The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is expected to spend a whopping N307.6 billion on mobilizing and paying allowances to corps members this year.
This significant increase is due to the rise in corps members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, as announced by the NYSC in September 2024.
The increase in allowance is a result of the new minimum wage bill signed into law by President Bola Tinubu in May 2024. On average, the NYSC mobilizes between 1,200 and 1,500 corps members for the orientation exercise across camps in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
With three batches annually, this translates to an average of 55,500 corps members per batch, bringing the total number of corps members mobilized in a year to 333,000.
With each corps member now receiving N77,000, the total payment for one batch amounts to N25.64 billion.
Over the course of the year, this brings the total amount allocated for corps members’ allowances to N307.6 billion.
Notably, the Federal Government allocated N430.7 billion to the NYSC in the 2025 budget proposal, with N372.9 billion earmarked for the payment of corps members’ allowances.
However, despite the announcement made in September 2024, the Federal Government has yet to implement the payment of the new N77,000 allowance rate.
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According to Caroline Embu, the acting Director of Press and Public Relations, the NYSC is still awaiting the necessary cash backing.
But in a recent WhatsApp message, the newly appointed Director-General of the Scheme, Brig. Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, assured that payments would commence in March.
