N77k Allawee: ‘This Is Not Proper’ NYSC Members Kick As N33K Paid For September

FCT, Abuja – Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday, October 2, expressed disappointment after receiving their monthly allowance.

Legit.ng had reported in September that the federal government of Nigeria approved the increment of NYSC members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000.

According to a statement signed by Caroline Embu, NYSC’s acting director, information and public relations, the increment takes effect from July 2024 .

The NYSC said the development is “in line with the enactment of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024”, adding that the increment was communicated to it earlier on Wednesday, September 25, via a letter from the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.

The announcement elicited jubilation among NYSC members. However, when the September allowance was paid on Wednesday, October 2, corps members were credited with N33,000.

In the same vein, Isaac Blessing lamented that the N33,000 she received was not what corps members were promised. She told Legit.ng: “It is not proper that NYSC just ‘whined’ us. After all the N77k news, it is N33,000 they still paid.” Ayinde Amusa also expressed his displeasure. He said: “It is not the N33k that pains me, it is the way people in my immediate family who told me not to put my mind in the increment will mock me.”

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