Nigeria, March 20 -- The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is expected to spend up to N307.6 billion on mobilizing and paying allowances to corps members, according to a report.

This is due to the increase in corps members' monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, which the NYSC announced in September 2024. The raise followed the signing of the new minimum wage bill into law in May 2024.

On average, the NYSC mobilizes between 1,200 and 1,500 corps members per orientation camp across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mobilization takes place in three batches every year Batch A, B, and C resulting in approximately 55,500 corps members per batch and a total of 333,000 corps members annually.

With each corps member...