Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- As the end of February approaches, concerned Nigerians are urging the Federal Government to scrap the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) if it fails to fulfill its promise of increasing corps members' monthly allowance to N77,000.

In January, the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, assured 2024 Batch 'C' Stream II corps members in Katsina State that they would start receiving the increased allowance once the 2025 budget was passed.

"This month (January) has already ended, but once the budget is passed, by next month (February), you will start receiving N77,000 instead of the usual N33,000," Ahmed stated, attempting to reassure anxious corps members.

However, many Nigerians remain skeptical, as pr...