Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced a gift of N100,000 for each National Youth Service Corps member departing the camp in Lagos on Tuesday.
He also promised N100 million for the NYSC support staff.
Governor Sanwo-Olu made these announcements while speaking as the special guest of honour at the NYSC Passing-Out Parade/Closing Ceremony for the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 Corps Members at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Iyana Ipaja.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat, shared the news on his X account on Tuesday. In a video, Governor Sanwo-Olu assured the corps members that the N100,000 gift would be directly deposited into their accounts next week.
He said, “This year alone I will be putting available a total of 5bn that will be used to start the full development of the permanent site for NYSC. For this batch, we have 4,254 corps members, and with all sense of responsibility and because you have been very hardworking, each of you will go home with N100,000. The money will be made available by next week and your directors will credit your account.”
Governor Sanwo-Olu also announced a N5 billion donation for the construction of a new permanent site for the Lagos NYSC camp. He further promised automatic employment in the state public service for the best 100 corps members from the outgoing batch.
Additionally, he provided a 32-seater Hyundai bus for use in the camp.
