Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has explained the delay in the implementation of the newly announced N77,000 monthly allowance, saying that no funds has been released by the federal government for payment.
The Federal Government had earlier approved the increment of corps members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, effective from July 2024, in a letter from the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission dated September 25, 2024 and signed by its Chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta.
It was then conveyed to the Corps members through a statement by the NYSC on its official Facebook page.
But despite the official announcement, the increment did not reflect on corps members’ September monthly allowance as they received N33,000 instead of the approved N77,000.
But speaking to BBC Hausa service, the NYSC DG explained that although there was approval for the increment, government was yet to release funds to the scheme for the implementation of the new allowance.
According to General Ahmed: “Not only the corps members, even our staff members’ salary has been increased about four to five months ago, but it has not been implemented yet. But we are hopeful that the new pay will be implemented soon, but the funds have not been released to us yet.
“The information we have did not specify when the new allowance will be paid, but we were assured that their monthly allowance has been increased from 29th July 2024.”