The National Youth Service Corps,
NYSC, has reacted to reports that the allowance of corps members have been
increased to N31,800 following President Muhammadu Buhari’s signing of the new
minimum wage bill into law.
It stated that the Federal
Government was yet to inform the scheme of such increment.
Speaking with Vanguard on
Wednesday, NYSC’s Deputy Director, Eddy Megwa insisted that there was no new
development yet on corps members’ allowance.
Megwa said the NYSC does not pay
corps members directly, and that any new development will be duly communicated.
He said: “The NYSC does not pay
corps members any sum of money directly as stipends but the federal government
does.
“Until the government is ready to
implement the N30,000 minimum wage, we cannot say what corps members will earn
for their service to the nation.
“Disregard any figure you find
making the rounds on social media. When the federal government is ready, it
will inform NYSC and we will announce it to corps members through official
channels.”
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