By our reporter|The Federal Government has approved the payment of N33,000 monthly allowance for members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
General Shuaibu Ibrahim, Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier, made the disclosure during a meeting with some corps members at the service’s Bauchi State Secretariat.
The NYSC boss explained that the approval was made in line with the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage by the Federal Government.
According to him, contrary to the various amounts being circulated on social media, the sum of N33,000 had been approved as the new rate.
He also revealed that provision had been made for the new allowance in the year 2020 Budget, adding that payment would commence as soon as funds were released by the appropriate authorities.
He equally advised the corps members to be security conscious at all times, as well as warned against rumor-mongering, negative usage of the social media, unauthorised journeys and when authorised to travel, not to do so at night.
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