FG Assures NYSC Members Of Getting Backlog Of New ₦77,000 Monthly Allowance.

Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)  have been assured of getting the backlog of the new ₦77,000 monthly allowance this March ending after several months of delay

The Federal Government increased corps members’ allowance from ₦33,000 to ₦77, 000 in September 2024, following the upward review of national minimum wage in Nigeria, which is yet to be paid, despite repeated promises and backlash since the increment 

But the Minister of Youth Development Ayodele Olawande assured corps members of getting the arrears of the new package while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, monitored by Edu-Biznews on Monday 

He added that serving corps members and those in the scheme when the increment was announced in September 2024 would receive a backdated payment. 

“You saw the new DG saying that you will get it, and they’re asking him a question ‘What about those that are going out now, are they going to receive it [backlog]?’ He said ‘We have your details’,” the minister said.

“The backlog, we will work on it and make sure it is paid. It may not be immediate but it will happen,” Olawande assured

It will be recalled that  the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Olakunle Nafiu had last week, asked corps members to expect the implementation of the new allowance in March, which was reconfirmed by the Minister  during the show.

“It will happen,” the minister said when asked if the corps members would start getting now-delayed allowance from this month.

According to the minister, the delay in the implementation of the new NYSC members’ allowance is due to budgetary issues.

“I’ve explained this several times. Some people said, I always say ‘It is a process. It is a process.’ But it’s seriously a process. It’s a government line. You cannot do a corner piece to do it. 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 youth development minister said.

“Before anybody can approve anything, you must have a budgetary allocation for it. But the budgetary allocation has been done now. We are done with the process and it has been approved. It has been signed, and now they can start paying it.”