- Safiu Kehinde
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has, yesterday, debunked claims of upgrading Corp monthly allowance from N33,000 to N70,000.
This was made known in a statement issued by the Scheme’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa.
Reacting to the controversies surrounding Corp members’ allowance increment on account of the new minimum wage, NYSC clears the air as they label such intuition as falsehood.
They, however, urge parents and other stakeholders to disregard such claims as there is no directive yet concerning upgrade of Corp members’ allowance.
The statement read in part; “The attention of National Youth Service Corps management has been drawn to misleading information circulating in the media regarding payment of N70,000 minimum wage to corps members and the directive to upgrade their accounts.
“This is an absolute falsehood which is far from the truth.
“Corps members, parents and members of the public should note that no directive has been received from the relevant sector of government responsible for wages matters.
“It is, therefore, impossible for the NYSC to issue any information on such. Corps members already know the approved channel and mode of communication in the scheme and should therefore ignore the directive accordingly.
“The NYSC, by this release therefore admonishes corps members to desist from allowing mischief makers who are set to mislead Nigerians from continuing to play on their intelligence.”