NYSC denies message on 25% slash in corp members allowance

The Management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has debunked information circulating on the social media that the allowance of Corps members has been slashed by 25 per cent.

The scheme debunked the reports in a statement shared on its Facebook page on Monday, noting that those behind the story quoted a certain “Brigadier General Bamidele Oluwami” the purported NYSC Director General as the source of the information, which is false.

In the statement, the scheme denied the report which it described as wicked falsehood meant to create chaos in the polity.

“The Director General of the NYSC is Brigadier General SZ Kazaure and he never made any comment as claimed by the brains behind the damaging publication.

“Management hereby categorically state that corps members allowance remains N19800 and not reduced to N14800 as wickedly portrayed by the social media release.

“For the avoidance of doubts, we unequivocally restate our unalloyed commitment to the welfare of all corps members at all times. Corps members and the public should therefore ignore this misleading information and go about their duties lawfully without fear.”

It was recently reported that the NYSC Directorate Headquarters, Abuja, had slashed the number of prospective corps members for the next phase of mobilization, with the scheme explaining in a leaked internal memo that the slash was as a result of “tight budgetary allocation“.

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