FG to pay backlog of N77,000 allowance for NYSC corps members

• After several months of delay, the Nigerian government has announced that it will pay the backlog of the new N77,000 monthly allowance for members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
• TheTalk.NG recalls that the government announced the allowance increase in September 2024, but despite multiple assurances, the increase has yet to be implemented
• Ayodele Olawande, the minister of youth development, stated that the government would pay the N77,000 allowance to both serving corps members and those who were in the programme when the increase was first announced

The backlog, we will work on it and make sure it is paid. It may not be immediate, but it will happen. You saw the new DG (Olakunle Nafiu) saying that you will get it, and theyre asking him a question What are those that are going out now, are they going to receive it (backlog)? He said we have your details.”Ive explained this several times. Some people say I always say, It is a process. But its seriously a process. It was not in the budget when the president announced it, and for some agencies and parastatals, you need your salary to be in the budget before it is paid.”The budgetary allocation has been done. We are done with the process, it has been approved, it has been signed, and now they can start paying it.”

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