N38,900 Monthly Allowance for Youth Corps Members is “Nothing but rumours” – NYSC Director General

A rumour about the increment in the monthly allowance of the NYSC members has been trending in the past few days.

It was rumoured that the monthly allowance from the Federal Government
was going to be increased from N19,800 to N38,900 and that some corps members in Nasarawa and Abuja camps had already began collecting the increased allowance.

However, this rumour was dispelled yesterday by the Director General of the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier General Nnamdi Okore Affia.

He said "there is no plan by the federal government to increase corps members' monthly allowance.
All you have heard is nothing but rumours. If there is such plan I must be the first person to know. Your monthly allowance is still N19, 800."