Di National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) don estimate say dem go use about N307.6bn take mobilize and pay corp members allowance.
Dis one follow di increase wey NYSC announce for September 2024, wey make corp members’ stipend jump from N33,000 to N77,000. Di adjustment happen because government sign new minimum wage bill into law for May 2024.
Every year, NYSC dey mobilize corpers in three batches – A, B, and C – across di 36 states plus FCT. On average, each camp dey host between 1,200 and 1,500 corpers for orientation, making di total estimate reach 55,500 per batch and about 333,000 for one year.
With each corper set to collect N77,000, di total cost per batch go be N25.64bn, wey go sum up to N307.6bn for di whole year.
For di 2025 budget wey dem submit give National Assembly for December 2024, di Federal Government allocate N430.7bn to NYSC, di highest wey dem don ever give. From dis money, N372.9bn (about 86.5%) go straight to corp members’ allowance.
But since dem announce di new allowance five months ago, NYSC never still begin pay am. After corpers no see alert for February, NYSC talk say dem still dey wait for di necessary cash backing before dem fit pay.
Di new NYSC DG, Brig. Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, don talk say payment go start for March, but up till now, dem never give final confirmation.
