The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has announced new update on the payment of N77,000 monthly allowance for Corps members
This follows reports that serving corpers still received the previous allowance of N33,000 in September despite the announcement of the increment.
In a press release issued by Caroline Embu, Acting Director of Information and Public Relations for the NYSC, the federal government had announced the the increment of Corps members’ allowance by 133%
The agency noted that the increase was in line with the Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024 and was supposed to take effect in July 2024.
However, NYSC has said delay from the federal government is affecting the rollout.
“Everything is a process,” Embu explained during a conversation with SaharaReporters.
“After making the pronouncement, the government has to work on it to be able to pay. It is not as if it is automatic,”she noted.
Corps members were reportedly disappointed when their September allowance remained N33,000 instead of the newly promised N77,000.
An anonymous corps member said, “They have not paid, but the people around me who were paid got 33k (N33,000) instead of the N77,000 promised.”
Embu emphasized that the NYSC is not responsible for processing the payments, which fall under the Federal Government’s purview.
She reiterated that there is no clear timeline for the increase, saying, “I can’t say if it is going to be implemented this month (October). Just like everybody is waiting for the minimum wage, we are also waiting.”
The delay has raised concerns among corps members, many of whom were expecting the increased allowance to be of immediate benefit.
