The Federal Government of Nigeria has commenced the N33,000 allowance payment to Corps members.
The payment which was made through the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) began today, Friday 31st January 2020, and a lot of corps members have said they have received the new allowance structure.
Recall that in April 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari had signed into law an increase in the new minimum wage and NYSC.
He had also approved the monthly allowance of Corps members to N33,000.
The approval was affirmed by the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, at the NYSC Secretariat in Bauchi.
It was further confirmed by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, who gave no further details on the matter.
Meanwhile, joyous corps members who received the new allowance confirmed the payment via tweets and text messages.
See some of their reactions below:
#NYSC Finally I can start wearing my fully kitted NYSC uniform 24/7.
Whenever you see any corp member passing by, just holla. pic.twitter.com/JSaIJglKOZ— Habib Zakawanu Onoruoyiza (@Zak_21stCM) January 31, 2020
We got paid 33,000!!! #nysc
— AguNwanyi (@AdaDeraah) January 31, 2020
I just woke up to 33k alert ehhh..
FG issa goal!
This is the kinda alert I love waking up to ?#NYSC pic.twitter.com/lryl7pXkr8— LagosBakerPlug?? (@Bennie_baby1) January 31, 2020
Thank you federal government #NYSC pic.twitter.com/HNtZwl0n8G
— Becky (@BeckyRobo) January 29, 2020
When you hear allawee is now 33k… Konbeee????#NYSC pic.twitter.com/qyDkNHPoRR
— Joshua_fakuade (@joshua_fakuade) January 31, 2020
Guys!!!!! So the 33k is for real! Woke up to this. FG has done it again. #NYSC #allowee pic.twitter.com/QByjjltAAN
— Olayemi Moses Tomi (@tomi_moses) January 31, 2020
