National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is currently in a state of jubilation after the Director-General of the youth programme announced the increment in corps members’ allowance called allawee.
Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, DG NYSC made the announcement at Bauchi NYSC secretariat. He disclosed that the allowance has been increased from N19,800 to N33,000 effective April 2020.
Corps members who could not hide their joy exclaimed in excitement at the good news as they began to throw their caps in the air.
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Over the years, there have been speculative reports of government increasing the allowance of corps members. However, this will be the first time in over ten years such speculation will become an actual reality.