National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have now received their N77,000 monthly allowance, kikio.ng can confirm.
This aligns with the new minimum wage adjustments and comes after a Lagos Stare corps member called out the FG for delay in the payment.
The almost six months wait after the announcement of the new pay for serving corps members is finally over.
Confirming the development a serving corps member in Kwara State, simply identified as Adepoju, said the scheme has commenced N77,000, describing the increase as “long overdue.”
He opined that the payment is possibly being disbursed in batches, noting that while some corps members had already received theirs, others were still anxiously waiting.
REACTION AS CORPERS GET PAID N77K BY FG
“When they were giving corpers 33k fuel was 197. Now fuel is 900 he is paying then 77k, that’s wickedness. He supposed to be paying them 165,000 to balance the equation. 77k can’t feed someone for one month in this country”
Nigerians on social media, have begun reacting to the development which came following an assurance from the Minister of Youths that the federal government would pay backlog of the N77,000 allowance.
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A Twitter user, @ToluDaniel10, expressed his thoughts, writing:
“NYSC is finally paying 77k to corps members 👏🏽. If you have this girl’s DM, go say a big thank you. I bet the government wouldn’t have listened to you if not for her.”
Another user, @fimlex2, wondered why the space was still quite compared to when the scheme failed, tweeting:
“NYSC don pay corpers 77k now, see as everywhere just quiet.”
Similarly, @jess_odii confirmed the update:
“NYSC has finally started the 77k payment today.”
For @dreyymo, the news called for celebration, sharing the development with excitement emoji:
“NYSC don pay 77k oooo💃💃💃 I feel good 💐❤.”