FG Ready to Increase Corps Member's Allowance,Says DG

Abakaliki-NYSC DG, Kazaure assures corps members in Abuja that the Federal Government is considering an upward review of their allowance.

The Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure has reportedly said the Federal Government has already started the review of the NYSC corps members' allowance.

According to Daily Post, Kazaure said the NYSC received a letter from the Presidency through the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development that the process to review the allowance of corps members had started.

The DG added that the Presidency also copied the Ministry of Finance in the letter.

Kazaure announced this on Thursday, August 2, 2018, during a tour of the NYSC orientation camp in Abuja.
"The federal government is working to increase your monthly allowance, therefore, wherever you find yourselves conduct yourself well, be good ambassador of your family, the scheme and the nation.

“We received a letter from the presidency, that is Ministry of Youth and Sport, copied the ministry of finance that shows that the corps allowance will be reviewed upward, it is in the pipeline.he said