Nigeria, March 3 -- The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for an investigation into the leadership of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) over the non-payment of the newly approved N77,000 monthly allowance for corps members.

Speaking on Monday in Abuja, NANS National Vice President for Inter-Campus Affairs, Akinbodunse Sileola Felicia, expressed disappointment that NYSC has yet to implement the new allowance, despite its approval by the Federal Government months ago.

She recalled that the government had approved an increase in corps members' monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, effective July 2024. However, the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, stated that the delay was due to th...