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The Director-General of
National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure has said that the
increment in the allowance of corps members would need to wait for the new
national minimum wage to take effect.
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| A cross-section of Corps Members |
Kazaure said this in Akure
during the Annual Management Conference of the scheme, which coincided with its
45th anniversary. NYSC members Asked when the increment of corps members would
take effect, the DG said:
“You know that the scheme is
not different from the civil service and we would need to wait for the new
national minimum wage to take effect.”
Kazaure added that the Federal
Government has equally approved the enrolment of corps members into the
National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS.
In her remarks, the Ondo State
NYSC Coordinator, Grace Akpabio lauded the DG for the clearance of backlog of
unpaid staff allowances, nationwide distribution of wheelchairs to
physically-challenged persons through the NYSC health initiative for rural
dwellers intervention programmee and the procurement and distribution of
ambulances, Hilux vans and motorcycles to the schemes formations nationwide for
enhanced operation.
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