NYSC is working to place Corpers (Corps Members) on civil service salary scale and increase the current N19, 800 allowance. These are the words of the NYSC DG. He also revealed more by saying that NYSC is working with the National Salaries and Wages Commission (NSWC), in order to place corps members on a public service salary scale. This is going to be a great development for Corps Members.
Read the full details of the news as reported by Daily Times NG:
NYSC to increase allowance of Corps Members, place Corpers on public service salary scale:
The leadership of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has revealed that it is working with the National Salaries and Wages Commission (NSWC), to place corps members on a public service salary scale.
The Director-General of NYSC, Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi, who disclosed this in Abuja, noted that the move would stop frequent agitation for a review of corps members’ allowances.
Olawumi said the series of attempts made by the scheme to secure adjustment in the allowances of corps members at the National Assembly did not yield the desired result.
He maintained that the current N19,800 monthly allowances for corps members was inadequate in view of current economic realities in the country, noting that they were working closely with the wages commission to concretise the proposal.
Speaking on the forthcoming governorship elections in Osun State, Olawumi assured that the scheme would not compromise as alleged by some politicians.
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