NYSC awaits directives on payment of N30, 000 minimum wage to corps members

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen.
Shuaibu Ibrahim has said the scheme is waiting for directives from
the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed
on when to commence the payment of the new minimum wage of N30, 000
to corps members.

The DG said that serving corps members would be contacted about
the payment once the NYSC gets details on commencement of payment
from the finance minister.

The NYSC chief stated this during the opening ceremony of a
meeting between top management of the scheme and representatives of
state governments on Tuesday in Abuja with the theme: “Optimising
the potentials of corps members for national unity and development:
The role of state governments as stakeholders.”
The DG also said that corps members would be communicated about the
payment of arrears of as a result of the new minimum wage which was
signed into law in April by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The NYSC DG said: “The minister (of Youth and Sports
Development, Sunday Dare) has announced it and further details will
be given to us by the Minister of Finance (Zainab Ahmed); this we
are waiting for. I want to assure that just as the minister said,
the corps members also benefitted from the minimum wage. The moment
we get the details, they will be contacted.

“We are going to commence the payment as directed by the Federal
Government. I have spoken to my corps members when I visited Jigawa
State about four days ago. I told them that they also have
benefitted from the minimum wage. And they were so excited and were
praying for the Federal Government, saying it will engender them to
perform more duties for the country.

“Once the government commences with the civil servants, the
corps members will enjoy the same. Our minister has directed that
further details will be communicated to us by the minister of
finance.”

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, in his
remarks, said that the scheme has made immense contributions to the
socio-economic, political and cultural development of the country
46 years after it was established.

To sustain this achieve, the minister urged all levels of
governments to fulfil their obligations towards ensuring smooth
operation of the scheme.

The minister called for the creation of a conducive working
environment for the potentials of Corps members to be fully
harnessed for national development.

Dare said that he was concerned that the successes recorded by
corps members in the past were being impaired today by the
inability of critical stakeholders, especially states and local
governments to fully discharge their statutory responsibilities to
the scheme.

“Reversing this trend will surely increase the tempo of
contributions of corps participants to the improvement of the
living standard of our people, especially in rural communities,”
the minister added.

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