FG jerks up NYSC corps members’ monthly allowance
The Federal Government has approved the increase of corps members’ monthly allowance to N77,000 with effect from July 2024.
According to a statement signed by the NYSC’s Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, on Wednesday 25th of September, 2024, the approval was contained in a letter from the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, dated September 25 2024 and signed by the Chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta, in line with the enactment of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024.
Before the increase, corps members were paid a monthly allowance of N33,000 following an upward review of minimum wage to N30,000 in 2019.
Recall that President Bola Tinubu signed the new Minimum Wage Bill into law on July 29, 2024.
The law stipulated the sum of N70,000 as minimum wage.
