Director-General of the National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC), Brigadier Sulaiman Zakari
Kazaure, has made it clear that any increase in
the allowance of Corps members will be
determined by the introduction of a new
minimum wage for workers.
The DG stated this in Minna, the Niger State
capital, while answering questions from
newsmen on Thursday, following the swearing-in
of Batch A Stream 1 of the 2017 orientation
programme.
“The NYSC allowance is determined by the
national minimum wage. We are waiting on the
government to take a decision on the new wage
structure before we know what to do,” he said.
He said the scheme was aware that the
allowance received by corps members was
small, especially with the current economic
downturn in the country.
Kazaure explained that that was why state
governments were urged to augment the stipend
with N5,000 monthly for each youth corps
member.