Members of the Nationwide Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have begun receiving N77,000 as their month-to-month stipends six months after the scheme’s administration introduced the increments.
The NYSC first introduced that the corp members’ allowances, which was N33,000, had been elevated to N77,000 in September 2024, following the increment within the nation’s minimal wage.
It famous on the time that the increments took impact from July 2024.
Final week, the Director-Common of the NYSC, Olakunle Nafiu, a brigadier common, introduced that the corps would start paying the elevated allowances in March.
Some corps members who acquired their allowances for March on Wednesday confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that they acquired N77,000.
Nonetheless, it stays unclear whether or not the NYSC would pay the backlog from July 2024, when the increment was stated to have taken impact.
NYSC Allowances
Nigerians who full a bachelor’s diploma or its equal beneath the age of 30 are mandated by regulation to take part within the one-year NYSC scheme.
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The corp members’ allowances had been N33,000 from 2020 till February. The allowances are often pegged to the nation’s minimal wage.
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As an example, the corps members’ allowances elevated from N19,800 to N33,000 in 2020, months after a brand new minimal wage of N30,000 took impact.
President Bola Tinubu signed the present minimal wage invoice of N70,000 into regulation in July 2024, prompting the most recent increment.
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