The Director-Basic of the Nationwide Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier Basic Olakunle Nafiu, has introduced that corps members throughout Nigeria will obtain a brand new month-to-month allowance of Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira (N77,000) ranging from March 2025.
This was disclosed in a press release by the Appearing Director, Data and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, which was made accessible to journalists.
Brigadier Basic Nafiu reassured corps members that each the NYSC administration and the Federal Authorities stay dedicated to their welfare.
He emphasised that making certain the well-being of corps members stays a prime precedence.
“With impact from March, you’ll obtain the sum of Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira as your month-to-month allowance.
NYSC is nice at report conserving and I can guarantee you that your cash can be paid. The Nation and the Scheme recognize you,” he stated.
Backstory
The rise of the Nationwide Youth Service Corps (NYSC) month-to-month allowance to N77,000 has its roots within the Nigerian authorities’s efforts to regulate the nationwide minimal wage.
- The Federal Authorities enacted the Nationwide Minimal Wage (Modification) Act 2024, which raised the nationwide minimal wage to N70,000. This legislative change necessitated a corresponding adjustment within the allowances of corps members, aligning their stipends with the brand new wage construction.
- Following the wage modification, the Nationwide Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Fee issued a letter on September 2024, approving the increment of corps members’ month-to-month allowances from N33,000 to N77,000. This approval was in direct response to the brand new minimal wage coverage.
- To accommodate this improve, the Federal Authorities allotted N430.7 billion to the NYSC within the 2025 funds, with N72.9 billion earmarked particularly for corps members’ allowances. This allocation aimed to make sure the {financial} feasibility of the improved stipends.
Regardless of the approval and budgetary provisions, the disbursement of the elevated allowance confronted delays. As of February 2025, corps members continued to obtain the earlier stipend of N33,000.
DG urges dedication
Whereas addressing the corps members, Basic Nafiu expressed gratitude for his or her dedication and repair to the nation. He urged them to stay calm, disciplined and targeted on their nationwide assignments.
- He additionally acknowledged the imaginative and prescient of the NYSC’s founding fathers and referred to as on Nigerians to assist and uphold the goals of the scheme. In line with him, NYSC performs a vital function in fostering nationwide unity by exposing younger graduates to totally different cultures and traditions throughout the nation.
- Basic Nafiu assured the corps members that the fee of their new allowance could be executed promptly, highlighting the NYSC’s fame for sustaining correct {financial} data.
Talking on behalf of her colleagues on the Garki Zone, Corps Member Zaka Deborah Alheri (FC/24A/5831) praised the Director-Basic for his dedication to making sure the immediate implementation of the elevated allowance. She expressed appreciation for the NYSC management’s dedication to the welfare of corps members.
