N77,000.
NYSC’s Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, said in a statement that NYSC DG has assured that the Scheme and the Federal Government are determined to ensure that Corpers’ well-being is treated as priority all the time.
According to the statement, Brigadier General Nafiu gave the assurance on Thursday during an interaction with Corps Members in the Wuse and Garki NYSC Zonal Offices of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.
“General Nafiu, who thanked the Corps Members for their selfless service to the nation, advised them to remain calm, dedicated, focused, and disciplined.
“He lauded the founding father of the Scheme for conceiving the vision while advocating that all and sundry should rally around the Scheme.
“General Nafiu added that NYSC is a beautiful Scheme that is building bridges and exposing graduate youths to learn and understand the cultural values of places outside their places of birth.
“He stated further that Management would continue to instil the virtues of patriotism, discipline, self-restraint, good morals, leadership qualities, and teamwork in the successive batches of Corps Members.
“‘With effect from March, you are going to receive the sum of Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira as your monthly allowance.
“NYSC is good at record keeping, and I can assure you that your money will be paid. The Nation and the Scheme appreciate you,’” he said.
