Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has announced that corps members will begin receiving a new monthly allowance of N77,000 beginning from February 2025.

The NYSC DG revealed this on Thursday, January 30 while speaking to the 2024 Batch 'C' Stream II corps members in Katsina State.

Ahmed confirmed that the increment has been included in the 2025 Federal Government budget and will take effect once the budget is 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," he said.

Ahmed stressed the federal government's commitment to corps members' welfare...