FG set to increase corps members allowance

The federal government has commenced the process to review and increase the monthly allowance of corp members.

Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Suleiman Kazaure disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja when he visited the FCT orientation camp Kubwa as part of his tour of orientation camps.

He said the scheme received a letter from the presidency where the finance minister was also copied to that effect. "The FG is working to increase your monthly allowances.

Therefore, wherever you find yourselves, conduct yourself well, be good ambassador of your family, the scheme and the nation. we received a letter from the presidency, that is, ministry of youth and sport, copied the ministry of Finance that shows that the corps allowance will be reviewed upward, it is in the pipeline." he said.