The Nationwide Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied directing corps members to improve their accounts for the fee of N70,000 as their month-to-month allowance.
Recall that the nation’s official minimal wage for public servants had been the benchmark for the Corps members’ month-to-month allowances for some years now.
LEADERSHIP reviews that President Bola Tinubu had final month signed the Nationwide Minimal Wage Invoice 2024 into regulation, which offers for N70,000 minimal wage for staff in each private and non-private sectors.
NYSC Director of Info and Public Relations, Mr. Eddy Megwa, in a press assertion on Sunday, mentioned the deceptive info that was making the rounds on social media about new allowance for the Corps members was absolute falsehood.
“Corps members, dad and mom and members of the general public ought to observe that no directive has been obtained from any related authorities sector chargeable for wage issues. It’s due to this fact not possible for the NYSC to subject any directive on such.
“Corps members already know the accredited channel and mode of communication within the scheme and may due to this fact ignore the directive accordingly.
“The NYSC by this launch, due to this fact, urges corps members to desist from permitting mischief makers to play on their intelligence,” he mentioned.
He additionally warned bloggers and social media influencers to cease issuing statements that concern the administration of NYSC with out authorisation.
